Glasshouse (film)

Glasshouse
Directed byKelsey Egan
Written by
  • Emma Lungiswa de Wet
  • Kelsey Egan
Produced byGreig Buckle
Starring
CinematographyJustus de Jager
Edited byRowan Jackson
Music byPatrick Cannell[1]
Production
companies
  • Local Motion Pictures
  • Crave Pictures
  • Rigel Films
Distributed by
Release date
  • 16 August 2021 (2021-08-16)
(Fantasia)
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

Glasshouse is a 2021 South African dystopian thriller film directed by Kelsey Egan in her feature debut and co-written by Egan and Emma Lungiswa de Wet. It premiered at the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival.[2][3]

The first in a trio, it was made available to stream on DStv's Box Office and on Showmax in February 2022.[4] Following a screening at the 2021 Sci-Fi-London, it had a 10 January 2022 digital release in the United Kingdom distributed by Signature Entertainment.[5]

The film received six nominations at the 2022 South African Film and Television Awards, including Best Feature Film, winning five of them.

  1. ^ "Emma Lungiswa De Wet and Kelsey Egan on 'Glasshouse'". Review My Script. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Glasshouse". Fantasia Festival. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ Roux, Erene (30 July 2021). "'Glasshouse': SA film to screen at 25th Fantasia International Film Festival". The South African. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (29 July 2021). "South Africa's Local Motion Inks Three-Pic Pact With SVOD Showmax, Drops Trailer for Fantasia Premiere 'Glasshouse' (EXCLUSIVE)". Deadline. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ Harper, Rachael (7 January 2022). "Glasshouse: Exclusive UK artwork reveal and sneak peek into the apocalyptic thriller". SciFiNow. Retrieved 10 January 2022.