Direction: Gunvor Nelson
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Gunvor Nelson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Moons Pool (S)
1973 · Documentary · 15 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Gunvor Nelson's oceanic lyric dissolves dualities of male and female, emotion and form, inside and outside, image and reflection. In the midst of a characteristically dense soundtrack, we hear the...
7.3
61 votes
7.3
61 votes
7.3
43 votes
My name is Oona (S)
1969 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Cast Oona Nelson
7.0
64 votes
7.0
64 votes
Take Off (S)
1972 · Documentary · 9 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Cast Ellion Ness
6.5
59 votes
6.5
59 votes
Time Being (S)
1991 · Documentary · 5 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Cast Carin · Gunvor Nelson
Plot 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 astute shots, Nelson...
6.0
24 votes
6.0
24 votes
Trace Elements (S)
2003 · Documentary · 9 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot The first digital film by Gunvor Nelson that takes up one of her constant concerns in her cinema: movement and the camera in motion.
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Kristina’s Harbor
1993 · Documentary · 50 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot 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 depiction of daily life in this small Swedish...
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Kristina's Harbor Revisited
2010 · Documentary · 38 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Was recorded in Kristinehamn where she grew up and will return to live.
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Before Need Redressed
1994 · Documentary · 40 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson · Dorothy Wiley
Plot After doing Before Need, Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley embarked on a new creative process. They revisited the film, reworked it and reassembled it creating a shorter new version, called...
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Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
1971 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson · Dorothy Wiley
Cast Gunvor Nelson · Oona Nelson · Robert Nelson
Plot About five of the San Francisco-based artists and their families were close friends whose careers intertwined contributes to the rare intimacy of the portraits. In order of their appearance, those...
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Field Study #2 (S)
1988 · Documentary · 8 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot A luminous and animated collage.
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True to Life
2006 · Documentary · 38 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Flowers grows like mad.
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Kirsa Nicholina (S)
1969 · Documentary · 16 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot 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 moment of birth,...
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Fog Pumas (S)
1967 · Documentary · 23 min. · United States
Direction Gunvor Nelson · Dorothy Wiley
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New Evidence (S)
2006 · Documentary · 21 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Shadows of people inhabit a wintry road, casting darkness over the tracks. What happens when this substance is washed away by fleeting reflections and blended into new matter, color and...
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Old Digs
1992 · Documentary · 20 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Old Digs is an inner journey through the sights and sounds of Kristinehamn as reflected in its central river.
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Natural Features
1990 · Documentary · 30 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Displays a rawness that undercuts a sensual beauty, which is also secreted there. Shows the filmmaker beating up a rose as he purports to "put Nature in its place." Sequences...
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Light Years Expanding (S)
1988 · Documentary · 25 min. · Sweden
Direction Gunvor Nelson
Plot Light Years Expanding is a further elaboration of Light Years, Nelson’s journey into the Swedish landscape in which she is blending animation with live-action. Whereas movement was one of the...
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