Events and Screenings
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11/24/2014 — Canyon Cinema Salon, PLASTIC HISTORY: Independent and Experimental Filmmaking in the Age of Acetate, A Program of Films Selected by Tyler Turkle
Please join Canyon Cinema on the evening of November 24th, 2014 at New Nothing Cinema for the next installment of our Fall 2014 Salon series. This month, filmmaker Tyler Turkle will present a program of 16mm films from the Canyon Cinema catalog made in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. These films, along with being representative of the historical moment in which […]
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Mission Eye + Ear #6 September 12 at ATA
New music/sound + film/video collaborations by: Crystal Pascucci + Isabelle Harada Zachary James Watkins + Rosario Sotelo Lisa Mezzacappa + Janis Crystal Lipzin with film scores performed live by the Eyes’nEars House Band: Marta Raviglia (IT), voice Steve Adams, winds Piero Bittolo Bon (IT), reeds Crystal Pascucci, cello Lisa Mezzacappa, bass Suki O’Kane, percussion Mission Eye & […]
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Four new films by Nathaniel Dorsky to premiere this autumn at the Viennale 2014 as part of the Vienna International Film Festival
Summer, December, February and Avraham will be screened onMonday, October 27th at the Viennale 2014 as part of the Vienna International Film Festival. Summer and December will be European premieres and February and Avraham, world premieres. The screening will take place at the at the Metro Kino Theater, Johannesgasse 4, Vienna as part of the […]
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James Broughton Centennial Screenings at the PFA!
As part of the “Alternative Visions” series and in celebration of James Broughton’s centennial, Canyon Cinema and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley are pleased to announce two screenings, coming in September! Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton 7:00 PM Wednesday September 10th at […]
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“From Vault to Screen” ends this weekend!
This summer, the National Gallery of Art has reached deeply into the our collection to present “From Vault to Screen,” an eight-part series that serves as historical overview and ongoing testament to Canyon Cinema and its filmmakers. The program concludes this weekend with […]
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Big Joy Screening SEP 4th–TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Join us on September 4th at 7:00 PM when we co-present Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton with our friends at The Roxie Theatre! From Roxie’s announcement: “Big Joy serves as a chronicle of the iconoclastic life of gay poet, filmmaker, and spiritual visionary James Broughton, one of the defining voices of the sexual revolution. Broughton’s groundbreaking […]
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Kinder Kino with Canyon Cinema at Exploratorium – Saturday, August 16th
Cinema Arts at Exploratorium presents, Saturday Cinema: Kinder Kino with Canyon Cinema Saturday, August 16, 2014 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Location: Exploratorium Pier 15, Kanbar Forum Admission: Included with museum admission. Buy Tickets → For more than 45 years, San Francisco–based Canyon Cinema has been a key resource of avant-garde and artist-made films. For […]
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“From Vault to Screen” begins this weekend
For the entire summer, our friends at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. are going to be sketching a kaleidoscopic history of the Canyon Cinema Foundation with their eight-part program “From Vault to Screen.” The series kicks off this week with two screenings. On Saturday, “Origins” brings together a number of films from […]
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Canyon Cinema Salon with Doug Wendt Monday June 30 at New Nothing Cinema
Join us Monday, June 30th at New Nothing Cinema for an evening with filmmaker and visual artist, Doug Wendt. Wendt, once coined “one of the most original and zany minds in underground film”, will be presenting some old favorites along with several previously unseen and unreleased works. Given Mr. Wendt’s comedic finesse, this event is certainly […]
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5/15/2014 – Light + Sound Machine Presents… A TRIBUTE TO CANYON CINEMA
This Thursday, May 15th The Light & Sound Machine in Nashville, Tennessee will present A Tribute To Canyon Cinema at Third Man Records! Featuring work by Paul Sharits, Peter Kubelka, Will Hindle, Scott Stark, Abigail Child and many more, this program highlights “greatest hits” along with overlooked gems from our catalog. To purchase tickets and […]

