New Films

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   New Acquisition: Three New Films by Rajee Samarasinghe

   Posted April 7th, 2022 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Now available from Canyon Cinema: Three new films by Rajee Samarasinghe! Show Me Other Places (2021, 11.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP) At the center of this film is a Sri Lankan woman accessing other places in digital form, while situated in her own physical reality. Navigating through a multitude of spaces from […]

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   New Artist Member: Abigail He

   Posted February 15th, 2022 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Brooklyn-based filmmaker and multimedia artist Abigail He to the collection! Abigail He’s recent work explores the interchangeable relationships between presence/absence, visibility/invisibility in both the material form and the conceptual representation through various media including film, video, sound, photography, performance, and sculpture. Using mainly recycled footage and color leader, she […]

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   New Artist Member: Nazlı Dinçel

   Posted February 3rd, 2022 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome Nazlı Dinçel to the collection! In addition, we’re pleased to announce that brand new 16mm prints of 10 of Nazlı’s films are now available from Canyon, along with digital files of all 10 titles. Nazlı Dinçel (Turkey / USA) is a first-generation immigrant born in Ankara, Turkey. They studied […]

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   New Prints from the Academy Film Archive

   Posted December 7th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon is pleased to announce that a number of new distribution prints from the Academy Film Archive have recently been received and accessioned, including two early films by Robert Breer that are new to the catalog: Cats (Robert Breer, 1956, 1 minute, color, sound, 16mm) Short hand-drawn representation of a cat. Form Phases I (Robert […]

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   New Artist Member: Michael Alexander Morris

   Posted October 1st, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Michael Alexander Morris to the collection! Michael A. Morris is an artist and educator based in Cairo, Egypt, and Dallas, Texas. His work responds to the rapid changes in how moving images are created and experienced in the 21st century, affirming the traditional space of experiencing cinema while also […]

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   Now Available: New Animations by Lawrence Jordan

   Posted September 29th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Now available from Canyon Cinema: New films from the legendary West Coast animator Lawrence Jordan! As Hal Aigner writes, “Jordan is one of the most prolific and accomplished stalwarts of the Bay Area independent film community. He takes full advantage of the tendency of disparate objects to take on new meaning, and form new relationships […]

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   Now Available: Two New Films by Anna Kipervaser

   Posted September 28th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is happy to announce that two new films by Anna Kipervaser are now available for rent. For more on Anna’s work, click here. No Garden Beyond (2019, 11 minutes, color, sound, digital file) By Anna Kipervaser + Rhys Morgan Scenes from above, below and around the Sargasso Sea, a body of water unbounded by […]

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   New Artist Member: Wenhua Shi

   Posted September 27th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Boston-based “new & old media artist” Wenhua Shi to the collection! Wenhua Shi pursues a poetic approach to moving image making, and investigates conceptual depth in film, video, interactive installations, and sound sculptures. His work has been presented at museums, galleries, and film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, […]

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   Now Available: Eight New Films by Nathaniel Dorsky

   Posted September 24th, 2021 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Now available from Canyon Cinema: Eight new films by Nathaniel Dorsky, made over the past two years during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Note: Six of these films will screen on Friday, October 29, and again on Monday, November 1 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Proof of vaccination is required and seating […]

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    New Artist Member: Deborah Stratman

    Posted September 10th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
    

    Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome Chicago-based artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman to the collection! Deborah Stratman makes films and artworks that investigate power, control, and belief, considering how places, ideas, and society are intertwined. Recent projects have addressed freedom, surveillance, sinkholes, comets, raptors, orthoptera, levitation, exodus, mineral evolution, sisterhood, and faith. She has exhibited […]

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