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This fall, GME was pleased to offer an expansive slate of new titles as Digital Site Licenses, available for acquisition by academic and cultural institutions in various territories. Today, we revisit those titles.
Read MoreToday we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from October related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, GME announced a number of titles for distribution, including the films of Jonas Mekas (in conjunction with Re:Voir Video) and a selection of classic and recently-rediscovered films noir. A number of titles that GME distributes to North American universities were also screened in November at the 28th San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Read MoreFollowing a brief hiatus in November, the team at GME is pleased to offer new programming this month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room. Just in time for the holiday season, we bring you the little-seen 1955 made-for-television remake of the Christmas classic MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947).
Read MoreDecember 1st is World AIDS Day, an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and honoring those who we have lost to HIV/AIDS. On this day of consciousness-raising, mourning, and remembrance, GME is honored to welcome Jim Hubbard’s ELEGY IN THE STREETS (1989) on DSL into our library of films currently available for international institutional acquisition.
Read MoreOn Sunday, November 30th, at 4:40pm, Marcel L’Herbier’s L’INHUMAINE (1924) screens at Film Forum, with live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner. GME distributes L’INHUMAINE to North American academic institutions on a Blu-Ray published by Flicker Alley, which features a behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of L’Herbier’s film, a featurette chronicling the creation of the film’s original score, and a booklet consisting of rare on-set photographs and information about the film.
Read MoreThis Thanksgiving, in recognition of the history and plight of Indigenous Peoples, Gartenberg Media is once again proud to distribute Steve Bilich's Native New Yorker to academic and cultural institutions worldwide.
Read MoreDown-on-their-luck detectives. Devious dames. Lust, lies, betrayal, murder... who doesn’t love a good film noir?
As November — or should we say, Noirvember — comes to a close, we reflect on our collection of noir titles on DSL, DVD, and/or Blu-Ray. From bona fide classics to long forgotten and recently rediscovered diamonds-in-the-rough, these macabre gems are currently available for North American institutional acquisition from Gartenberg Media Enterprises.
On November 15th, Thomas Christensen was honored at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival for his tireless support of silent film preservation and exhibition thanks to his work as lead curator at the Danish Film Institute. Since its founding in 1972, the DFI has been devoted to preserving Danish film heritage, including masterpieces from the silent era. As lead curator, Christensen has been an integral part of the DFI's initiative to digitize their collection and make it accessible. To this end, the Danish Film Institute launched the series Danish Silent Classics, which consists of DVD releases of both individual silent films and anthologies. Many of these discs contain bonus features as well as filmmaker biographies and filmographies. GME is pleased to distribute a number of these publications to academic institutions in North America.
Read MoreThe 28th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) took place at the Orinda Theatre from November 12th to 16th. The largest and most prestigious festival devoted to silent film in North America, SFSFF presented 22 programs of rare and classic silent films, accompanied by live musicians, including a number of recent film restorations. A number of titles by filmmakers that GME distributes to North American academic institutions screened at the festival this year.
Read MoreToday we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from October related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, GME announced a number of new titles for distribution, including: five silent short films from Undercrank Productions, three unsung classics of Cantonese cinema recently rediscovered by the Asian Film Archive, five early British films by Alfred Hitchcock, and two overlooked New Hollywood “bookends” restored and re-released by Vinegar Syndrome. GME also announced the distribution of Warren Sonbert’s early films — for rental on digital formats — through The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, where they were originally distributed on 16mm beginning in the 1960s.
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