LOS ANGELES — Award winning London-based studio Harmony Films will open shop in the US, bringing its North American sales and distribution in-house by November.

Harmony Films produces the critically acclaimed and award winning “Young Harlots,” “Slam It!” and “Fuck Me” lines, casting its movies with international performers in locations around the world. Decorated directors Gazzman, also the company’s head of production, and Tanya Hyde, known for her popular fetish-themed titles, call Harmony Films home, as well as Steven Angelo and its latest addition, Dave West.

The American audiences’ first taste of Harmony Films’ lavishly produced movies came through its distribution deal with Evil Angel. Jason Maskell, sales and marketing manager for Harmony Films, said the relationship between the two companies remains close and that Evil Angel did an amazing job selling and distributing their product.

“We enjoyed four great years working with Evil Angel but we feel the time has come to develop and grow the Harmony Films brand across the US and North America,” Maskell added. “We feel this will be achievable by bringing full control back in-house. Evil Angel did a great job introducing the Harmony brand in the states and for that we will be truly grateful.”

Harmony Films Co-Owner Steve Elvins also expressed the company’s thanks to Evil Angel. However, he cited the growth of its shooting schedule and the kinds of movies the company plans to produce as spurring the integration of its US operations back to Harmony Films.

“Danny [O’Sullivan, co-owner] and I are very grateful for the support that Evil Angel has given Harmony Films over the past couple of years,” Elvins said. “We now would like to expand the brand by taking on a couple more directors so we can start to release three or possibly four films a month. When we released one film a month, it worked fine for both Evil Angel and ourselves — but we would not expect the situation to be mutually beneficial if we increase our releases. Our films will have a different feel and look to that of Evil Angel’s, so this will create a marketing problem which would be easier resolved if Harmony Films stood on its own two feet.”

The first titles to be released in November by Harmony Films’ American arm will be “Young Harlots: Dirty Secrets” and “Strangelove: Ladies of Pleasure.”

For sales inquiries contact Harmony Films’ Sales and Marketing Manager
Jason Maskell at 0044 (0)20 8559 2736 or [email protected] for your region’s distributor.

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