{"id":3905,"date":"2017-03-02T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=3905\/"},"modified":"2018-07-08T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T13:15:14","slug":"screen-daily-breaking-glass-acquires-icelandic-drama-heartsone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/screen-daily-breaking-glass-acquires-icelandic-drama-heartsone\/","title":{"rendered":"Uk, Screen Daily: Breaking Glass acquires Icelandic drama ‘Heartsone’"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: Gu\u00f0mundur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson directed Venice 2016 Queer Lion winner. Separately, FilmRise has acquired Sundance documentary It\u2019s Not Yet Dark.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The LGBT coming-of-age tale received its US premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival where it won the Q Hugo Award, and screened in Toronto, Palm Springs and Goteborg, where it received the Lorens Award.<\/p>\n

Heartsone takes place in a remote fishing village in Iceland where teenagers Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl and the other discovers feelings toward his best friend.<\/p>\n

When summer ends and weather turns colder, the youngsters must start to face up to adulthood.<\/p>\n

Breaking Glass plans a limited theatrical release followed by VOD and DVD in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cDirector Gu\u00f0mundur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson\u2019s debut feature Heartstone is a stunning film about the sexual awakening of two teenage boys, and the incredibly beautiful, yet harsh conditions of Iceland provide a magnificent setting for this very moving coming-of-age tale,\u201d Breaking Glass co-president Richard Ross said.<\/p>\n

CEO Richard Wolff and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the North American deal with Films Boutique head of acquisitions Gabor Greiner at the recent Berlinale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis richly atmospheric and tender study of a beautiful friendship set in the amazing landscape of rural Iceland will find a wide fan base among US moviegoers,\u201d Greiner said. \u201cGu\u00f0mundur\u2019s award-winning debut feature has found the perfect home with our friends at Breaking Glass.\u201d<\/p>\n

FilmRise has picked up North American rights to Frankie Fenton\u2019s documentary It\u2019s Not Yet Dark, a recent Sundance premiere narrated by Colin Farrell that tells the story of Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who has ALS and directed his first feature film using ground-breaking eye gaze technology. FilmRise will release theatrically in mid-2017.<\/p>\n

Screen Daily<\/a>\u00a0by Jeremy Kay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: Gu\u00f0mundur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson directed Venice 2016 Queer Lion winner. Separately, FilmRise has acquired Sundance documentary It\u2019s Not Yet Dark. The LGBT coming-of-age tale…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[421],"tags":[500,552],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-review","tag-screen-daily","tag-sundance","post-item","post-even"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t