Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival 2003

Debuting in 1963, Gunvor Nelson (b. 1931) has directed a wonderful series of short "personal films". Through her visually distinctive work Nelson studies her life, her dreams, her memories of motherhood and childhood, and the communication gap between generations. The three Avanto screenings are a representative cross-section of avant-garde cinema according to Gunvor Nelson. Her latest film Trace Elements will have its European premiere at Avanto.

Gunvor Nelson I
The director introduces the films
My Name Is Oona, 1969, 10'
Time Being, 1991, 8'
Red Shift, 1984, 50'

Gunvor Nelson II
The director will be present, the films are introduced by John Sundholm (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Division for Culture and Communication, Karlstad University, Sweden)
Frame Line, 1983, 22'
Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley: Schmeerguntz, 1966, 15'
Take Off, 1972, 10'
Field Study # 2, 1988, 8'
Light Years, 1987, 28'

Gunvor Nelson III
The director introduces the films
Tree-Line, 1998, 8'
Snowdrift (a.k.a. Snowstorm), 2001, 9'
Trace Elements, 2003, 10'
Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley: Before Need Redressed, 1994, 42'

The three screenings in the Orion theatre from November 20th to 23rd are a cross-section of Gunvor Nelson's whole oeuvre. She has chosen the films to be screened herself.

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