April 2024 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

April 2024 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

Happy May from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Today, we’re reflecting on screenings, events, and celebrations from April, in New York City and beyond, related to GME colleagues, as well as titles and/or artists in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. Notably, films by Warren Sonbert and Jean-Pierre Melville played at Sweet Void Cinema and Film Forum, respectively. GME also highlighted Hugh Bell’s portraits of jazz legends for International Jazz Day, and reflected on Jack Mitchell’s photos of dancer and choreographer Arthur Mitchell, founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem, on the occasion of DTH’s festival-style weekend of performances at New York City Center.

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GME Highlights Work by Asian Filmmakers We Distribute on Digital Formats

GME Highlights Work by Asian Filmmakers We Distribute on Digital Formats

GME is expanding its international distribution reach and is thrilled to incorporate works by Asian filmmakers, including Lav Diaz (Philippines), Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand). These films span narrative and experimental modalities and are available to the North American university market in digital formats.

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September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

Happy Autumn from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we enter October, we’re looking back at a myriad of screenings from last month, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. GME-associated artists were well-represented in September — from pioneering filmmakers like Ida Lupino, Jean-Luc Godard, Jose Val Del Omar, Maya Deren, and Man Ray, to contemporary artists like Karel Doing, Rose Lowder, and Lav Diaz. The work of Warren Sonbert, which is exclusively represented by GME, was also screened in various venues in September.

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Summer 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

Summer 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

With the end of summer fast approaching, GME returns from our seasonal hiatus to recap a slew of exciting screenings that happened between June and August, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market.

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Lav Diaz's BATANG WEST SIDE Screens at Spectacle Microcinema on September 2nd

Lav Diaz's BATANG WEST SIDE Screens at Spectacle Microcinema on September 2nd

On Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, at 5pm, Spectacle Microcinema (124 S. 3rd Street) will screen Lav Diaz’s 2001 feature film BATANG WEST SIDE. This is the final program in Spectacle’s months-long retrospective of Diaz’s work, which began on March 25th, 2023. This fall, GME will distribute BATANG WEST SIDE, along with Diaz’s 2018 short THE BOY WHO CHOSE THE EARTH, in a forthcoming DVD/DSL combo pack made in collaboration with Edition-Filmmuseum.

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