[Frameworks] Canyon Cinema 50 // Call for Writing!

[John Schmidt]

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*Canyon Cinema Foundation seeks original writing on Canyon Cinema’s
history, community, and collection of films. *The Bay Area nonprofit is
celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canyon’s incorporation as an artists
cooperative—an organization made by and for filmmakers to distribute their
work and share news. As part of its ongoing commitment to support
scholarship and critical engagement with artist-made cinema, Canyon is
soliciting critical essays and personal reflections to be published on a
special CC50 web portal. We are interested in critical profiles of films
and filmmakers represented in the collection, especially those featured in
the recently announced touring programs.* We also welcome writing that
contends with different aspects of Canyon’s organization, operations, and
impact—its past and future as a distributor of experimental cinema. We are
keen on writing that is insightful, informative, exploratory, speculative,
playful, and that otherwise develops from a clear point of view. Essays in
the range of 1000-2000 words are encouraged, but we are also open to
entertaining submissions outside these parameters if justified. Our hope is
that these original texts, taken together, will suggest many different ways
of approaching and activating Canyon’s collection at the same time that a
selection of its films travels the world. For more information about Canyon
Cinema, please visit our website <http://www.canyoncinema.com>. Scott
MacDonald’s book, *Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film
Distributor* (UC Press) is also an excellent resource on Canyon’s history.

Honoraria are available for published writings. All queries, proposals, and
submissions should be mailed to publications at canyoncinema.com. Submissions
should be sent as a single document in Word format (.doc or .docx).
Publication will be on a rolling basis, but a first round of submissions
will be due on *January 5, 2018*.


**Complete touring program information is available here
<http://canyoncinema50.org/tour/>. Current tour dates are available here
<http://canyoncinema50.org/tour-dates/>, with more being added every day.
Previews will be made available for select titles.*
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John Schmidt
Publicity and Publications Manager
Canyon Cinema 50
johns at canyoncinema.com | 720.280.9769 <(720)%20280-9769>
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