Gunvor Nelson: Program 1

In Conversation: Steve Anker, Lynne Sachs, John Sundholm

BAMPFA Collection

Gunvor Nelson’s My Name Is Oona, a hypnotic portrait of the artist’s daughter and an essential classic of experimental cinema, screens with Schmeerguntz, a touchstone of feminist cinema, and Frame Line and Light Years, made in Sweden.

Series: Gunvor Nelson: A Life in Film

Fire of Wind

Directed by Marta Mateus, 2024
In Conversation: Marta Mateus and Natalia Brizuela

Sheltering in a grove of oak trees from an attacking bull, a group of agricultural workers share bread, wine, and stories of struggle and resistance.

Series: Marta Mateus Presents Fire of Wind and Films by Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Marta Mateus: Poetry, Portraiture, and Place

In Conversation: Marta Mateus and Iggy Cortez

Marta Mateus presents her debut film, Barbs, Wastelands, with João César Monteiro’s portrait of the poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and António Reis’s Jaime, a documentary of the artist Jaime Fernandes.

Series: Marta Mateus Presents Fire of Wind and Films by Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Trás-os-Montes

Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, 1976
In Conversation: Marta Mateus and Natalia Brizuela

Set in Portugal’s remote northeast, Trás-os-Montes is a magical time-traveling tapestry within which daily realities, chores, and rituals are interwoven with the stories of the people who lived and labored there through the centuries.

Series: Marta Mateus Presents Fire of Wind and Films by Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Gunvor Nelson: Program 2

Introduction: John Sundholm

A program featuring completed films by Gunvor Nelson that were never released. These copies were part of Nelson’s personal film collection, given to the Swedish Film Institute. John Sundholm of Stockholm University will speak about Nelson’s life and work, giving context to these special films. 

Series: Gunvor Nelson: A Life in Film

Husband and Wife

Directed by Mikio Naruse, 1953

This thematic sequel to Repast centers on the domestic troubles of a young couple forced to share a flat with an eccentric friend. As always, Mikio Naruse depicts lower-middle-class life with impressive frankness and psychological insight.

Series: Mikio Naruse: The Auteur as Salaryman

Ana

Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, 1982
Introduction: Marta Mateus

The observations and conversations of a group of ethnographers visiting a remote village are interwoven with the experiences and dreams of its residents and children.

Series: Marta Mateus Presents Fire of Wind and Films by Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

Directed by Kazuo Hara, 1974
Introduction: Miryam Sas

Kazuo Hara’s extraordinarily intimate portrait of Miyuki Takeda, his former partner and mother of his child, breaks down the boundaries between filmmaker and subject reflecting on their relationship(s) as Takeda searches to make a life on her own terms.

Series: Alternative Visions