Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Filmforum and Rotations present *Gunvor Nelson Tribute Trilogy, Tribute 1: Red Shift*. Co-presented with the Academy Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. In-person introduction by Steve Anker! Screenings: Red Shift 1984, 50 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm Red Shift is one of Nelson’s most admired films, a dense narrative film about family relations in which the various roles are played by members of her family. Frame Line 1983, 22 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm Frame Line is Nelson’s first collage film. The film that inaugurated her original series of animated films, all made at the Film Workshop in Stockholm. Time Being 1991, 8 minutes, B&W, SILENT, 16mm Time Being is a commemoration in four sequences of Nelson’s mother. TRT: 80 min ∆ A pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film who never shied away from challenges, Nelson's innovative films combine painting, collage, and sound experimentation, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy, and tactile sensation. Nelson’s family and generational study Red Shift (1984), and her painfully sensitive portrayal of her dying mother in Time Being (1991) are regarded as the high points of her family and hometown productions. This retrospective will be co-presented by LA Filmforum, Rotations, the Academy Museum, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu and Steve Anker. ∆ Full program notes and film lineup: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/