Gunvor Nelson Movies
- 2010

Kristina's Harbor Revisited
Kristina's Harbor Revisited02010HD
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- 2025

Last week at Oona's bath
Last week at Oona's bath02025HD
A previously unknown short by Gunvor Nelson, discovered in 2023 along with approximately 150 rolls of film in her apartment. The title is a parody of...
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- 1974

Oona Is My Daughter's Name
Oona Is My Daughter's Name01974HD
"In 1972, Gunvor Nelson was invited to present a survey of her films at the Carnegie Institute Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The invitation came from...
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- 1973

Moon's Pool
Moon's Pool5.61973HD
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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- 2006

True to Life
True to Life62006HD
Gunvor Nelson plays freely and naturally in a garden confronting the camera with nature, and nature with the camera to reveal a new life force and...
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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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- 1972

Images from the Bay Area
Images from the Bay Area01972HD
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- 2025

Penny Bright and Jimmy Witherspoon
Penny Bright and Jimmy Witherspoon02025HD
A previously unknown short by Gunvor Nelson, discovered in 2023 along with approximately 150 rolls of film in her apartment.
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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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- 1988

Light Years Expanding
Light Years Expanding71988HD
Light Years Expanding is a further elaboration of Light Years, Nelson’s journey into the Swedish landscape in which she is blending animation...
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- 1994

Before Need Redressed
Before Need Redressed5.51994HD
After doing Before Need, Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley embarked on a new creative process. They revisited the film, reworked it and reassembled it...
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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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- 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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- 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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