New Acquisitions

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   Now available: Demonstration and Process of Elimination

   Posted December 17th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Archivist, filmmaker–and former Canyon employee–Mark Toscano has placed two short works, Demonstration and Process of Elimination, into distribution. Demonstration (2012 | 2.5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) It may be that exhibitionistic displays of emotion are purely for the benefit of the demonstrator, in an act of self-indulgent catharsis, but that doesn’t mean they can’t communicate some of […]

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   Now available: Color Time by Elizabeth Block

   Posted December 13th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   In Color Time, Elizabeth Block “longs to play with the color of film at its last gasp.” The film is now in distribution. Color Time (2004/2018 | 3 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A film for screen; projector performance (with lens and light filters); a film to be projected in a shadow box (as part of […]

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   Now available: Piyut I-V by Abraham Ravett

   Posted December 10th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Abraham Ravett collects five films on Judaism and familial memory on a DVD, Piyut I-V. It is now available for individual and institutional sale. Piyut I-V (2009-2012 | 94 minutes | COLOR/B&W) DVD collection of five films made 2009 – 2012. Notes For A Polish Jew (2012, 8 min, 16mm, silent) From Prague To Poland (2010, 15 min, digital, […]

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   New filmmaker: Diane Kitchen

   Posted December 4th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Diane Kitchen is an experimental ethnographer of indigenous life and keen observer of the natural world. Her films are once again available to rent from Canyon Cinema. Videe (2014 | 8.5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) Consulting the text of the natural world. Filmed in a spruce forest. Ecstatic Vessels (2007 | 21 minutes | COLOR | […]

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   Now available: Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant by Jodie Mack

   Posted December 3rd, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Jodie Mack’s eulogy for victims of planned obsolescence, Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant is now available to rent. Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant (2017 | 4.5 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) A eulogy for wasted potential sends the out of date to the out of body: trash to treasure. An appetite for destruction charts the product life […]

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   Now available: Athyrium filix-femina by Kelly Egan

   Posted November 29th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Kelly Egan’s reflection on Anna Atkins and the gendered legacy of photographic art and science, Athyrium filix-femina, is now available on 35mm. Athyrium filix-femina (2016 | 5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) The second in a series of “quilt films” that pay homage to the work of pioneering female artists, Athyrium filix-femina reimagines Anna Atkins’ foundational work […]

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   Now available: Barbara Hammer restorations

   Posted November 20th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Thirteen restored prints of Barbara Hammer’s films are now in circulation, courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, Electronic Arts Intermix, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. History Lessons (2000 | 66 minutes | COLOR/B&W | SOUND) Available from Canyon for the first time! […]

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   Now available: new prints, films & files from Julie Murray

   Posted November 18th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Julie Murray has deposited two 16mm blowups of early Super 8 work; two 16mm films previously unavailable through Canyon; nine new prints of works already in the catalog; and seven files representing her recent digital work. FF (1986 | 10 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) New 16mm blowup print courtesy of the National Film Preservation Foundation! FF […]

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   Now available: three films by Colin Barton

   Posted November 15th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Hot off his visit in May for a Salon in San Francisco, experimental animator Colin V. Barton has added three films to the catalog. People In Pain (2009 | 10 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A passage of pain resonates the cries for help only answered by death, explored through stages of suffering and release. Give […]

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    New film: Saisonnier by Sandra Davis

    Posted October 1st, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
    

    Sandra Davis’ “little story without a narrative” — or perhap, her “ode” — Saisonnier is now available to rent. Saisonnier (2016 | 7 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) Another ode – a little story without a narrative. A reverie for a moment in time, and a passion of place. Facing time and echoes of disappearance. Audio and […]

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