EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) has come on to handle all digital rights to Rocky Powell’s rom-com Language Of A Broken Heart and will release on VOD and DVD on October 1.

Juddy Talt wrote and stars in the story of a romance author who is unlucky in love and returns to his hometown to reconnect with the things that matter most.

Julie White, Kate French, Ethan Cohen, Oscar Nunez and Lara Pulver round out the key cast.

Powell produced Language Of A Broken Heart with Luke Coffee and Jennifer Beasley while Kerry McCluggage served as executive producer. 

House Lights Media staged a theatrical release last March in 10 US and Canadian markets.

Freestyle Digital Media CEO Susan Jackson brokered the deal with House Lights Media president Steve Roberts and svp of acquisitions, operations and marketing Sandy Moore.

Language Of A Broken Heart is a great addition to FDM’s repertoire of releases,” said Jackson. “We are always happy to find independent gems such as this one.”

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