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   12/7/18 // Gestures in Response (CCA Cinema Rendezvous)

   Posted November 27th, 2018 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   CCA Cinema Rendezvous + Canyon Cinema Salon Friday, December 7th, 2018 // 7:00 PM 16 Sherman Street Facebook Event Presented in association with the California College of the Arts Film Program. free and open to the public Our next Salon takes place on Friday, December 7 at 7:00 PM. Please join us as we welcome […]

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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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   11/16/18 // A Darkness Swallowed + Firefly

   Posted November 13th, 2018 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Betzy Bromberg’s A Darkness Swallowed (with Coni Beeson’s Firefly) Friday, November 16th 2018 // 7:30 PM Artists’ Television Access Tickets – $7.00 – $10.00 sliding scale a Darkness Swallowed Betzy Bromberg 2005 78min “When a Darkness Swallowed opens on some old photographs, it seems to be one kind of film, a personal work exploring memory, perhaps focusing on […]

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   11/7/18 // Underground International: Kurt Kren and Tomonari Nishikawa

   Posted October 31st, 2018 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Underground International: Kurt Kren and Tomonari Nishikawa Wednesday, November 7th 2018 // 7:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Tickets – $13.00 General Admission ($8.00 BAMPFA members) Tomonari Nishikawa in person! “This program’s cinematic duet highlights the intergenerational convergences and transcontinental connections animating the structural filmmaking tradition. Through the alternately contemplative and psychedelic works […]

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   11/4/18 // Dirty Looks: Eight Years On

   Posted October 31st, 2018 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Dirty Looks: Eight Years On Sunday, November 4th 2018 // 7:00 PM The Stud Facebook Event Tickets – $10.00 General Admission Filmmakers Mariah Garnett, Aimee Goguen, Brontez Purnell, Jill Reiter and Michael Robinson in attendance! “Dirty Looks compiles eight years of experimental screenings for a shorts program of signature delights that queer the pop cannon […]

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   11/4/18 // BAWAR Benefit: Rage/Resist

   Posted October 31st, 2018 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   GAZE presents Rage/Resist: A BAWAR Benefit Sunday, November 4th 2018 // 5:00 PM Artists’ Television Access Tickets – $7.00 – $10.00 Sliding Scale Presented by GAZE film series. GAZE film series presents a curated screening exploring gendered oppression, bearing witness, survivorship, and modes of resistance to benefit Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR), where call volume and requested […]

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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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    Celebrating the work of Josephine Massarella

    Posted September 29th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions
    

    Josephine Massarella was an independent filmmaker and teacher based in Hamilton, Ontario, as well as a longtime friend of Canyon Cinema. She passed away on June 22, 2018. Her last work, 165708, premiered at the 2018 Ann Arbor Film Festival, where it was awarded the prize for Best Experimental Film. A digital version of the film […]

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