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    Canyon Cinema presents Al Wong: Still Moving, August 27, 2023

    Posted July 21st, 2023 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events

    Al Wong: Still Moving Sunday, August 27, 2023, 3:45pm The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Al Wong in person! Program & Ticket Info: roxie.com/film/al-wong-still-moving/ Canyon at The Roxie returns with a spotlight on the distinguished San Francisco artist Al Wong. This program traces the arc of Wong’s varied engagement with the moving image form, from his […]

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    Now Available: Three New Films by Federica Foglia

    Posted July 7th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that exhibition files for three new handmade films by Federica Foglia are now available, including: Negative / Positive Film (2023, 14 minutes, b&w, sound, digital file) Negative / Positive Film is a hand-made, camera-less collage film composed of layers of erotic 16mm films from 1920s, 1940s, and 1970s, intermingled with […]

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    Now Available: Four New Films from Nathaniel Dorsky

    Posted June 21st, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Now available from Canyon Cinema: Four new 16mm films by Nathaniel Dorsky made over the past year, including: Place d’Or (2023, 10 minutes, color, silent, 16mm, 18fps) A rainy autumn afternoon at North Lake in Golden Gate Park. Perhaps the “Square of Gold” is also the screen itself. – N.D. Dialogues (2022, 17.5 minutes, color, silent, 16mm, […]

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    Now Available: Tulapop Saenjaroen’s Mangosteen

    Posted June 16th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Mangosteen (Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2022, 40 minutes, color, sound, digital file) A story about storytelling: After returning to his hometown to work in his sister’s fruit processing factory, Earth slowly but surely pulls out of the family business due to his disagreement with his sister. Earth then dedicates himself to writing an abstract, gory novel. Winner […]

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    Now Available: Abigail He’s Measuring 500 Feet

    Posted June 13th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Measuring 500 Feet (Abigail He, 2021, 14 minutes, b&w, silent, 16mm) Medium: 16mm filmDimensions: 500 ft. x 5/8 in. x 1/128 in. (15240 x 1.6 x .02 cm) overall: 547 ft. x 5/8 in. x 1/128 in. (16672.6 x 1.6 x .02 cm)

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    Now Available: Four New Titles from Raymond Rea

    Posted June 13th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce the availability of four new titles from Raymond Rea. A filmmaker and writer, Rea’s work often challenges assumptions, hints at theatricality, and uses a raw LoFi aesthetic to address complexities. His films have screened widely including at the Ann Arbor Film Festival; Light Field, San Francisco; San Francisco International […]

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    New Artist Member: TT Takemoto

    Posted June 9th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is delighted to welcome the San Francisco-based artist TT Takemoto to the collection! TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American filmmaker exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their experimental films delve into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma that exist within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage […]

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    Now in Stock: Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live!

    Posted May 30th, 2023 in Announcements, News / Events

    Now available on Canyon Cinema’s online store: A new publication on the work and life of acclaimed Bay Area filmmaker and longtime Canyon artist member Craig Baldwin! Meticulously detailed, with contributions from over 50 writers, artists, illustrators, and ideologues, Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live! is the first critical text to examine the artist’s films analytically as a […]

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    Now Available: Louise Bourque’s Bye Bye Now

    Posted May 26th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events

    Bye Bye Now (2022, 9.5 minutes, color, sound, 35mm or DCP) The very gesture of waving HELLO to the movie camera in itself (re)presents a recurring GOODBYE to a fleeting moment. Made in homage to my father, this film traces past lives lived in these personal 8mm family archives he left me.

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    Now Available: 12 Exhibition Files from Ben Russell

    Posted May 19th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce a major new deposit of digital files from Ben Russell. Included amongst this acquisition are 9 titles that are new to Canyon’s catalog (see below), as well as exhibition files for three films that were previously only available on 16mm: Black and White Trypps Number Three, Trypps #5 (Dubai), […]

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