News / Events

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   Now available – new preservation print Warren Haack’s Selective Service System

   Posted May 28th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   Courtesy of filmmaker Warren Haack and the Academy Film Archive, we are pleased to announce a new 16mm print from a recently completed preservation is now in distribution at Canyon. Selective Service System (1970 | 13 min | color | sound) Since 1956, the United States had been involved in a ground war in Asia. The […]

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2. Announcing the return to distribution of Toney Merritt’s Welcome to the House of Raven

   Posted May 24th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Following his appearance in the Canyon Cinema salon screening series, we are pleased to announce the return to distribution of Toney Merritt’s 1997 film Welcome to the House of Raven. Welcome to the House of Raven (1997 | 3 min | B&W | sound) A dance. When magic is a verb. The Beginning of the End. The […]

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   New print: Book of Dead by Victor Faccinto

   Posted May 21st, 2018 in New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   A new print of Book of Dead, transgressive animator Victor Faccinto’s journey to hell, is now in distribution. Book of Dead (1978 | 15 minutes | B&W | SILENT) “In BOOK OF DEAD, no human image can hide from the secrets the animator chooses to reveal. Figures walking on a beach grow satanic horns and tails; tiny […]

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4. In case you missed it: Curt McDowell packaged programs

   Posted May 17th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   As of Fall 2016, camp king Curt McDowell’s films are available through Canyon as specially curated programs featuring newly struck 16mm prints. “Curt McDowell worked in San Francisco from the late 1960s until his death in 1987- a period that witnessed the Summer of Love, gay liberation, and the onset of AIDS, to which he […]

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   Now available: six films by Jon Behrens on Blu-Ray

   Posted May 14th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Six films produced between 1996 and 2013 by Seattle-based programmer, filmmaker, sound manipulator, and educator Jon Behrens are now available for individual sale on a Blu-Ray disc designed by the artist. 6 Films, Volume 1 (1996-2013 | 44 minutes) Collection on of six 16mm films on Blu-Ray blu-ray disc designed and produced by the artist. Includes […]

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   Three new films available from Lawrence Jordan

   Posted May 7th, 2018 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, New Films, News / Events
   

   Three new works from indomitable animator and former Canyon president Lawrence Jordan are now available in our catalog. Night Light (2016 | 1o minutes | COLOR/B&W | SOUND) This is a classic Jordan animation, primarily in B/W, with touches of color. Actually, the engraved art work was film on color negative, so that subtle variations in tone are […]

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   Canyon Cinema Salon with Sky Hopinka – 5/11/18

   Posted May 5th, 2018 in Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   A Salon with Sky Hopinka Friday, May 11th, 2018 // 7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) 16 Sherman Street, San Francisco Facebook Event Just confirmed! As part of his upcoming trip to the Bay Area, Sky Hopinka will present a Salon with Canyon Cinema on Friday, May 11 at 16 Sherman Street. His recent film Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary will screen alongside works […]

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   Sandy Ding’s The Moon now available

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

   Sandy Ding’s lyrical lunar short The Moon is now available to rent. The Moon (2006 | 4 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) The moon is a fundamental element of human life.

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   5/14/18 // A Salon with Colin V. Barton

   Posted May 1st, 2018 in Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   A Salon with Colin V. Barton Monday, May 14th, 2018 // 7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) 16 Sherman Street, San Francisco Facebook Event Please join Canyon Cinema on the evening of Monday, May 14 2018 at 16 Sherman Street for the next installment of our Salon series. We’ll be joined by experimental animator Colin V. Barton, who will present a variety of […]

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    New filmmaker: Fern Silva

    Posted April 30th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
    

    New York-based filmmaker Fern Silva has joined the Canyon catalog. Six of his films are now available to rent. Fern Silva (b. 1982, USA/Portugal) is an artist who primarily works in 16mm. His films consider methods of narrative, ethnographic, and documentary filmmaking as the starting point for structural experimentation. He has created a body of […]

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