Breaking Glass Pictures was honored with the inaugural Industry Award at the 25th annual qFLIX Philadelphia Film Festival.
Throughout its 25 years, qFLIX has been dedicate to presenting independent cinema that is “by, for, and about” the LGBTQ+ community, which are both diverse and all-inclusive. Festival producers Thom Cardwell and James Duggan said of BGP,
“Breaking Glass has been nothing but encouraging, supportive, and engaging…For its outstanding support, it’s a pleasure to present the first qFLIX Philadelphia 2019 Industry Award to Breaking Glass Pictures.”
The award presentation was part of the closing night ceremonies, and preceded the closing night film My Big Gay Italian Wedding. A collection of BGP titles also screened at the festival, including Devil’s Path, We Are Thr3e, Kanarie, and Kill the Monsters.
Rich Wolff, CEO and co-founder of Breaking Glass Pictures, accepted the award.
“We are honored to receive the industry award from qFLIX Philadelphia in recognition to our dedication to LGBTQ+ cinema. Each year, Thom and James continue to out-do themselves with the festival as it grows, and shows important films to Philadelphia audiences.”
