Breaking Glass Pictures, Brazil’s O2 Play Forge Two-Way Distribution Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
Anna Marie de la Fuente Philadelphia-based Breaking Glass Pictures (BGP) and Brazil’s O2 Play, the distribution arm of O2 Filmes, which is co-owned by Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (“City of God,” “The Constant Gardener,” “The Two Popes”), have inked a two-way distribution partnership.The new pact kicks off with BGP’s North American release of a Brazilian drama by Eliane Coster, “Half Brother” (“Meio Irmão”), a timely story of a young man who films a homophobic assault and faces death threats to dissuade him from releasing the footage. Release is slated for LGBTQ celebration, Pride Month, on June 15.“Being a life-long fan and distributor of Brazilian Cinema, it gives me great pleasure to bring titles to U.S.