Gunvor Nelson Movies
- 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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- 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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- 2017

On the Fence
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Nelson’s most recent work deals with topics of migration, demarcation, and borders.
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- 2010

Kristina's Harbor Revisited
Kristina's Harbor Revisited02010HD
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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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- 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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- 1973

Moon's Pool
Moon's Pool5.5831973HD
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

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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 1972

Images from the Bay Area
Images from the Bay Area01972HD
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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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- 1969

My Name Is Oona
My Name Is Oona61969HD
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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