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    Now Available: 18 Digital Files from Janis Crystal Lipzin

    Canyon Cinema is delighted to announce the acquisition of 18 exhibition files from longtime artist member Janis Crystal Lipzin. Spanning six decades of work, this deposit includes recent digital transfers of Lipzin’s 16mm films of the 1970s and 1980s, new digital copies of videos from the 2000s, as well as several born-digital works that are […]

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    Introducing the Print Generations Cohort!

    Inspired by the 16mm Centenary (1923-2023), Print Generations is a new Canyon Cinema commissioning project that will support the production of four new 16mm films by the following cohort of Bay Area filmmakers! Celina Jade de Leon is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker from the Bay Area. She embraces feminine irreverence through multimedia depictions of mischievous characters. She has a […]

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    Now Available: 7 New Exhibition Files from John Smith

    Canyon Cinema is excited to announce the acquisition of 7 exhibition files from longtime member John Smith. This deposit includes recent digitizations of 16mm experimental film classics such as The Girl Chewing Gum (1976), The Black Tower (1987), and Associations (1975), among others. John Smith was born in Walthamstow, London in 1952. He studied at North-East London Polytechnic and the Royal […]

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    Now Available: Nathaniel Dorsky’s O Death

    O Death (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2023, 5 minutes, color, silent, 16mm, 18fps) In the spirit of the times and my own growing older, a brief tip of the hat… – N.D.

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    Now Available: Craig Baldwin’s Stolen Movie

    Stolen Movie (Craig Baldwin, 1976, 9 minutes, color, sound, digital file) Armed with S8 camera and sound-person (John Corser), Baldwin runs both recording devices continuously through single-take raids on a series of SF Market St. grindhouse theaters. Rushing past box offices and through front lobbies, he captures the chance scenes and sounds on screen at […]

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    New Artist Member: Tommy Becker

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome San Francisco-based artist Tommy Becker to the collection! Tommy Becker attended the San Francisco Art Institute before receiving an MFA in Film/Video/Performance from the California College of Arts. In 2001, he began his work on “Tape Number One,” a never-ending mix tape that acts as a depository for his […]

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    New Artist Member: Jenni Olson

    Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome Jenni Olson to the collection! Jenni Olson is a queer film historian and archivist, writer, and non-fiction filmmaker based in Berkeley, California. Her two feature-length essay films — The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015) — premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and, like her many short films, have screened internationally […]

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    1/26/2024 – Cine-Espacios Book Release and Screening

    Cine-Espacios Book Release and ScreeningFriday, January 26, 2024 @ 7pmArtists’ Television Access, San Francisco Cine-Espacios co-editor Tzutzu Matzin in person from Mexico City! To celebrate the publication of our latest Canyon Cinemazine issue, we are hosting a release party and screening at ATA in San Francisco’s Mission District. Years in the making, the bilingual, 200+ page […]

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    Announcing Print Generations: A Canyon Cinema Commissioning Project

    Canyon Cinema Foundation invites applications for Print Generations, a new film commissioning project. Inspired by the 16mm Centenary (1923-2023), this project will support the production of four new 16mm films by an intergenerational cohort of Bay Area artists, comprising two current Canyon members and two non-members. The program is supported by the Owsley Brown III […]

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    New Artist Member: Azian Nurudin

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the San Francisco-based artist Azian Nurudin to the collection! Azian Nurudin was born on Penang Island in Malaysia. She received a BA from Mills College in Oakland, California and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her works have been screened at film/video festivals, galleries, and museums throughout […]

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    New Artist Member: Harry Smith

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the films of Harry Smith to the collection! “Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an artist whose activities and interests put him at the center of the mid 20th-century American avant-garde. Although best known as a filmmaker and musicologist, he frequently described himself as a painter, and his varied projects called on his […]

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Spotlight on Bill Basquin

Death Valley Love Letter
Death Valley Love Letter by Bill Basquin

Death Valley Love Letter

Comprised of a series of single-shot 16mm scenes. Photographed while part of a group led by artists Anya Gallaccio and... More »




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