Gunvor Nelson Movies
- 2018

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor5.62018HD
From 2015 to 2017, Lynne Sachs visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the...
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- 1969

My Name Is Oona
My Name Is Oona5.81969HD
Experimental film with Gunvor Nelson's daughter Oona. The sound consists of Nelson’s daughter, Oona, repeating the names of the days of the...
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- 1986

Red Shift
Red Shift5.21986HD
This magnus opus is a domestic symphony from a woman's point of view, the portrait of a grandmother, mother and child and their home. The women and...
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- 1987

Light Years
Light Years61987HD
A collage film and a journey through the Swedish landscape, traversing stellar distances in units of 5878 trillion miles. It is a film acutely in the...
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- 1976

Trollstenen
Trollstenen61976HD
Laced with memories and dreams from the past, the film is a multi-layered personal documentary of the life of filmmaker Gunvor Nelson's parents and...
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- 1973

Moon's Pool
Moon's Pool5.51973HD
The film that is mostly shot underwater, in a pool, begins with footage of water and a close-up of Nelson from which we move to her body immersed in...
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- 2025

Letters
Letters02025HD
A previously unknown short by Gunvor Nelson, discovered in 2023 along with approximately 150 rolls of film in her apartment.
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- 1972

Take Off
Take Off4.51972HD
Ellion Ness, a thoroughly professional stripper, goes through her paces, bares her body, and then, astonishingly and literally, transcends it. While...
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- 1998

Tree-Line
Tree-Line01998HD
Gunvor Nelson's first video work.
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- 2001

Snowdrift
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Movement begins and ends with snowflakes, fleeting, floating, whirling and dancing in constant restlessness. Sudden changes in direction,...
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- 1979

Reunion
Reunion01979HD
Poetic short film by Gunvor Nelson about her reunion with former school friends in Kristinehamn. The film was not released after its production.
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- 1991

Time Being
Time Being6.51991HD
Gunvor Nelson stares intently at her mother Carin, a woman whose body has been devastated by the challenges of her last days on this earth. In three...
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- 1971

Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob01971HD
A feature-length documentary directed by Dorothy Wiley and Gunvor Nelson about five working San Francisco artists: William T. Wiley, Robert Hudson,...
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- 2003

Trace Elements
Trace Elements02003HD
Another feature of the new digital (and visually inferior) medium is that sound plays a much more prominent role than in most of her films. Trace...
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- 1965

Schmeerguntz
Schmeerguntz7.51965HD
A hilarious, grotesque and grave attack on the public ideal of the American housewife.
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- 2017

On the Fence
On the Fence02017HD
Nelson’s most recent work deals with topics of migration, demarcation, and borders.
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- 1969

Kirsa Nicholina
Kirsa Nicholina4.7141969HD
Kirsa Nicholina records the birth of a child at home by the Lamaze method. The father assists in the birth, while a physician guides him. At the...
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- 1973

One and the Same
One and the Same01973HD
A self-portrait by two women filmmakers in celebration of their friendship and filmmaking.
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- 1988

Field Study #2
Field Study #261988HD
A collage film with sequences of live action with animation using cut-outs, found footage and pouring sands. A dark delicacy lingers....
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- 1993

Kristina's Harbor
Kristina's Harbor01993HD
Gunvor Nelson's two-part film was recorded in Kristinehamn where she grew up and will return to live. KRISTINA'S HARBOR is an impressionistic...
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