Anna Godas joins UK UK Independent Film Distributor Dogwoof Pictures as Head of Acquisitions

London, UK (PRWEB) August 27, 2004

Anna Godas joins Dogwoof Pictures (DWP), as Head of Acquisitions, responsible for sourcing and acquiring innovative yet commercial independent films from around the world, including theatrical and direct to DVD titles. DWP is a UK film distributor specialising in foreign language popular arthouse films.

Anna, comes to us from London Production company, the Light Club, and brings particular knowledge of Spanish and South American films.

Dogwoof Pictures encourages the transnational distribution of global cinema. Their overseas partnerships include so far Spain, France, Italy, Japan, and Argentina. “The local knowledge of our partners is invaluable since it gives DWP first-hand access to foreign hits”, says Andy Whittaker, CEO at DWP. Anna’s appointment is a welcome addition to the team. Her experience and knowledge will be invaluable and will enable Dogwoof Pictures to take the next step forward to increasing it’s global presence in the independent film distribution marketplace.

Anna brings another element to the company and enhances our multicultural team bringing experience of Film Production and Theory. Anna says “We speak the languages of the films we buy. We know about audience, we know about story, we know about film, and we know how to best market it”. For further information, go to http://www.dogwoofpictures.com

For further information, please contact Desigan Chinniah, Corporate Communications of DWP, +44-20-7488-0605, press@dogwoofpictures.com.

Web site: http://www.dogwoofpictures.com

About DWP:

Dogwoof Pictures (DWP) is actively engaged in the worldwide distribution of motion pictures, home video and music. The company was launched to fill a gap in the market. We bring a different approach to independent film distribution, knowing film inside out and by ensuring we get first-hand access to foreign hits through our international partnerships.

We are genuinely interested in film and in film people, that is why we are coming up with ideas to help the film community, and promote cinema. We have so far set up our own research department, and we are currently working on the creation of a distribution contest -which will help talented film makers to distribute their films-, and a UK cinema event, to get as many people as possible to the cinemas, through cut-rate ticket scheme, with the participation of over 3000 cinemas across the UK.

Anna Godas joins UK UK Independent Film Distributor Dogwoof Pictures as Head of Acquisitions

"El Tango de Maria" (Maria"s Tango), every month at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.The Argentine singer, Maria Cangiano, and her Tango Quartet (David Hodges, bandoneon, Emilio Teubal, piano, and Sergio Reyes, violin) perform their monthly tango show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The coming up shows are at 8pm on September 19, October 17, November 21 and December 19 at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, East 3rd street, between B-C avenues.

(PRWEB) September 1, 2004

Misperceptions of Tango being simply an erotic dance have overshadowed Tango lyric tradition in the United States. Tango songs, as a poetic genre, are a specific expression of Latin American Melodrama. In contrast to other Latin American musical genres-for example Salsa or Bolero- Tango is a sad, nostalgic, and pessimistic music. In “El Tango de Maria” Maria Cangiano has created a new type of Tango show, a journey through the history, the themes and characters of Tango songs since the turn of the XIX century until today. She performs traditional and unusual Tango repertoire, guiding the public through the history of this musical genre with anecdotes and historical information. The depth and power of Maria Cangiano’s woeful, soulful voice brings the nostalgic nature of the music to life. The public is invited to dance around the tables. The Nuyorican Poets Cafe offers a perfect atmosphere for this show, because of its ressemblance to Argentine old cafes and bars, where tango was performed in its origins.

Initially trained as an opera singer, Maria Cangiano, a dramatic mezzo-soprano, has perfomed in several New York Operatic venues, such as Regina Opera Theater, Dicapo Opera Theater and the well-known Amato Opera. Around two years ago, she created El Cuarteto de Maria, Tango Quartet, with David Hodges, bandoneon, Emilio Teubal, piano and Sergio Reyes, violin. El Cuarteto has been performing in several New York venues, bringing the Tango song repertoire to a wide diversed social and ethnical audience. El Cuarteto is a multinational Tango Quartet with its own original Tango arrangements, rooted in Tango, Classical and Jazz traditions.

Bandoneonist David Hodges (USA) has studied with Héctor del Curto and Tito Castro. Before relocating to New York, he created and performed with several tango ensembles in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. He performs with numerous groups in New York, including Los Chantas Tango trio, Los Changos Septet, and Héctor del Curto’s Eternal Tango Orchestra.

Pianist Emilio Teubal (Argentina) studied music at the National conservatory of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at the City Collegue of New York. During the last five years he has been living in New York city where he has developed an intense career both as a jazz and tango pianist working with groups, such as Los Chantas Tango trio and his own Jazz Qintet. He has also collaborated with artists like Bob Mover, John Benitez, Eric Harper, and Tango masters Tito Castro and Pancho Navarro among many others.

Violinist Sergio R. Reyes (Guatemala). He has studied violin and composition at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. Currently he works as a performer and music consultant for Horizon Concerts, a non-profit foundation which sponsors free classical music concerts for hospitals, homeless shelters and schools in the metropolitan area. He has shared the stage with world famous mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and renowned bandoneonists Hector del Curto and Tito Castro.

Coming up shows are at 8pm on September 19, October 17, November 21 and December 19, at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd street (between

B-C Avenues). Tickets are $ 15 at door and $ 10 in advance (contact matahari0@yahoo.com for reservations). Dancers are particularly welcome.

For further details check

http:// http://www.nuyorican.org


http://www.nytangomusic.com

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"El Tango de Maria" (Maria"s Tango), every month at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.The Argentine singer, Maria Cangiano, and her Tango Quartet (David Hodges, bandoneon, Emilio Teubal, piano, and Sergio Reyes, violin) perform their monthly tango show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The coming up shows are at 8pm on September 19, October 17, November 21 and December 19 at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, East 3rd street, between B-C avenues.

WALL HALL Art Film Screening

(PRWEB) September 15, 2004

On Sunday September 19th at 9pm the documentary film “Wall Hall #9″ a month long event, will be screened .- a huge international art installation at 7000 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles on Thursday September 16th at 8pm.

On Thursday September 16 2004 at 5pm Telestar International presents WALL HALL, the culmination of four weeks for continuous painting by artists Bert Hewener- Esenherz and David Hinnebusch. On Sunday September 19th 2004 a film documenting the four weeks and reception which will include live performances of music, film, food and fashion by special guests will be shown. The remaining un-sold work will then be destroyed. The only witness left will be the documentary film “Wall Hall.”

Start of the project:

August 23rd 2004

Opening reception:

September 16th 2004 8 PM- 11PM

Closing show:

September 19th 2004

9PM- 10PM

Wall Hall is an art project. The purpose is for audience to visualize the definition of ART. Since 1993, Bert Hewener- Esenherz has continued to fight the term of contemporary art”.

“The progressive process by itself in order to express the momentary thought or feeling in a most unique manner is art.” (Esenherz 1993)

If his claimed definition of ART is correct, then the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) needs to change their name to Museum of the Contemporary Witness of Art (MOTCWOA). The WALL HALL is a performance where a collaboration of artists shows the process of art. The produced artwork builds the illusion of a complex installation. The daily progress of the work and all connected stories will be captured on video. The Wall Hall project found first recognition in Berlin 1994, Zuerich in 1995, London 1995, Amsterdam 1996, Stuttgart 1997, New York 1998, Brooklyn 1999/ 2000 and in Los Angeles in 2002.

Bert Hewener-Esenherz is a Berlin born New York painter and filmmaker. He graduated visual arts at the Academy of Muenster in 1992. His paintings and movies are entirely dedicated to the expression of daily live in urban invireoment of Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 2001 Bert walked a large painting (7×5 ft) from New York to Denver, Co. He covered a distance 0f 2023 miles in 93 days. The purpose of his journey was to help people discover the artist within themselves, as well as, to support local artists throughout the country. His paintings are in collections of people in the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Japan, China, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, France, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Austria, Israel and Lybia.

David Hinnebusch, born in Pittsburgh, PA. in 1964, moved from Tanzania, East Africa to Los Angeles in 1968 and except for living in East Africa an additional year in 1970, has lived and worked on the West-side of Los Angeles since. A creator from childhood, Hinnebusch has made music, film, books, now a clothing line and in the last ten years a huge body of paintings which recently have found their way into the collections of people and non- people internationally. Through showing and selling on Oceanfront Walk in Venice, California, Hinnebusch continues to follow his own path making art and has been rewarded handsomely for the effort. As for Wall Hall “I’m very excited to go paint with Bert- he’s a real New York artist – I guess I’ll be serving Hinnebiscuits at Wall Hall.”

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WALL HALL Art Film Screening

Torquato Tasso

Argentina. (PRWEB) September 17, 2004 – reservas 4307-

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Torquato Tasso

In Memory Of Los Angeles’ Pacific Electric Railway: Jazz Songwriter-Musician Jon Hartmann’s New CD Addresses His Environmental Consciousness

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) September 19, 2004

When you think of Los Angeles, environmental consciousness is not what comes to mind. But for one pro-active Los Angeles resident, Environmental activist and jazz musician, Jon Hartmann – his message is in his music as his third self-produced album, Pacific Electric pays tribute to Los Angeles’ long-lost Pacific Electric Railway. Available via Internet on CDBaby.com, the all-original composition Pacific Electric CD is described as ‘modern jazz, with strong roots in old school funk, a deep admiration of Aaron Copeland and Afro-Cuban grooves.’ But the instrumental vibe reflects passion and emotes the feelings of its’ writer/producer/musician, Hartmann.

“My interest in the Pacific Electric Railway began in 1967, when I was given a tour of the remains of the Subway Terminal Building under downtown Los Angeles. I am concerned about the environment, and part of the solution to healthy air is to expand rail service between and inside cities. I was recently elected Chair of the Transportation Committee of the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council. I’ve always been a little torn between music and politics. My music mirrors some of my ideals and values. Even though there are no lyrics on these songs, I hope one can easily tell that a pragmatic optimist wrote them. The Pacific Electric Railway was removed under questionable circumstances, and a large measure of American history remains untold and off-limits. On more than one occasion, I would be sitting down attempting to mix something, and thoughts of energy policy, or streetcars and ad campaigns would creep into the room. One must stay focused,” explains Hartmann.

Pacific Electric features Hartmann’s multi-hyphenate title of Writer, Producer, Record label executive as well as keyboards and percussion. The album also features Sid Jacobs on guitar (first North American jazz guitarist invited to perform in Argentina’s “Guitars of the World” festival), Dave Price on saxophone, Larry Williams on trumpet, Lynn Woolever on bass, Jack Lees on drums and percussion and other guitar contributions from Tony Pretzello and Ron Hershewe. Each of the individual songs on the album reflect Hartmann’s impressions of the rhythm of the rails, solid grooves of each track take you on a funk/be-bop sound voyage.

Hartmann’s last two albums, “3 if By Air” and “The 10th House” both featured CD cover graphics which reflect Hartmann’s passionate visual statement about the fragile nature of the orb we populate. He feels fossil fuels have no place in our future. “If we continue to burn them at the current rate, two things will happen as sure as night follows day … our economy will be disrupted beyond repair, and our planet, likewise, may be damaged sufficiently to induce global catastrophe,” states Hartmann.

Hartmann is a songwriter, musician, producer, music publisher and record label executive whose career has encompassed touring the world. From his first overseas gig in Southeast Asia to entertain soldiers for the USO, to performing with Ike & Tina Turner in Germany with the Rolling Stones as audience spectators to co-writing with Jimmy Whitney, King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s 1975 hit “Goodness Knows.” He’s currently producing his own works and others elaborating on his environmental beliefs as an activist and musical artist on his own independent label, Jon Hartmann Records.

For interviews, review copies and additional information, call Publicist, Stacey Kumagai at 818/506-8675 or email mediamonster@yahoo.com . To order Jon Hartmann’s CDs, go to http://www.jonhartmannmusic.com

CONTACT: Stacey Kumagai

818-506-8675

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In Memory Of Los Angeles’ Pacific Electric Railway: Jazz Songwriter-Musician Jon Hartmann’s New CD Addresses His Environmental Consciousness

Memories of a Misty Land.

(PRWEB) September 23, 2004

The story is about Balbino, a boy living in a poverty stricken village in Galicia. Memoirs of a Peasant Boy is set in the 1940’s and follows the everyday life of Balbino while he grows up: from the joy of his first love to the sadness of his daily existence in a repressed and stifling society. Balbino questions everything from the social injustice that he sees around him to the religious restrictions that make individualism nearly impossible. It is clear memoirs from a misty land.

Despite the starkness of the story, the lyrical language of Galicia brings out a light and compelling element to this book. Xose Neira himself was brought up in similar circumstances in the thirties and always dreamed of leaving his village in Galicia. As he was unable to study in the restrictive society of the day, he began to write stories and poetry. When he was nineteen he went to Argentina, where he joined other young artistic Galicians who were trying to improve the situation of the immigrants who found life very hard away from their native land. He married the writer Anisia Miranda and they both went to Cuba where they were involved in the revolution. They eventually moved back to the village in Galicia that Xose Neira had so desperately wanted to leave as a young man. He has written a number of books and also published many books related to Galician literature. He was recently honoured for his contribution to literature.

The translator Camilo Ogando is a head teacher, also born in Galicia. He studied English at Santiago University and also languages at Edinburgh University. He has worked closely with Xose Neira on the translation and the result is a beautiful lyrical book. Although in English, it has retained the Galician phrasing and the almost musical rhythm.

The book is available on http://www.trafford.com and further information on the author can be obtained from camiloogando@edu.xunta.es

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Memories of a Misty Land.

“Great Taste” to feature Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Deerfield Beach, FL (PRWEB) September 25, 2004

Platinum Television Group is pleased to announce the selection of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and its tourism board, Sub Secretaria de Turismo Gobierno de Buenos Aires, for its innovative, educational television series, Great Taste. The city will be featured as a “Unique Travel Destination.”

This complex, energetic, and seductive port city, which stretches south-to-north along the Rio de la Plata, has been the gateway to Argentina for centuries. Portenos, as the multinational people of Buenos Aires are known, possess an elaborate and rich cultural identity. Portenos are intensely involved in the life and culture of their city, and they value their European heritage highly–Italian and Spanish are primary influences, and the lifestyle and architecture reflect the mixed heritage.

Buenos Aires’ physical structure is a mosaic as varied and diverse as its culture. The exciting city is composed of many small places, intimate details, and tiny events and interactions, each with a slightly different shade, shape, and character. Glass-sheathed skyscrapers cast their slender shadows on 19th century Victorian houses; tango bars hazed with the piquant tang of cigar smoke face dusty, treasure-filled antique shops across the way. The city’s neighborhoods are small and highly individualized, each with its own characteristic colors and forms. For example, in the San Telmo district, the city’s multinational heritage is varied and cosmopolitan architecture reflects this: Spanish Colonial design couples with Italian detailing and graceful French Classicism. La Boca’s pressed tin houses are painted a rainbow of colors, and muralists have turned the district’s side streets into avenues of color.

For all its diversity, the elusive spirit of Argentina is present everywhere in Buenos Aires. The national dance, the tango, is perhaps the best expression of that spirit–practiced in dance halls, parks, open plazas, and ballrooms, it is a dance of intimate separation and common rhythm, combining both an elegant reserve and an exuberant passion. Nightlife is popular here, with the city first awakening with dinner at 9 p.m., followed by evenings of dancing, nightclubbing, and socializing, sometimes till dawn.

A great excursion from the city is a visit to one of the many Estancias (Argentine ranches). Here one can get a sense of the traditional life of the gauchos. Many Estancias offer accommodations, traditional food, live folk music and dancing, and exhibitions of gaucho horseback skills.

When it comes to shopping, from its grand boulevards to the winding streets of Arroyo, the city offers an endless variety of boutiques, galleries, and antique shops as well as shopping centers. The Sunday Flea Market in San Telmo provides excellent, leisurely people-watching and shopping, and there is a very good Sunday Antiques Fair at the Plaza Dorrego.

At the Museo Historico Nacional, Argentina’s turbulent history is reviewed, from the 16th century to the present. The Iglesia Rusa Ortodoxa, with its soaring and majestic onion domes, is one of the city’s many fine architectural ornaments. Curiously enough, it is still owned by Russia.

For a magnificent vacation that encompasses very different experiences, visit Buenos Aires. For more information, see http://www.bue.gov.ar.

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