Events and Screenings

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   49 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality: The City Envisioned by Canyon Cinema @ The Roxie, Oct 14

   Posted September 22nd, 2026 in Announcements, Canyon at The Roxie, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   49 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality: The City Envisioned by Canyon Cinema 6:15pm Wednesday, October 14, 2026 The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Part of The Roxie’s Arthouse 50 series Event tickets here In celebration of The Roxie Theater’s 50th year as an Arthouse, this program assembles films made by former and current Canyon staffers, offering […]

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   Canyon Cinema’s Print Generations @ Indexical, Santa Cruz, Sept 19

   Posted September 15th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema’s Print Generations 7pm, Saturday, September 19, 2026 Indexical, Santa Cruz Event tickets here Tijana Petrović, Amy Reid, and TT Takemoto in person! Co-presented by Canyon Cinema This program highlights work from Canyon Cinema’s inaugural film commissioning project. Borrowing its title from J.J. Murphy’s astounding structural showpiece, Print Generation (1974), and inspired by the 16mm […]

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   Michael Wallin, Outside In @ SFMOMA, June 7, 2026

   Posted May 5th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Michael Wallin, Outside In 2pm Sunday, June 7, 2026 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater Co-presented by Canyon Cinema Free with RSVP Related Exhibition: People Make This Place: SFAI Stories Join us as we celebrate the work of longtime Canyon Cinema artist member Michael Wallin (1948-2016). A stalwart figure of the […]

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   Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: George’s Sphere @ SFMOMA, May 2, 2026

   Posted April 27th, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: George’s Sphere 2pm Saturday, May 2, 2026 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater Free with RSVP Curator Andrew Lampert in attendance! Related Exhibition: People Make This Place: SFAI Stories Co-presented by Canyon Cinema Join us for two screenings from the prodigal twin brothers of underground cinema, George and […]

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   Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: Planet Mike @ SFMOMA, April 30, 2026

   Posted April 27th, 2026 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: Planet Mike 6pm Thursday, April 30, 2026 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater Free with RSVP Filmmaker Mike Kuchar and curator Andrew Lampert in attendance!Related Exhibition: People Make This Place: SFAI Stories Co-presented by Canyon Cinema Join us for two screenings from the prodigal twin brothers of […]

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   Flow State: a reflection on film inspection and archiving @ Shapeshifters Cinema, April 12, 2026

   Posted April 2nd, 2026 in Announcements, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Flow State: a reflection on film inspection and archiving 7pm Sunday, April 12 Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland Co-presented by Canyon Cinema Hosted by Autumn Armstrong Admission: $12 General / Discount for Friends of Canyon & Shapeshifters Members Event tickets here Flow State is a celebration of film inspection and archival work. Film archivist and library assistant Autumn Armstrong has curated this program […]

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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, 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 practice. […]

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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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    Print Generations – Premiere Screening @ SFMOMA, Feb 22

    Posted January 15th, 2026 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, New Films, News / Events
    

    Print Generations – Premiere Screening! 2pm Sunday, February 22, 2026 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free with RSVP Canyon Cinema’s inaugural film commissioning project! Borrowing its title from J.J. Murphy’s astounding structural showpiece, Print Generation (1974), and inspired by the centennial of 16mm film (1923–2023), Print Generations was conceived to support analog-based filmmaking in the Bay […]

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