News / Events

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   New Board Member: TT Takemoto

   Posted August 6th, 2026 in Announcements, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is delighted to welcome TT Takemoto to our Board of Directors! TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American artist and scholar exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their work delves into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma existing within Asian and Asian American archives.  A Canyon artist member since 2023 and […]

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   Now Available: Margaret Rorison’s emergence

   Posted August 5th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   emergence (2024, 2.5 minutes, b&w, sound, digital file) A series of summer occurrences, an observation of life cycles.

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   Now Available: New Digitization of Scott Bartlett’s Moon 1969

   Posted August 4th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Moon 1969 (1969, 15 minutes, color, sound, 16mm or digital file) “The interrelated convolutions and spasms of image, color, and sound that filmmaker Bartlett creates is the cumulative effect of his pioneer work using negative images, polarization, television techniques, computer-film, and electronic patterns all compressed into a visual punch that directs one where he normally […]

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   New Artist Member: Linda Izcali Scobie

   Posted August 3rd, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Linda Izcali Scobie and her work to the collection! Linda Izcali Scobie is a filmmaker, programmer, and projectionist living in San Francisco. Her films have been exhibited nationally and internationally at film festivals and venues such as LA Film Forum, Antimatter, Centro de Cultura Digital in Mexico City, XCENTRIC […]

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   Now Available: C Applewhaite’s I AM THE WORLD + let me breathe

   Posted July 22nd, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that C Applewhaite‘s I AM THE WORLD (2022) and let me breathe (2021) are now available. I AM THE WORLD screens at London’s Barbican Centre on July 30th, as part of videoclub’s UK touring program Selected 16. The program includes artists nominated by those shortlisted for the Film London […]

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   Now Available: Greta Snider’s In the Maritime Frequencies

   Posted July 16th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   In the Maritime Frequencies (2025, 16 minutes, color, sound, 16mm or digital file or DCP) “We’ll remember the earth as if it were a dream.” This film is an exploration of the coastal landscapes of San Francisco, using darkroom developers made from the solutions of our times — bay water, hand sanitizer and “safe” detergent […]

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   Now Available: New 2K Digitizations of Three Films by Robert Nelson (and Friends)

   Posted July 14th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that new high-resolution digital files of three films by Robert Nelson, including collaborations with William T. Wiley and Mike Henderson, are now available. These 2K digitizations of The Off Handed Jape (1967), Worldly Woman (1973), and Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley […]

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   Now Available: Eight Digital Files from Barry Spinello

   Posted July 9th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that eight films by longtime artist member Barry Spinello are now available in digital formats. The deposit includes several of Spinello’s signature cameraless animations, as well as his documentaries Erica: Not in Vain (1983) and Film Graphics: Abstract Aspects of Editing (1972), and his hybrid live-action and hand-painted Daylight […]

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   Now Available: New Preservation Prints and 2K Digitizations of Michael Wallin’s Black Sheep Boy and Decodings

   Posted July 9th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is thrilled to announce that the initial phase of our multi-faceted Michael Wallin restoration project is now complete. Thanks to the support of a National Film Preservation Foundation – Avant-Garde Masters Grant, new 16mm preservation prints and 2K digitizations of Wallin’s landmark autobiographical essays Decodings (1988) and Black Sheep Boy (1995) are now available from Canyon Cinema. […]

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    Now Available: James Sansing’s A Light Unseen

    Posted July 1st, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
    

    A Light Unseen (2025, 10 minutes, color, sound, digital file) Light glinting off spider webs, seem unremarkable, but there is a world of color and composition invisible to the human eye revealed by this experimental film. These are not artifacts caused by camera optics, this is the natural world.

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