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Now available: additional Jonathan Schwartz prints
Jonathan Schwartz (1973-2018) was a filmmaker, teacher, and source of inspiration for all his friends and students. Jonathan incorporated found and collected materials in many of his films, and simultaneously developed his unique 16mm vision through intimate exchanges with his subjects, handheld gestures, in-camera superimpositions, and a profound attention to the transient qualities of the […]
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Newly available Robert Todd prints and files
Robert Todd (1963-2018) was a profoundly creative and compassionate person who expressed raw emotion through the medium of film. He was a prolific filmmaker, a dedicated mentor and educator, a painter of dark wonders, and a musical prodigy. His cinema had a profound influence on the international experimental film community, embracing the deep complexity of […]
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Now available: seventeen exhibition files from Jon Behrens
Jon Behrens is a Seattle-based filmmaker, curator, photographer, sound manipulator and teacher. Seventeen of his films, produced between 1993 and 2018, are now available to rent as digital files from Canyon Cinema. Light Coins (2018 | 4 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) This film is a collaboration between myself, Caryn Cline and Luke Sieczek. We made […]
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6/19/19 // A Salon with Zachary Epcar
A Salon with Zachary Epcar Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 // 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM) 16 Sherman Street Facebook Event We are pleased to welcome filmmaker and dear friend Zachary Epcar back to San Francisco for a very special summertime Salon. Repurposing massage-chair unboxing videos algorithmically scraped from the internet’s endless depths, posthuman luxury condominium fly-through tours, […]
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Now available: six exhibition files from Sandra Davis
For all its tactility and materiality, filmmaker Sandra Davis’ use of 16mm film is rarely left a question of form. Throughout a body of work produced from the late 1970s through the present – an oeuvre at once intimate and elusive – Davis has repeatedly returned to physicality and touch as key themes activated by […]
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6/6/19 // Kenneth Anger & Morgan Fisher
Kenneth Anger / Morgan Fisher Reception & Performance Thursday, June 6, 2019 // 7:00 PM Slash Art San Francisco // 687 Minna Street, San Francisco Facebook Event (Kenneth Anger / Morgan Fisher runs May 17 through June 23, 2019) Laurence Rickels in The Case of California tells us that music is the ghost noise of identification, a […]
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5/1/19 // You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone (with Black Sheep Boy) Wednesday, May 1, 2019 // 6:30 PM SF Arts Commission Gallery //401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 126, San Francisco, Facebook Event Anton Stuebner will read from his newly commissioned exhibition essay You are not alone followed by a screening of Michael Wallin’s Black Sheep Boy (1995, 37 min, color). Black […]
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4/25/19 // Barbara Hammer: Cinema of Intimacy
Barbara Hammer: Cinema of Intimacy Thursday, April 25, 2019 // 6:30 PM Little Roxie Theater // 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA Facebook Event Introduced and co-curated by Susannah Magers and Tanya Zimbardo. “In tribute to film legend Barbara Hammer (1939–2019), this program highlights a selection of the artist’s early films rooted in the Bay Area. Shot at […]
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4/10/19 // SFAI x Canyon: Mike Henderson
SFAI Film x Canyon: Mike Henderson Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 // 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM) San Francisco Art Institute // 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco Facebook Event free and open to the public! The San Francisco Art Institute Film Department and Canyon Cinema Present a series of 50th Anniversary Screenings Celebrating 50 Years of Filmmaking at […]
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4/3/19 // SFAI x Canyon: Kerry Laitala
SFAI Film x Canyon: Kerry Laitala Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 // 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM) San Francisco Art Institute // 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco Facebook Event free and open to the public! The San Francisco Art Institute Film Department and Canyon Cinema Present a series of 50th Anniversary Screenings Celebrating 50 Years of Filmmaking at […]
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