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6/22/14 — The Gem People || Frameline 38
9 PM June 22nd at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA The 38th Annual Frameline LGBT Film Festival kicks off in one short week, and we are proud to be a part of it. On June […]
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5/15/2014 – Light + Sound Machine Presents… A TRIBUTE TO CANYON CINEMA
This Thursday, May 15th The Light & Sound Machine in Nashville, Tennessee will present A Tribute To Canyon Cinema at Third Man Records! Featuring work by Paul Sharits, Peter Kubelka, Will Hindle, Scott Stark, Abigail Child and many more, this program highlights “greatest hits” along with overlooked gems from our catalog. To purchase tickets and […]
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Reduced Hours for April!
Please be aware that we will be operating with reduced hours from April 7th to 18th. Our new (temporary) work schedule is as follows: Open Monday — Wednesday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CLOSED Thursday and Friday. All emails received during Thursday and Friday closures will be answered within 1 to 2 business days. This […]
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Save the Date: Abigail Child at the Tribeca New Music Festival!
Save the date! As part of the Tribeca New Music Festival, Canyon filmmaker Abigail Child will be behind the projector for the debut of Salome: A Woman of Valor with words by Adeena Karasick and music by Jack London. If you’ll be in New York City on May 14th at 7 pm, be sure to […]
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Incoming: New Printing of Bruce Baillie Volumes II & III on DVD
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce new editions of Bruce Baillie Volume II and Volume III on DVD. These discs are the epitome of quality, assembled by the hands of the Canyon cofounder himself. Printed in honor of the creation of the Canyon Cinema Foundation, Quick Billy, Quixote, and Here I Am are now en route to […]
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3/26/2014 – Canyon Cinema Salon, Vanishing Presence: A Program of Films Selected by Mark Wilson
Filmmaker, animator and artist Mark Wilson has been active in the San Francisco Bay area artist-made independent film community for more than twenty years. For our second Salon, Canyon asked Wilson to curate a selection of works influential to him, as well as those which highlight central concepts in his filmmaking practice. […]
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Works by Lawrence Jordan now available on DVD
Now available to purchase from Canyon Cinema: Chateau/Poyet (2010 | 11 minutes | Color | Sound) The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan’s favorite illustrators: Poyet. Duels occur on a tight rope. Heavier-then- air machines fly […]
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Now available on DVD: Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage
Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage (1985 | 43.5 minutes | Color | Sound) “While on a showing tour in Boulder, CO, I visited with Stan and he showed me how he went about constructing his highly colored hand-painted 16mm films. We see him explaining his materials, the difficulties, the percentages of […]
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April 3rd, 2014 – Nathaniel Dorsky premieres new works at Crossroads Festival and YBCA
San Francisco Cinematheque opens its annual CROSSROADS film festival with a special screening with Bay Area master filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky‘s new quartet of films, including two world premieres and a Bay Area premiere, all created in 2013–2014. Spring (Bay Area premiere): “a film that in itself is a garden, a film that, like the world […]
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2/24/2014 – Introducing the Canyon Cinema Salon, inaugural event with Sandra Davis
Canyon Cinema Foundation is proud to announce our new public programming adventure – the Canyon Cinema Salon. An opportunity for dialogue and exploration, these monthly events are designed as a platform for the community to directly engage and learn from moving image artists in an intimate setting. Artists will have an open forum to present […]
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Unseen Cinema CollectionTomato Is Another Day - J.S. Watson, Jr.
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Alternate titles: Tomatoes Another Day, It Never Happened
Co-makers: J. S. Watson, Jr., Alec Wilder
Original format: 35mm sound film... Read more »