LGBTQ Romance Breaks Barriers in James Krishna Floyd and Sally El Hosaini’s ‘Unicorns’
Naman Ramachandran Actor James Krishna Floyd makes his directorial debut with “Unicorns,” a film that delves deep into the complexities of identity within the U.K.’s South Asian LGBTQ+ community.
From a script written by Floyd, “Unicorns” follows Aysha/Ashiq, a queer South Asian club performer living a double life who meets Luke, a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly.
The film stars Ben Hardy (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Love at First Sight”), newcomer Jason Patel, Nisha Nayar (“Buddha of Suburbia”), Hannah Onslow (“Empire of Light”) and Sagar Radia (“Industry”).
Floyd, who co-directed the film with Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”), explained to Variety his motivation behind choosing this particular subject. “I wanted my filmmaking debut to be personal and to explore my struggle with having reductive identity labels forced upon me,” Floyd said. “Rarely am I acknowledged for the complexity of my fluidity of self.
