A love of movies inspired Matthew Goldstein of Woodsburgh and Elliot Fuchs of Woodmere to create the Woodsburgh-based Hanover Film Co., in 2013.
Hanover has produced one film, “Who Killed Charles Foster?” which premiered at the Malverne Cinemas in June, and have two more in development: “River of Dark Purple” and “This Man’s Life.”
Goldstein, 20, the company’s chief creative officer, said he wants to tell stories, guide the viewer and entertain. “We as human beings are governed by an infinitely complex set of physical, spiritual, emotional and mental systems that very few can understand,” he said. “What we can comprehend, though, are the parables that relay that information in a much simplified form. Drama and comedy alike lay bare elements of the human condition that not only entertain us, but that teach us about ourselves, allowing us to appreciate the full spectrum of what it means to be alive. And film, unique among the arts, combines them — photography, acting, writing and drawing — and delivers them in what is perhaps the most accessible format we have.”
Ever since Fuchs, 18, was a child, he was fascinated by the film industry. “In my younger years I wanted to be an actor,” said Hanover’s head of production. He will attend Baruch College in the fall. “I have always participated in the school and camp productions. I just love everything about it. When the opportunity to make my own movies arose, I was ecstatic. There was no way I wasn’t going to give it everything I have.”
Fuchs anticipated that their age would be something that negatively impacts them. “I was wrong,” he said. “It turns out that people love it and are all the more happy to work with us because of it. People love our energy and ambition.”