Jon Gartenberg With Nicola Mazzanti on First Night of Warren Sonbert at The L'Age d'Or Film Festival

Jon Gartenberg presenting with Nicola Mazzanti (director of the Royal Belgian Film Archive) on the first night of the Warren Sonbert retrospective as part of the L'Age d'Or Film Festival in Brussels. Below is also an image of Warren Sonbert's film WHIPLASH on the monitor of the festival theater's lobby.

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Jon Gartenberg & Nicola Mazzanti

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Shot of WHIPLASH on TV monitor.

Peter von Bagh Tribute at 42nd Telluride Film Festival

Having wrapped up last week, the 42nd Telluride Film Festival dedicated their entire festival this year to the late Peter von Bagh. Peter von Bagh's films HELSINKI, FOREVER, SPLINTERS and REMEMBRANCE are all available on DVD from GME for North American Institutional sales.

RECAP of ASPP Presentation on the Life and Work of Raimondo Borea

GME associates David Deitch and Alex Westhelle preparing for an illustrated talk on the life and career of photographer Raimondo Borea at PhotoShelter in Union Square, New York City on April 2, 2015. Presented under the auspices of ASPP, this unique event was very well attended.  
 

GME’s specialty is working with deceased photographers’ estates, and President Jon Gartenberg also led a lively discussion about his company’s work in excavating, identifying, cataloguing, and repurposing the legacy of overlooked, but historically important, photographers. 

The original announcement about this presentation is noted below:

David Deitch and Alex Westhelle handling original photos and documents from the estate of photographer Raimondo Borea.

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What's Left Behind: The Photographic Estate of Raimondo Borea –
New York – April 2, 2015

© The Estate of Raimondo Borea

Archivists and dealers Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch of Gartenberg Media Enterprises discuss the life and work of Raimondo Borea, entertainment and NYC street photographer, active from the 1950’s through the early ’80s.

Mr. Borea’s work included celebrity portraits and on-set photography for NBC. He was also an active member and past president of ASPP. Images from the Borea collection: both original prints and projections will be on view. His daughter, Carla Borea,will share her memories and her wishes for the preservation of his legacy.

Mr. Gartenberg and Mr. Deitch will also discuss the issues and concerns in the handling of photographic legacies, and the preservation and marketing of an estate collection.

http://aspp.com/whats-left-behind-photographic-estate-raimondo-borea-new-york-april-2-2015/

Upcoming Screenings of Interest in NYC – The Most Dangerous Game & Landscape Suicide – DVD/Blu-rays Available from GME for North American Institutional Sales

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"What's Left Behind: The Photographic Estate Of Raimondo Borea," presentation by GME at PhotoShelter

GME is proud to announce that we will be presenting on the life, work and legacy of photographer Raimondo Borea, one of our very own library projects. Hosted by The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP), "What's Left Behind: The Photographic Estate Of Raimondo Borea" will be presented at the PhotoShelter, Thursday April 2 at 6:30pm.

Portrait of Raimondo Borea

Invisible Adversaries by Valie Export at Cornell Cinema

INVISIBLE ADVERSARIES by Valie Export will be shown at Cornell Cinema on March 3rd at 7pm. This title was licensed to Cornell by GME for institutional use.

Jon Gartenberg To Moderate Discussion Between Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse For Their Program "Ghost Line And Other Celluloid Antics", Film Society of Lincoln Center

Jon Gartenberg will be moderating discussion between Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse for the program "Ghost Line And Other Celluloid Antics" which features Shona Masarin & Cori Olinghouse's new experimental dance short GHOST LINE as well as films by Buster Keaton, Hans Richter and James Broughton. Monday, February 2nd at 6pm, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, part of the Dance on Camera 2015 series.

"Constructing American Experimental Narratives" – Round Table Discussion at The 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece

Nov. 21st, 4pm. In conjunction with Jon Gartenberg's program "A Panorama Of American Experimental Narratives In The New Millennium" at the 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival in Greece is a roundtable discussion "Constructing American Experimental Narratives" with filmmakers featured in the program, Abigail Child and Julie Talen along with Jon. Free admission.

http://8aagff.tainiothiki.gr/en/parallel-events/constructing-american-experimental-narratives/

Film And Audiovisual Archives Round Table Discussion at The 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece

Jon Gartenberg will be part of a round table discussion with film theorist Laura Mulvey, artist Jenny Marketou, director of the Cinemateca Portuguesa Jose Manuel Costa & director of the festival Maria Komninos on the subject of film and audiovisual archives. Part of the 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece. November 20th at 4pm, free admission.

http://8aagff.tainiothiki.gr/en/parallel-events/film-and-audiovisual

The 8th Athens (Greece) Avant-garde Film Festival: "A Panorama of American Experimental Narratives in the New Millennium" A Retrospective Film Program Curated by Jon Gartenberg

A Retrospective Film Program Curated by Jon Gartenberg at the 8th Athens (Greece) Avant-garde Film Festival: "A Panorama of American Experimental Narratives in the New Millennium"      Athens Avant-garde Film Festival, Greece Wednesday, November 12 - Sunday, November 23 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This program provides a panorama of American experimental films made in the 21st century and focuses primarily on feature length narratives (both fiction and documentary), together with a complement of shorts.  Because these filmmakers lack the funding provided by Hollywood and "off-Hollywood" producers, they often struggle for long periods to complete their films.  At the same time, the creative independence that they have been afforded provides the individual filmmakers with great freedom of expression.  This talented group of artists, toiling mostly in solitude, created inspiring works that challenge, in thematic, structural, technical, and perceptual fashion, the manner in which we, as spectators, perceive the world at large. Stylistically, the films in this retrospective series encompass found footage works, diverse hand-crafted animation techniques, live action movies that experiment with formal structure, as well as hybrid documentary and fiction forms.  The contemporary artists in this program (while versed in the history of the avant-garde), are more consciously engaged with narrative cinema traditions, if only to then subvert them through their diverse storytelling strategies.  They most frequently represent time and space in a manner that tends to disrupt the illusion of spatial and temporal continuity, and to foreground the experience of memory.  Thematically, the films in this program incorporate reflections upon individual identity, the family structure, the fabric of the community, and the larger political culture, that are presented most often in critical and/or self-critical fashion.  They directly address significant social issues, including the tragic events of 9/11, presidential politics and political resistance, the earth's ecology, human diaspora and race relations, and the myth of the post World War II nuclear American family.  Please see pages 34-45 of the Festival Catalog, viewable and downloadable as a PDF Document here:   "A Panorama of American Experimental Narratives in the New Millennium"