Breaking Upwards

{{Infobox film

| name = Breaking Upwards

| image = Breaking Upwards movie poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Daryl Wein

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Daryl Wein
• Zoe Lister-Jones

}}

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

• Peter Duchan
• Daryl Wein
• Zoe Lister-Jones

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Zoe Lister-Jones
• Daryl Wein
• Julie White
• Peter Friedman
• Andrea Martin
• Pablo Schreiber

}}

| music = Kyle Forester

| cinematography = Alex Bergman

| editing = Daryl Wein

| studio = Mister Lister

| distributor = IFC Films

| released = {{Film date|2009|3|14|SXSW|2010|4|2|United States}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $15,000

| gross = $77,389 (United States){{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1247644/ |title=Breaking Upwards (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 28, 2020}}

}}

Breaking Upwards is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Daryl Wein,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/breaking-upwards-film-review-29457 |title=Breaking Upwards – Film Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 14, 2010 |access-date=June 28, 2020}} starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Wein, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, and Pablo Schreiber. It explores a 20-something, real-life New York couple battling codependency who intricately strategize their own break-up. Cited as an example of independent film industry sweat equity, the film was shot in Manhattan and Brooklyn on a $15,000 budget.{{cite web |last=Rohter |first=Larry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/movies/28breaking.html |title=Sweat Equity, the Movie |work=The New York Times |date=March 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408071707/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/movies/28breaking.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010}} It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 14, 2009,{{cite web |url=http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=day&s=2009-03-14 |title=Film Festival Schedule – Saturday March 14th |publisher=SXSW |access-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317200112/http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=day&s=2009-03-14 |archive-date=March 17, 2009}} and was released simultaneously at New York City's IFC Center and via video on demand on April 2, 2010.{{cite web |last=Scheib |first=Ronnie |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/breaking-upwards-1117942512/ |title=Breaking Upwards |work=Variety |date=March 31, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2020}}