Man Ray and Abel Gance Films To Screen at NYFF 61

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Man Ray and Abel Gance Films To Screen at NYFF 61

At this year’s New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center and playing in New York City from September 9th to October 15th, 2023, films by Man Ray and Abel Gance will screen in the Revivals section, which spotlights “important works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners.” GME distributes on DVD, with Re:Voir Video, to the North American university market, Ray’s RETURN TO REASON and EMAK-BAKIA in the eight-film collection CINÉMA DADA. GME is also proud to distribute Gance’s LA ROUE on DVD, to the North American university market, in conjunction with Flicker Alley. GME additionally distributes Gance’s J’ACCUSE (1919) on DVD with the same label.

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Light Industry Presents An Evening with Donna Kerness

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Light Industry Presents An Evening with Donna Kerness

This Saturday, September 23rd, 2023, at 7:30pm, our friends at Light Industry are showing three films starring the legendary Donna Kerness, including Mike Kuchar’s SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS. GME distributes this title to the North American University market on DVD. GME also distributes several films by Marie Losier, who was directly inspired by the work of Mike Kuchar and his brother, George.

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Ida Lupino's HARD, FAST, AND BEAUTIFUL to Screen at MoMI

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Ida Lupino's HARD, FAST, AND BEAUTIFUL to Screen at MoMI

Tomorrow, September 17th, 2023, at 12:30pm, trailblazing director Ida Lupino’s 1951 psychodrama HARD, FAST, AND BEAUTIFUL will screen at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of their ongoing series Queens on Screen. Lupino is a key filmmaker in GME’s collection. We distribute to the North American university market, on Blu-Ray, DVD, and DSL, the director’s 1949 polio drama NEVER FEAR, as well as her nail-biting noir from 1953, THE HITCH-HIKER.

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Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf Films Play at SF Cinematheque's Crossroads Festival

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Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf Films Play at SF Cinematheque's Crossroads Festival

From September 8th to September 10th, 2023, films by Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf played at the Crossroads Film Festival at the San Francisco Cinematheque! GME distributes two of Doing’s early works, 1993’s LICHTAJAREN and 1999’s ENERGY ENERGY, in the collection STUDIO EEN: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM THE LOWLANDS. GME also distributes Fruhauf’s NIGHT SWEAT in the collection VISIONARY: CONTEMPORARY SHORT DOCUMENTARIES AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM AUSTRIA, as well as the artist’s 9-minute short film from 2001, EXPOSED.

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

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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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Jean-Luc Godard and Rose Lowder Films Play at TIFF

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Jean-Luc Godard and Rose Lowder Films Play at TIFF

This month, films by Rose Lowder and Jean-Luc Godard are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival! GME distributes, to the North American university market, five films by Lowder (spanning 1978 to 1995) in a collection titled BOUQUET D’IMAGES. GME also distributes, on Blu-Ray, DVD, and DSL, Godard’s 1965 wonder ALPHAVILLE.

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José Val del Omar Exhibition at MoMI and Roundtable Discussion at NYU

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José Val del Omar Exhibition at MoMI and Roundtable Discussion at NYU

Since March of this year, the Museum of the Moving Image has shown the work of prolific multimedia artist José Val del Omar in an exciting, ongoing exhibition titled Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar. Gartenberg Media Enterprises is proud to distribute, to the North American university market, 14 stunning Val del Omar films in a 5-disc boxset titled VAL DEL OMAR: ELEMENTAL DE ESPAÑA.

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The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers' Cooperative Screen Five Maya Deren Films for Labor Day

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The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers' Cooperative Screen Five Maya Deren Films for Labor Day

Today, Labor Day, The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers’ Cooperative have made five essential films by the Mother of American Avant-Garde Cinema, the only and only Maya Deren, available to view online, for free, for 24 hours! GME is proud to distribute these five Deren titles — 1943’s MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, 1944’s AT LAND, 1945’s A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE CAMERA, 1946’s RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME, and 1948’s MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE — to universities in the United States and Canada as both DVDs and DVD/DSL bundles.

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

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

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

This past month saw the work of several filmmakers distributed by GME programmed in venues in the U.S. and abroad. It is a reminder of both the durability of these artists and their works and the ongoing interest in the kinds of notable independent and experimental moving image work that GME strives to provide to our buyers.

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