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BREAKAWAY

Rajveer Singh is a 21-year-old dreaming of a professional hockey career. Raised as a traditional Sikh, Raj was forbidden to play hockey. In his early teens, forsaking his family’s religious traditions and beliefs, he removed his turban and cut his hair. His goal was to succeed in a traditional white man’s sport, but this conflicted with his father’s wish that he devote his life to religion and the family business.

Unable to gain a foothold in the game, Rajveer takes matters into his own hands by creating an all-Sikh hockey team. Along the way to achieving his goal, Rajveer is faced with questions about family, friendship, loyalty, and identity.

Breakaway is an action-filled sports comedy bringing a dash of Bollywood to Canada’s favourite sport.

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Robert Lieberman
Director

Robert Lieberman is a veteran director of dramatic television and of feature films. The television series and individual episodes he has directed since the early 1980s include: Dexter, Brothers & Sisters, Shark, Haven, Republic of Doyle, Lost Girl, The X-Files, thirtysomething, Once and Again, and Strong Medicine. His feature films include: D3: The Mighty Ducks, Table for Five, Fire in the Sky, All I Want for Christmas, The Tortured for Twisted Pictures, and The Stranger. A film graduate of the University of Buffalo, Lieberman has been the recipient of numerous awards from festivals such as the Chicago Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Festival.

35 mm

95 minutes

Colour

Aspect ratio

1.85

Original version in English

Producers

Russell Peters

André Rouleau

Akshay Kumar

Ajay Virmani

Don Carmody

Siracusa Frank

Clayton Peters

Director

Robert Lieberman

Scriptwriters

Matt Simmons

Vinay Virmani

Noel S. Baker

Jeffrey Allan Schechter

Director of Photography

Steve Danyluk

Editor

Susan Shipton

Sound

Tattersall Sound & Picture

Cast

Rob Lowe

Russell Peters

Akshay Kumar

Ajay Virmani

Camilla Belle

Production

First Take Productions Ltd.
37 Colonial Cres.
Oakville Ontario
L6J 4K8
Canada
(905) 301-1281
paulinedhillon@yahoo.ca

Distribution – Canada

Alliance Films Inc.
145 King St. E.
3rd floor
Toronto Ontario
M5C 2Y7
Canada
(416) 309-4200
(416) 309-4290
info@alliancefilms.com
www.alliancefilms.com