Join our community of experimental cinema lovers!
For over 50 years, Canyon Cinema has served as one of the world’s preeminent sources for avant-garde and experimental media, distributing the works of 300 artists to an international assortment of vibrant festivals and historic cinematheques; to an underground teeming with microcinemas, itinerant and one-off showcases, and unsponsored, unpublicized living-room gatherings; to a thousand classrooms filled with enchanted students; and now, to an increasingly networked global audience.
By becoming a Friend of Canyon Cinema, you will help to ensure that our community of artists receives the support and enrichment it deserves, through Canyon's dogged distribution, enthusiastic advocacy, and continued promotion of research and scholarship. Your commitment will be indispensable as we continue to expand our distribution program, promote the collection through our streaming partnerships and ongoing programming initiatives such as our Canyon Cinema Salon, Canyon-on-Demand, and Canyon at The Roxie series; our Canyon Cinema Discovered curatorial fellowship; our publishing and screening platform, Connects; our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication; and our new Print Generations film commissioning project. As part of Canyon's extended network of film lovers, you will directly support these activities. Canyon has always depended on the generosity and passion of its community—please join us as we look to the future!
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Friends of Canyon Cinema
Your contribution grants you membership in the Friends of Canyon Cinema and includes an option to receive rewards. Memberships are tax-deductible for the full monetary amount if you choose to opt-out of receiving rewards, and less the fair market value amount if you do choose to receive rewards. Please consider selecting automatic renewal to ensure your continued membership and sustaining support for Canyon.
Note: The Friends of Canyon 2023-24 membership cycle begins October 1, 2023. Membership payments received by March 31, 2023 will be applied to the 2022-23 membership year. Payments received April 1, 2023 or after will be applied to the 2023-24 membership year.
The following rewards are available for 2023-24 memberships:
Radiant Ally
$36 ($3/month)
- Free passes for all "Canyon-on-Demand" limited-run online programs
- A complimentary copy of our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication
- 20% discount on Canyon Cinema merchandise and publications (excludes media sales, rentals, or licenses)
- Subscription to quarterly Confessions newsletter
Incandescent Comrade
$60 ($5/month)
- Assorted Canyon Cinema goodies (sticker, postcards, chip clip)
~ Plus ~
- Free passes for all "Canyon-on-Demand" limited-run online programs
- A complimentary copy of our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication
- 20% discount on Canyon Cinema merchandise and publications (excludes media sales, rentals, or licenses)
- Subscription to quarterly Confessions newsletter
Luminous Associate
$96 ($8/month)
- A signed copy of Illuminated Hours: The Early Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
- Assorted Canyon Cinema goodies (sticker, postcards, chip clip)
~ Plus ~
- Free passes for all "Canyon-on-Demand" limited-run online programs
- A complimentary copy of our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication
- 20% discount on Canyon Cinema merchandise and publications (excludes media sales, rentals, or licenses)
- Subscription to quarterly Confessions newsletter
View-finding Companion
$240 ($20/month)
- A signed copy of Illuminated Hours: The Early Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
- Assorted Canyon Cinema goodies (sticker, postcards, chip clip)
- One-year subscription to PARACME streaming service
- Special acknowledgment on Canyon's website
- Invitations and complimentary tickets to select events
~ Plus ~
- Free passes for all "Canyon-on-Demand" limited-run online programs
- A complimentary copy of our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication
- 20% discount on Canyon Cinema merchandise and publications (excludes media sales, rentals, or licenses)
- Subscription to quarterly Confessions newsletter
Benevolent Benefactor
$480 ($40/month)
- Choice of 16mm film print by Toney W. Merritt: Lonesome Cowboy or By the Sea, newly struck from Canyon preservation (for private use only); select preference from the drop-down menu below
~ Plus ~
- A signed copy of Illuminated Hours: The Early Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
- Assorted Canyon Cinema goodies (sticker, postcards, chip clip)
- One-year subscription to PARACME streaming service
- Special acknowledgment on Canyon's website
- Invitations and complimentary tickets to select events
~ Plus ~
- Free passes for all "Canyon-on-Demand" limited-run online programs
- A complimentary copy of our annual Canyon Cinemazine publication
- 20% discount on Canyon Cinema merchandise and publications (excludes media sales, rentals, or licenses)
- Subscription to quarterly Confessions newsletter