New Films

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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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   Now Available: Jerome Hiler’s Bagatelle I

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

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that a new 16mm print from Jerome Hiler has been added to the catalog and is now available to rent. Note: Hiler’s Bagatelle II (2016) is also in distribution with Canyon. Bagatelle I (2016, 16 minutes, color and b&w, silent, 16mm, 18fps) Bagatelle I is a film with a thread […]

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   New Artist Member: Christina C Nguyen

   Posted August 31st, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is excited to welcome Los Angeles-based filmmaker and expanded cinema artist Christina C Nguyen to the collection! Christina C Nguyen’s work explores the periphery of human perception and experience. Her interest in systems results in the use of specific forms and structures to interface between the digital and analog methods of data and […]

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    New Artist Member: Barron Sherer

    Posted July 13th, 2021 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
    

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Miami-based media artist Barron Sherer to the collection! Taking the form of hybrid film/video remediations and projection-based media installations, Sherer’s work focuses on repurposing and manipulating found film, slides, video, and photographs through formal experimentation; utilizing social media platforms such as Instagram as both a source of material and […]

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