Co-Presentations

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   Canyon Cinema presents Single Spark Film: We Are the Palestinian People, April 14, 2026

   Posted March 24th, 2026 in Announcements, Canyon at The Roxie, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Single Spark Film: We Are the Palestinian People 6:30pm Tuesday, April 14 The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Presented by Canyon Cinema Admission: $15 General / $12 Friends of Canyon Members Event tickets here Canyon at The Roxie returns with a look at the timely activist cinema of Single Spark Film. Emerging from the San Francisco-based […]

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   An Evening with Sky Hopinka @ Slash, April 4, 2026

   Posted March 17th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   An Evening with Sky Hopinka 7pm Saturday, April 4 Slash, 1150 25th St, Building B, San Francisco Co-presented by Canyon Cinema with Slash and San Francisco Cinematheque Free event with limited capacity Register here (registration not required but appreciated) Slash’s exhibition Sonic Transmissions (January 10 – April 18, 2026) explores and highlights the sonic aspects of Sky Hopinka’s artistic […]

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   Now Available: Four New Films by Toney W. Merritt

   Posted March 9th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Laurette At 100: Four Sketches For My Mother (2025, 30 minutes, color, sound, digital file) Composer Lenny Carlson wrote four musical sketches dedicated to the memory of his mother, Laurette Carlson Boarman (1922-2024). The sketches were performed by members of the AURIO Trio, Rufus Olivier, Jr. – Bassoon, Zachariah Spellman – Tuba, and Karen Hutchinson […]

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   The Refracted City: New Films by Mark Street @ Shapeshifters Cinema, March 13, 2026

   Posted February 18th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   The Refracted City: New Films by Mark Street 7pm Friday, March 13, 2026 Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland Co-presented by Canyon Cinema Admission: $14 General / Discount for Friends of Canyon & Shapeshifters Members Event tickets here NYC-based filmmaker Mark Street presents a program of recent short films rooted in the tradition of street photography. These films toggle between representation and abstraction […]

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   Visions of Unearthly Splendor with Stephen Kaltenbach and Jordan Stein @ SFMOMA, Jan 22, 2026

   Posted January 8th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Visions of Unearthly Splendor with Stephen Kaltenbach and Jordan Stein6pm Thursday, January 22, 2026San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free with RSVP Related Exhibition: People Make This Place: SFAI Stories Experience an evening of otherworldly, enchanting, and psychedelic California film and video works inspired by Stephen Kaltenbach: Portrait of My Father, a new publication by San Francisco curator […]

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   Announcing Cine-Gastronomy: A cinematic culinary soirée and holiday gathering at 500 Capp Street, Dec 6

   Posted November 10th, 2025 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Cine-Gastronomy: An Evening of Taste, Tones, and Moving Images 5–8pm Saturday, December 6, 2025 500 Capp Street, San Francisco Event tickets here Cine-Gastronomy brings together Bay Area artists and filmmakers for a sensorial evening hosted by 500 Capp Street, Canyon Cinema, and Southern Exposure, celebrating experimental cinema, culinary imagination, and performance. Guests will experience a breathtaking live performance by Roco Córdova and an […]

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   Call to Action: The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema present Films for Freedom

   Posted October 31st, 2025 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Please join The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema in support of Fall of Freedom – an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. This fall, our two organizations are reaching out together to the experimental film and media community to be part of a nationwide wave […]

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   Lynne Sachs presents The Washing Society + Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry @ Shapeshifters Cinema, Nov 11, 2025

   Posted October 14th, 2025 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Lynne Sachs presents The Washing Society + Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry 7pm Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland Co-presented by the Friends of Canyon Cinema Admission: $10 (discount for Shapeshifters members; free for Friends of Canyon) Event tickets here NYC-based filmmaker Lynne Sachs joins us for a deep, poetic dive into laundry—an area of […]

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   Intimate Politics: Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, JoAnn Elam @ The Roxie, Oct 22, 2025

   Posted September 24th, 2025 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Intimate Politics: Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, JoAnn Elam 6:15pm Wednesday, October 22, 2025The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Rachel Churner in person! Admission: $15 General / $12 Friends of Canyon Members Event tickets here Canyon Cinema and the Carolee Schneemann Foundation present the West Coast premiere of newly restored 16mm prints of Schneemann’s Plumb Line and Viet-Flakes, in a program of […]

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    Mike Henderson: Trouble in Mind @ SFMOMA, Aug 24, 2025

    Posted July 23rd, 2025 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
    

    Mike Henderson: Trouble in Mind Sunday, August 24, 2025 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Screening: 2pm, Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater Music: 3:45 pm, Floor 2, Koret Education Center Mike Henderson in person! Free with RSVP This program is presented by Canyon Cinema in collaboration with SFMOMA and co-presented by MoAD. Related Exhibition: People Make This Place: SFAI […]

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