New Digital Files
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Now Available: Jodie Mack’s All Stars
All Stars (Jodie Mack, 2006, 0.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file) A bite-sized star punch exercise in direct animation with colored acetate.
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Now Available: Kerry Laitala’s Fire Fly EYE
Fire Fly EYE (2020, 7 minutes, color, sound, digital file) “Fire Fly EYE is my response to the devastating re-making of the world brought on by anthropogenic climate change and corporate ‘stewardship’ of our natural resources. A ritual of reclamation in the face of overwhelming destruction, invoked through filming discarded consumer products, sifting spectacle out of […]
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Now Available: Phil Solomon’s Empire
Empire (Phil Solomon, 2008-2012, 48 minutes, color, sound, digital file) A re-make of Andy Warhol’s Empire from high atop the Manhattan Island of Grand Theft Auto IV (“Liberty City”), far from the madding crowd of thieves, cops, prostitutes and murderers down below. I hijacked a copter, leaped onto the rooftop of an adjacent building, spawned a scooter out of […]
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Now Available: A New Digital Restoration of Lynne Sachs’s Investigation of a Flame
Canyon is pleased to announce that a new digital restoration of Lynne Sachs’s Investigation of a Flame (2001), an intimate, experimental documentary portrait of the Catonsville Nine, is now available. Praised by The Los Angeles Times as “A complex rumination on the power of protest,” and hailed by The Village Voice‘s Phillip Lopate as the best […]
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Now Available: 20 Films + 3 Digital Videos by Amy Halpern
Canyon Cinema is thrilled to announce the acquisition of 23 films and videos by longtime artist member Amy Halpern, all of which are new to Canyon’s collection. Highlights of this major deposit, spanning 50 years of Halpern’s career, include the early suite Opus I (Three Preparations / A Glance / Peach Landscape) (1972-73); 1978’s Cigarette […]
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Now Available: Five New Digital Files from Dorothy Wiley
Canyon Cinema is delighted to announce the acquisition of five new digital files from longtime member Dorothy Wiley! Included amongst this new deposit are 4 titles that were previously available on 16mm – Cabbage, Letters, The Weeny Worm or the Fat Innkeeper, and Zane Forbidden – as well as one film that is new to […]
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Now Available: Three New Films by Federica Foglia
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that exhibition files for three new handmade films by Federica Foglia are now available, including: Negative / Positive Film (2023, 14 minutes, b&w, sound, digital file) Negative / Positive Film is a hand-made, camera-less collage film composed of layers of erotic 16mm films from 1920s, 1940s, and 1970s, intermingled with […]
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Now Available: Tulapop Saenjaroen’s Mangosteen
Mangosteen (Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2022, 40 minutes, color, sound, digital file) A story about storytelling: After returning to his hometown to work in his sister’s fruit processing factory, Earth slowly but surely pulls out of the family business due to his disagreement with his sister. Earth then dedicates himself to writing an abstract, gory novel. Winner […]
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Now Available: Four New Titles from Raymond Rea
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce the availability of four new titles from Raymond Rea. A filmmaker and writer, Rea’s work often challenges assumptions, hints at theatricality, and uses a raw LoFi aesthetic to address complexities. His films have screened widely including at the Ann Arbor Film Festival; Light Field, San Francisco; San Francisco International […]
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New Artist Member: TT Takemoto
Canyon Cinema is delighted to welcome the San Francisco-based artist TT Takemoto to the collection! TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American filmmaker exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their experimental films delve into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma that exist within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage […]
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