News / Events

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   November 14 // Canyon Cinema Salon with Toney W. Merritt

   Posted November 14th, 2016 in Announcements, Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Please join Canyon Cinema on the evening of Monday November 14, 2016 at New Nothing Cinema for the next installment in our Salon series. We’re pleased to welcome filmmaker Toney W. Merritt. Toney’s selection of his personal films span from his time at the San Francisco Art Institute to an excerpt of a current film-in-progress. Merritt and other local […]

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   2 new films by Nathaniel Dorksy are now available ~ The Dreamer and Autumn

   Posted November 7th, 2016 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   We are pleased to announce that Nathaniel Dorsky’s most recent films – The Dreamer and Autumn (2016) – are now available through Canyon Cinema. Autumn (2016 | 26 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) Autumn, photographed during the last months of the drought year, 2015, is a stately, but intimate seasonal tome, a celebration of the poignancy […]

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   November 8 // Gibson + Recoder present La Région Decentrale (2016): A Prepared Projection Performance for Michael Snow’s La Région Centrale (1971)

   Posted October 13th, 2016 in Canyon Cinema Salon, Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   La Région Decentrale (2016): A Prepared Projection Performance for Michael Snow’s La Région Centrale (1971) by Gibson + Recoder Artists in person! Kanbar Forum, Exploratorium – Pier 15, San Francisco Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:30 p.m Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery (please enter the museum through the historic Pier 15 bulkhead entrance) FREE + All […]

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   Now available on 16mm : 9 new films by Amy Halpern

   Posted October 9th, 2016 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   Nine brand new 16mm prints of films by Amy Halpern are available to rent from Canyon Cinema! Amy Halpern is a New York filmmaker, living & working in Los Angeles. Since childhood she has been composing with movement and light, and making 16mm abstract films since 1972. She is the co-founder of two film screening organizations: The Collective for […]

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   September 23 – 25 // Bruce Baillie is coming to San Francisco!

   Posted September 13th, 2016 in Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

     Legendary filmmaker Bruce Baillie, founder of Canyon Cinema and San Francisco Cinematheque, will be visiting the Bay from September 23-25 and there will be films, fun and festivities in his honor and in celebration of his 85th Birthday. Event Schedule –  Friday, September 23 at New Nothing – 7:30pm – Screening Bruce Baillie visits the Bay. We have a […]

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   8/10/2016 – Peter Hutton Tribute – Canyon Cinema Salon, led by Steve Anker

   Posted August 1st, 2016 in Announcements, Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   “…For thirty years now, Peter Hutton has been building a radical and singular body of work. A sort of primitive documentary, silent, which celebrates the beauty of the world without forgetting to observe people, the conditions they live and work under…” – Cahiers du cinéma The loss of Peter Hutton in June robbed personal independent […]

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   MAD presents “Eye on a Director: Canyon Cinema’ July 7 – August 18 // NYC

   Posted July 6th, 2016 in Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   NYC – JULY 7 – AUGUST 18th — MAD | Museum of Arts and Design in NYC will be featuring Canyon Cinema Foundation in their “Eye on a Director” series this summer — 7 events on consecutive Thursdays beginning July 7th through August 18th including 6 programs of rarely screened works from Canyon’s catalog all […]

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   Peter Hutton Dies at 71

   Posted June 27th, 2016 in Announcements, News / Events
   

   We are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of filmmaker Peter Hutton. He produced a remarkable filmic oeuvre over nearly half a century. Starting out as a sculptor, painter and photographer, he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 1960s where he was influenced by Bruce Baillie, Bruce Conner, Bruce Nauman and Robert Nelson. Writing […]

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   6/6/16 – My Symbols for Truth: A program of films selected by Mike Stoltz – Canyon Cinema Salon

   Posted May 23rd, 2016 in Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Please join Canyon Cinema on the evening of Monday, June 6, 2016 at New Nothing Cinema for the next installment in our Salon series. This month, we’re pleased to welcome Los Angeles filmmaker Mike Stoltz presenting a selection of his own short works along with favorite films from the Canyon Cinema catalog. Join us for a brief reception before Mike introduces the […]

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    Now available: Josephine Massarella’s Light Study

    Posted May 23rd, 2016 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films
    

    Canyon is pleased to announce this latest addition to Massarella’s films in distribution – beautifully photographed on 16mm and available for distribution in high definition digital formats. Josephine Massarella | 2013 | 12.5 minutes | COLOR/B&W | STEREO Rental Format(s): Digital File (Quicktime ProRes 1920×1080) Sale Format(s): Blu-Ray Disc   Light Study is a poetic examination of the wetlands, forests, […]

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