Breaking Glass Pictures & K-11 in 'The Hollywood Reporter' Cannes Festival Daily

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Breaking Glass Pictures heads to Cannes 2013 with K-11

Breaking Glass Pictures heads to Cannes with four new sales titles led by prison tale K-11, currently available across the US on VoD and DVD.

Jules Stewart’s directorial debut – she is the mother of Kristen Stewart – stars Kate del Castillo, Goran Visnjic and DB Sweeney.

Kinyarwanda is an in-depth look at the Rwandan genocide and played in official selection at Sundance 2011.

The line-up includes urban drama Changing The Game, which chronicles the life of a young African-American on the mean streets of North Philadelphia who lands a place at an Ivy League school and ends up on Wall Street, where he must deal with racism and jealousy.

Simple Moves is a psychological drama from director and actor Pau Masó. The film follows a young man drawn into the sexual underbelly of New York City’s gay club scene.

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Sounds as if K-11 is going back to the Cannes market this year. 

Perhaps to enter some new markets for release. 

Wishing you all good luck! 

Breaking Glass Pictures acquires distribution for comedy "Silver Case"

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distributiion for Christian Filippella's comedy "Silver Case" with plans for a theatrical release in March, followed by a VOD and home video release on May 7.

"Silver Case" stars Eric Roberts, Seymour Cassel, Shalim Ortiz, Vincent De Paul, Claire Falconer, Brian Keith Gamble and Chris Facey.
Story, penned by Filipella, centers on a powerful producer (Roberts) who hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival. His plot begins with the delivery of a silver briefcase, which soon goes missing, setting off a chain of events.

Shot in Los Angeles and Italy, "Silver Case" premiered at the Rome International Film Festival in 2011 and won the Spirit of Independent Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

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Breaking Glass Pictures acquires "From the Head"

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights for George Griffith's "From the Head," starring Matthew Lillard.

Russell Gray, Christopher Lemole and Jeffrey Doornbos are the producers.

Story is centered on a restroom attendant at a Times Square strip club. It's based on Griffith's real-life experiences and shot entirely in a restroom, exploring the dysfunctional assemblage that populates the strip club scene and their impact on the psyche of the attendant.

"From the Head" features cameos from Jon Polito, Samantha Lemole and Jeffrey Doornbos of the Blue Man Group, among others.

Breaking Glass acquired domestic theatrical and ancillary rights to indie drama "K-11" in October and Michael Mayer's "Out in the Dark" at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Breaking Glass Pictures' "Laurence Anyways" gains Gus Van Sant as executive producer

Gus Van Sant has jumped aboard Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways" as one of the film's executive producers. He joins Lyse Lafontaine, Nathanaël Karmitz and Charles Gillibert on the film's producing team.

“As an admirer of Xavier's work, it's my pleasure to join him for his first major US release, 'Laurence Anyways,'” said Van Sant.  “It's a beautiful film that proves Xavier is one of the most promising young filmmakers working today."

The film -- which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last May -- stars Melvil Poupaud as a man who decides to become a woman, disrupting his relationship with his idiosyncratic girlfriend (Suzanne Clement). Breaking Glass Pictures is releasing the film theatrically in 2013 following its acquisition at the Toronto International Film Festival (where the film won the festival's top juried award).

As a fan of Van Sant's work, the news comes as a significant honor to Dolan.

"Obviously, it's a huge privilege to be considered by an artist like Gus," Dolan said. "One of the first encounters I had with a more sophisticated cinema was 'My Own Private Idaho.' It was the first time I had a sense of what cinema could be or should be made of: Freedom, honesty and intimacy.  For me to be endorsed by Gus Van Sant is like telling an 8-year old that Batman is his uncle."

Dolan and Van Sant could both find themselves in contention this awards season, with Van Sant's "Promised Land" out later this month a qualifying run and "Laurence" in contention for the Golden Globes' foreign film award.

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Breaking Glass Pictures acquires Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways" for the US

Canada's 'Laurence' gets U.S. distrib

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways," which won the best Canadian film prize at the Toronto Film Festival.

The French language film made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival with Suzanne Clement winning a best actress award in the Un Certain Regard category. It also won the Queer Palm Award. "Laurence Anyways" centers on a romance between a young couple, and the tests that love faces when the man decides to transition into a woman.

Rob Nelson wrote in his review for Variety at Cannes: "Fully immodest and intermittently astonishing, Xavier Dolan's epic melodrama 'Laurence Anyways' charts a male-to-female transsexual's tumultuous relationship with a straight woman but stands to polarize more on the basis of its stylistic politics than its sexual ones. Indeed, the clearest achievement of Dolan's typically self-indulgent eye-popper comes in equating its gender-bending protagonist's metamorphoses with those in any relationship that lasts for years."

It's the third film from Dolan following "I Killed My Mother" and "Heartbeats." Breaking Glass picked up Michael Mayer's "Out in the Dark" at Toronto.

The deal was negotiated between Breaking Glass Pictures' CEO Rich Wolff and Victoire Thevenin for MK2.

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Official Press Release: Breaking Glass Pictures Signs K-11 for North America

Official Press Release

Breaking Glass Pictures Signs Jules Stewart’s Directorial Debut, “K-11”, for North America

Philadelphia, PA — Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired domestic rights to K-11, the directorial debut of Jules Stewart, a veteran script supervisor.  The drama, which deals with the politics of race and gender-identity in the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail, will hit North American screens in 2013.  The deal was struck post-Toronto between Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff and Libertine Films’ Tom Wright.

Upon signing, Wright said, “The Breaking Glass team is a great fit for K-11 as they are uniquely positioned to market the film to both a wide audience and the several niche demographics the film appeals to."

Wolff is excited to distribute a film that will resonate with a variety of audiences. “We are pleased to be distributing the very talented Jules Stewart’s first film.  K-11 is very unique to say the least and surely will raise a few eyebrows. The acting is dead on, the story is gripping and we expect quite a few Independent Spirit Award nominations.”

The film follows Raymond Saxx Jr. (Goran Visnjic, “ER”, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), a powerful record producer who wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up in K-11, the prison for gay and transgender inmates. Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey (Kate del Castillo, La Reina del Sur, “Weeds”), Raymond is truly a fish out of water.

Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly (Portia Doubleday, Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie, Almost Kings), a predatory child molester (Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, The Dark Knight) and the ruthless Sheriff’s Deputy, Lt. Johnson (D.B. Sweeney, Hard Ball, Atlas Shrugged: Part II). Ray’s struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible so he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is going survive and be in control of his life again.

The supporting cast includes Jason Mewes (Clerks), Tara Buck (“True Blood”, “Justified”) and Cameron Stewart in his feature film debut.

Jules Stewart, the mother of Twilight actress Kristen Stewart, has recently signed on to direct Libertine Films’ The Locked House, a supernatural thriller about a 15th-century Chinese temple that is unearthed and moved to the States by a billionaire, a process which upsets the ancient spirits inside.

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Breaking Glass picks up prison drama 'K-11' starring Goran Visnjic (THR)

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired all domestic rights to K-11, the directorial debut of veteran script supervisor Jules Stewart.

The drama stars Goran Visnjic as a powerful record producer who wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up in K-11, the section of the Los Angeles County Men’s Central jail for gay and transgender inmates.

The film also stars Kate del Castillo, Portia Doubleday, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, D. B. Sweeney, Jason Mewes, Tara Buck and Stewart’s son Cameron Stewart in his feature film debut.

The Philadelphia-based distributor plans to release the film theatrically in either late 2012 or early 2013.

The deal was concluded by Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff and Libertine Films’ Tom Wright.  “K-11 is very unique to say the least and surely will raise a few eyebrows. The acting is dead on, the story is gripping, and we are gunning for multiple award nominations,” Wolff said.

Stewart, who also happens to be Kristen Stewart’s mother, has recently signed on to direct her next film for Libertine Films, The Locked House, a supernatural thriller about a 15th-century Chinese temple that is unearthed and moved to the States by a billionaire – upsetting the ancient spirits inside.

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Directorial debut of Kristen Stewart's mother set for release this year (Indiewire)

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired U.S. domestic theatrical and ancillary rights to "K-11," the directorial debut of veteran script supervisor (and mother to Kristen Stewart) Jules Stewart. The company plans to open it in North America later this year for awards season.

The tense drama follows a powerful record producer (Goran Visnjic) who wakes from a drug-induced blackout, only to find himself locked up in K-11, the section of the Los Angeles County Men's Central jail for gay and transgender inmates.

"We are pleased to be distributing the very talented Jules Stewart’s first film," said Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff. "'K-11' is very unique to say the least and surely will raise a few eyebrows. The acting is dead on, the story is gripping, and we are gunning for multiple award nominations."

Stewart is set to follow this up with her sophomore feature, "The Locked House," for Libertine Films. The supernatural thriller concerns a 15th-century Chinese temple that is unearthed and moved to the America by a billionaire. The ancient spirits inside don't respond too well to the change of scenery.

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Breaking Glass Pictures acquires K-11 - late 2012/ early 2013 release

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired all domestic theatrical and ancillary rights to indie drama "K-11," the directorial debut of veteran script supervisor Jules Stewart.

Story deals with the politics of race and gender identity in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail and will be released in North America in late 2012/early 2013.

The film stars Goran Visnjic ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") as a powerful record producer who wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up in K-11, the section of the Los Angeles County Men's Central jail for gay and transgender inmates.

Kate del Castillo, Portia Doubleday, Tommy Lister and D.B. Sweeney also star, while supporting cast includes Jason Mewes, Tara Buck and Cameron Stewart, Jules Stewart's son in his feature film debut.

Jules Stewart, the mother of Kristen Stewart, has recently signed on to direct her next film for Libertine Films, supernatural thriller "The Locked House."

The deal was struck post-Toronto between Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff and Libertine Films' Tom Wright.

Variety