News / Events

1. 

   Now Available: A New Digital Restoration of Lynne Sachs’s Investigation of a Flame

   Posted August 29th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon is pleased to announce that a new digital restoration of Lynne Sachs’s Investigation of a Flame (2001), an intimate, experimental documentary portrait of the Catonsville Nine, is now available. Praised by The Los Angeles Times as “A complex rumination on the power of protest,” and hailed by The Village Voice‘s Phillip Lopate as the best […]

   Read more »

2. 

   Now Available: 20 Films + 3 Digital Videos by Amy Halpern

   Posted August 25th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is thrilled to announce the acquisition of 23 films and videos by longtime artist member Amy Halpern, all of which are new to Canyon’s collection. Highlights of this major deposit, spanning 50 years of Halpern’s career, include the early suite Opus I (Three Preparations / A Glance / Peach Landscape) (1972-73); 1978’s Cigarette […]

   Read more »

3. 

   Digital and Streaming Access

   Posted August 23rd, 2023 in Announcements, News / Events
   

   In response to increased demand for digital access to Canyon Cinema’s catalog, we are now providing digital file and/or streaming video links for more than 1000 works in our collection. There are two ways to discover available titles: 1. Use advanced search function filtered by “digital file”2. Browse our Canyon Cinema Digital/Streaming Access Directory The […]

   Read more »

4. 

   Now Available: Five New Digital Files from Dorothy Wiley

   Posted August 4th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is delighted to announce the acquisition of five new digital files from longtime member Dorothy Wiley! Included amongst this new deposit are 4 titles that were previously available on 16mm – Cabbage, Letters, The Weeny Worm or the Fat Innkeeper, and Zane Forbidden – as well as one film that is new to […]

   Read more »

5. 

   Canyon Cinema presents Al Wong: Still Moving, August 27, 2023

   Posted July 21st, 2023 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Al Wong: Still Moving Sunday, August 27, 2023, 3:45pm The Roxie Theater, San Francisco Al Wong in person! Program & Ticket Info: roxie.com/film/al-wong-still-moving/ Canyon at The Roxie returns with a spotlight on the distinguished San Francisco artist Al Wong. This program traces the arc of Wong’s varied engagement with the moving image form, from his […]

   Read more »

6. 

   Now Available: Three New Films by Federica Foglia

   Posted July 7th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that exhibition files for three new handmade films by Federica Foglia are now available, including: Negative / Positive Film (2023, 14 minutes, b&w, sound, digital file) Negative / Positive Film is a hand-made, camera-less collage film composed of layers of erotic 16mm films from 1920s, 1940s, and 1970s, intermingled with […]

   Read more »

7. 

   Now Available: Four New Films from Nathaniel Dorsky

   Posted June 21st, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Now available from Canyon Cinema: Four new 16mm films by Nathaniel Dorsky made over the past year, including: Place d’Or (2023, 10 minutes, color, silent, 16mm, 18fps) A rainy autumn afternoon at North Lake in Golden Gate Park. Perhaps the “Square of Gold” is also the screen itself. – N.D. Dialogues (2022, 17.5 minutes, color, silent, 16mm, […]

   Read more »

8. 

   Now Available: Tulapop Saenjaroen’s Mangosteen

   Posted June 16th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Mangosteen (Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2022, 40 minutes, color, sound, digital file) A story about storytelling: After returning to his hometown to work in his sister’s fruit processing factory, Earth slowly but surely pulls out of the family business due to his disagreement with his sister. Earth then dedicates himself to writing an abstract, gory novel. Winner […]

   Read more »

9. 

   Now Available: Abigail He’s Measuring 500 Feet

   Posted June 13th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Measuring 500 Feet (Abigail He, 2021, 14 minutes, b&w, silent, 16mm) Medium: 16mm filmDimensions: 500 ft. x 5/8 in. x 1/128 in. (15240 x 1.6 x .02 cm) overall: 547 ft. x 5/8 in. x 1/128 in. (16672.6 x 1.6 x .02 cm)

   Read more »

10. 

    Now Available: Four New Titles from Raymond Rea

    Posted June 13th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
    

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce the availability of four new titles from Raymond Rea. A filmmaker and writer, Rea’s work often challenges assumptions, hints at theatricality, and uses a raw LoFi aesthetic to address complexities. His films have screened widely including at the Ann Arbor Film Festival; Light Field, San Francisco; San Francisco International […]

    Read more »