Events and Screenings
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Canyon Cinema presents Lynn Marie Kirby: the insufficient frame, March 30, 2025
Lynn Marie Kirby: the insufficient frame Sunday, March 30, 3:40pm The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Presented by Canyon Cinema in association with San Francisco Cinematheque Lynn Marie Kirby in person Admission: $15 General / $12 Friends of Canyon & SF Cinematheque Members Event tickets here By calling attention to the screen as more than a blank […]
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Canyon Cinema co-presents Trace Elements: Remembering Gunvor Nelson, March 13, 2025
Trace Elements: Remembering Gunvor Nelson Thursday, March 13, 7:30pm The Lab, San Francisco Co-presented with San Francisco CinemathequeEvent tickets here For Nelson, film is a plastic medium whose potential for personal expression demands a denial of conventional film language and syntax on the part of both the maker and the viewer. Her frequently ambiguous and […]
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Benefit for LA Mutual Aid Network, March 28, 2025
Benefit for LA Mutual Aid NetworkMartial Arts (Oakland)Friday, March 28th at 8pm$5-15 sliding scale For address, contact:martialartsoak@gmail.com music byChris CohenRowan Katz + Canyon Cinema presents:Get Out of the Car, Thom Andersen (2010, 34 minutes, 16mm) Flyer by Zachary Epcar
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1/26/2025 – Straight from the Haight (and other Microcinemas in Mid-Sixties San Francisco)
STRAIGHT FROM THE HAIGHT (and other Microcinemas in Mid-Sixties San Francisco) Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 3:40pm The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Presented by Canyon Cinema With the emergence of Canyon Cinema, that foundational film presenter and distributor, in the early Sixties, there was a visible upsurge of interest in experimental and artisanal filmmaking in the Bay […]
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Canyon Cinema presents Robert Nelson’s Suite California, October 30, 2024
Robert Nelson’s Suite California Wednesday, October 30, 6:30pm The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Program & Ticket Info: roxie.com/film/robert-nelsons-suite-california-16mm/ Canyon at The Roxie returns this fall with a special presentation of Robert Nelson’s majestic two-part 16mm film essay, Suite California! “I’m definitely not interested in passing along intellectual information about California. There’s plenty of that everywhere. […]
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9/20/2024 – A Salon with Philip Hoffman
A Salon with Philip Hoffman Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 7:30pm (doors 7pm) 16 Sherman Street, San Francisco Philip Hoffman in person! Kicking off a whirlwind weekend of Bay Area events, Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Canadian film experimentalist and longtime artist member Philip Hoffman to 16 Sherman for a screening of his 2019 […]
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Canyon Cinema presents Toney W. Merritt: As I Am, May 16 & 18, 2024
Toney W. Merritt: As I Am Thursday, May 16, 6:30pm & Saturday, May 18, 3:40pmThe Roxie Theater, San Francisco Toney W. Merritt in person!Q&A to follow both screenings Program & Ticket Info: roxie.com/film/toney-w-merritt-as-i-am/ The Bay Area–based independent filmmaker Toney W. Merritt has been creating work for over 50 years. His unique corpus of personal films and […]
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The Spring Invitational, hosted by 500 Capp Street and Berkeley Art Center, with Canyon Cinema
May 3, 4 & 5, 2024 500 Capp Street, San Francisco Join us for an extraordinary weekend of creativity and collaboration, hosted by two vibrant organizations in a shared mission of fostering sustainability and planting seeds within our Bay Area arts ecosystem. Together, 500 Capp Street and Berkeley Art Center are presenting a joint fundraiser […]
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1/26/2024 – Cine-Espacios Book Release and Screening
Cine-Espacios Book Release and ScreeningFriday, January 26, 2024 @ 7pmArtists’ Television Access, San Francisco Cine-Espacios co-editor Tzutzu Matzin in person from Mexico City! To celebrate the publication of our latest Canyon Cinemazine issue, we are hosting a release party and screening at ATA in San Francisco’s Mission District. Years in the making, the bilingual, 200+ page […]
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1/18/2024 – Portraits and Short Visual Diaries: A Salon with Margaret Rorison
Portraits and Short Visual Diaries: A Salon with Margaret RorisonThursday, January 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm (doors 7pm)16 Sherman Street, San Francisco Curated and introduced by Margaret Rorison “This selection of 10 short films celebrates the mobile nature of the 16mm camera, and the limitations of its mechanism that allow for true experimentation and play. The […]