New Acquisitions for USA Release from Cannes will begin release activities in November

Happy Friday to HHSE Friends & Followers - while much attention has been expended on the SALES activities for HHSE & Medallion at Cannes - it's worth noting that the company also ACQUIRED the USA / NORTH AMERICAN distribution rights to a number of titles.

The first of these titles will be released to the DVD market in NOVEMBER through the company's recently enacted distribution pact with Cinedigm.  Other new acquisitions include two theatrical caliber films, and a massive Spanish-Language library (for both DVD release as well as VODWIZ population of the Spanish division channel).  In order to properly respect the producers and titles, each of these new acquisitions will be formally announced with a free-standing press release.

Cheers!

BOOM! Hear Me Move is MOVING FAST off Walmart Shelves!

Dear HHSE Friends & Followers - one of the more exciting aspects of this business is the occasional "unexpected" hit - even if on a modest scale.  HHSE has not made much noise to Shareholders about the youth-dance film, "HEAR ME MOVE."  We mentioned recently that it was "now shipping" to Walmart.  That's pretty much it. The film is from South Africa, and it's difficult to predict how USA audiences might respond to films with an international origin... so in order to temper expectations, we chose to say very little.

Accordingly, it's always a great feeling to find out that the title is SELLING BRISKLY and is now generating significant re-orders!

You just never know which titles are going to be those pleasant surprises... which is why it's quite comforting to know that the HHSE catalog is now OVER 400-TITLES strong, including 38 titles YET TO BE RELEASED...!  Good stuff...  onward...

HEAR ME MOVE TRAILER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM9mLW7lv2c

Hannover House - Medallion Releasing - CANNES Sales Catalog

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - Some shareholders have requested that the full HHSE / Medallion CANNES FILM FESTIVAL catalog be published onto this blog site.  Accordingly, we have attached images of the covers and page spreads below.  Please note that the two-page spreads were printer's layouts, and may appear to be out of sequence (however, when printed and paginated, the catalog pages are in fact sequential).

Onward & Upward for HHSE!

NYC Exclusive Engagement of HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE starts June 17

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - "THE HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE" opens at the Regal E-Walk on Friday, June 17, in New York's Time Square.  The film was shot primarily in New York City, many scenes in Times Square... so the launch of this film at Regal E-Walk represents a full-circle in the long and winding journey that film's sometimes take to make it to the theatres.

The film was shot clear back in 2009, and under the prior title of "MY FATHER'S WILL" - and based on the book by writer-director Fred Manocherian.  But as has been said in the movie business, "dying is easy, comedy is hard," and despite a hilarious script, "My Father's Will" suffered the fate of many comedies of "death by a thousand cuts."  Is it funnier to hold onto an actor's face after they deliver a punch line... or should the editor cut to the startled reaction of the by-standers?  Little decisions and fractions of time can make-or-break the comedic response that happens to the audience at a brain-synapse level... and with the wrong timing or editing choices, humor can fall flat.

So, with great care and attention, "My Father's Will" was carefully re-edited for comedy by Faryar Mansouri, and fully rescored with an entire new music track by Jack Lenz... and the result is the funny and touching film that director Manocherian always intended.  Retitled as "THE HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE" - the film is finally getting a mainstream release - with Hannover House handling the launch in New York - and expanding to theatres nationwide on Labor Day Weekend.  Home video will occur in Q4, and Netflix in Q1, 2017.

The New York City launch will be supported with newspaper ads, internet banners, spot market cable, and a cross-promotion with the New York Health and Racquet Clubs.

Check out the trailer - Just posted to YouTube about 10-days ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvPa4B7lT-w

Timely "same-sex" Marriage Feature, A REMARKABLE LIFE" opens this Friday!

Dear HHSE Friends & Followers - The "timely and important" same-sex marriage / romantic-comedy "A REMARKABLE LIFE" opens in theatres this Friday from Hannover House and Green-Apple Entertainment.  Initial markets this weekend are NEW YORK CITY (Cinema Village), BOSTON (Apple Cinemas) and DENVER (Northfield 18).  Next week, the film opens in LOS ANGELES (Laemmle's Music Hall), and on June 10 and June 17, about a dozen more markets will be added.

Check out the trailer - and if you live in or near one of this weekend's launch markets - check out the film!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2lGcIB8KmQ

Success at Cannes, new ventures provide relief for small creditor issues

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - HHSE senior staff members are all back from Cannes as of tonight - and we're ready to jump into a variety of projects, releases and corporate matters. One issue that has greeted our return are the two creditor debts represented by attorney Steven R. Davis, specifically Tribune Ent., and Accutrack. Apparently, during the Cannes market, Mr. Davis became restless after several phone messages to the office were not returned (we were unable to remotely retrieve voice mail messages from France, and most of the support staff remaining at the office were packing out a 10-pallet order of Dark Awakening DVDs for Walmart). In any event, with his calls going to voice mail and his messages being unreturned, Me. Davis felt that his clients were being ignored...So he filed (again - perhaps for the third or fourth time over the past two years?) a garnishment writ to attempt to get HHSE management's attention.

As communicated to Mr. Davis today, his timing was contemporaneous with HHSE's outreach to him on these two matters. You see, the successful results from Cannes, plus new production funding ventures, new theatrical servicing clients and a new cash-rich DVD wholesale agreement with Cinedigm have changed the course of HHSE. While we've certainly endured some rough cash flow and business challenges over the recent past, they say "that which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger," and the focus to implement working solutions and to launch new revenue rich ventures has placed the company back in solid form.

These small, old creditor issues can no longer be viewed as any sort of "material threat" - the company's current successes with theatrical servicing and international sales have provided a clean and new revenue stream that empowers management to accelerate the retirement of old debts related to the older (DVD-driven) business model. Not every small and old HHSE debt will be paid in full immediately (that would be bad cash flow management).  But with respect to the current matter, a resolution is in process with Mr. Davis's clients, and the big ole "scary" writs will be set aside, just as all other writs have ALWAYS been removed in a timely manner.

Management feels that this is a very good time to be a HHSE shareholder. It would be a great time to get shares now "on the cheap" before film industry trade stories start running. So stay tuned! We love our longs, and our recent successes suggest that it's now a good time for the longs to start loving us back (again!). If success is measured by bottom line results, then we have arrived!

Hannover Launches Medallion International at Active Cannes Market

(Cannes, France) Independent film distributor Hannover House, Inc. (OTC: HHSE) reports heavy traffic to its Cannes Film Festival / Marche du Film exhibition booth, with sales activities on many of the 32 titles being showcased, including distribution ventures for the U.K., France, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic.  Additional sales negotiations are continuing post-market for anticipated sales into Germany, South Africa, South Korea, China and Poland which the company hopes to finalize in the next few weeks. The Cannes Film Festival Marche Du Film is widely regarded as the most important international film licensing market of the year.  In respect of the number of program suppliers being represented, Hannover House elected to brand its international sales activities at Cannes under its Medallion Releasing, Inc. sales venture as Medallion International.

“The market was extremely lively at most times, with meetings often overlapping or being forced to reschedule,” said Eric Parkinson, C.E.O.  “Most of what we were presenting at the market were new releases that required a lengthier presentation for buyers. But the response was strong, and we expect to exceed our target goals as the licenses for the higher-budgeted new productions close in the post-market weeks.”

Principal new productions for Hannover House / Medallion include: the dramatic thriller “AJA” (commences principal photography July 18, Savannah, GA); the live-action family fantasy adventure “MOTHER GOOSE: JOURNEY TO UTOPIA” (commences principal photography Sept. 12, Atlanta, GA); and the supernatural-thriller “DELIRIUM” (commences principal photography Oct. 3, Greensboro, NC).  Buyers were also shown a promo reel from the first week of principal photography for the science-fiction musical feature, “KRAFTROC”, now filming.  Financing for “AJA” and “MOTHER GOOSE” is being provided by Silver Line Films, Inc.  Financing for “DELIRIUM” and “KRAFTROC” is being provided by Atlantic Studios, Inc., a recently formed entity for the specific purpose of producing feature films in partnership with Hannover House as distributor.  While Hannover House has no equity ownership in Atlantic Studios, Inc., the company is the beneficiary of the distribution rights to these, and prospectively other, feature films to be produced under this venture.

Hannover House / Medallion also had four films as Official Cannes Market Screenings:  “THE ALGERIAN”, “THE DOLL”, “VALLEY INN” and “THE HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE.”  Hannover House released “THE ALGERIAN” to theatres in the USA market last summer, and the title will debut on DVD and BluRay in July.  “THE DOLL” is a new production from director Susannah O’Brien, whose first feature, “ENCOUNTER” was also represented by Hannover House for all media.  “VALLEY INN” is a family feature starring Joey Lauren Adams and Mary Steenbergen.  Hannover House / Medallion are representing this film for International, Video-On-Demand and Television sales.  “THE HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE” is a romantic-comedy that Hannover House will launch to theatres beginning June 17 at the Regal E-Walk (New York City) before expanding nationwide on Labor Day Weekend.

“Our hands-on experience with these titles as the USA Distributor has carried a lot of weight with the international buyers,” Parkinson continued.  “Unlike most of the exhibitors at Cannes, Hannover House is a full-service distributor in our own territory, so we understand the needs of the licensors and can help them with marketing materials and strategies from our own experiences with these titles,” he concluded.

“We have surprised and shocked a lot of industry members here at Cannes,” said Parkinson.  “Although we have attended the market for many years as buyers for U.S. rights – and two years ago, we shared a seller’s booth with Odyssey Pictures – this was our first true presence as a seller.  It’s unprecedented for a first time exhibitor to have four major productions, four films in screenings and 32 total titles on offer.  We literally had some major territory buyers come by our booth and ask ‘who are you guys and how do you have so many good titles?’  It was a great way to start a new relationship.”