A Straight Story
In A Straight Story, a train journey between Poznań and Lublin, in Poland, becomes an intimate and cinematic photo-filmic essay on memory.
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João Garcia NetoDirector
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João Garcia NetoWriter
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João Garcia NetoProducer
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Yevgeniya NekrasovaKey Cast
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João Garcia NetoKey Cast
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João Garcia NetoEditing
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Henrique VilãoMusic
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Project Title (Original Language):A Straight Story
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Runtime:9 minutes 40 seconds
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Country of Origin:Portugal
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Country of Filming:Poland, Portugal
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Language:Portuguese, Ukrainian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - FCSH NOVA
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Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media FestivalPorto
Portugal
November 20, 2021
Official Selection - Cinema Novo -
Festival Caminhos Cinema PortuguêsCoimbra
Portugal
November 18, 2021
Official Selection - Ensaios -
Motus Imago - Showcase of Shapes, Puppets and Things in MotionOnline
Portugal
November 13, 2022
Audience Award - Best Video Short Film -
Cineclube COSMOSLisboa
Portugal
Screening -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in Macao
Macao
June 11, 2022
Official Selection -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in New YorkNew York
United States
July 13, 2022
Official Selection -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in MindeloMindelo
Cape Verde
September 22, 2022
Official Selection -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in FaroFaro
Portugal
June 24, 2022
Official Selection -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in KrakowKrakow
Poland
May 8, 2023
Official Selection -
NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – XII Edition in LuandaLuanda
Angola
October 13, 2022
Official Selection -
Zlatý Voči FestivalPrague
Czech Republic
September 22, 2022
Official Selection - Camera Obscura -
Festival Entre OlharesBarreiro
Portugal
November 5, 2022
Offical Selection - Curtas à Primeira Vista -
Wild Out Video Festival
Taiwan
October 21, 2022
Official Selection -
CINENOVA Interuniversity Film FestivalLisbon
Portugal
November 23, 2022
Honourable Mention at International Competition -
Salão Cinema - AGILÍlhavo
Portugal
March 23, 2023
Screening -
Rebentos - Mostra de Cinema EmergenteSintra
Portugal
May 13, 2023
Screening -
Imagens no Tejo - Mostra de Cinema PortuguêsLisboa
Portugal
September 8, 2023
Screening -
Short Waves FestivalPoznan
Poland
November 11, 2023
Official Selection - Raw Competition -
Festival de Cine y Vídeo Experimental TrrripeanteMorelia
Mexico
March 15, 2024
Official Selection
João Garcia Neto (1998) is a Portuguese transdisciplinary artist, whose work revolves mostly around Cinema. He investigates the boundaries of time-based media - (moving) images, performance and installation, being often inspired by the conflicts between memory and history, media and representation, documentary and fiction. João studied Communication at the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and Intermedia Arts at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań (Poland). In 2021 he finished a Post-Graduate course in “Visual Studies: Photography and Post-Cinema” at FCSH/NOVA (Lisbon) and he’s now pursuing a Master’s Degree in Cinema at Lisbon Theater and Film School. He has been collaborating with several theater groups, whether creating videos for the stage or directing performances for the screen. In 2020 he was part of the collective exhibition “New Promised Land” by the Han-Ian Commune in Macau. And in 2021 he directed two short films - the documentary drama “Insular Sights” (2021) and the film essay “A Straight Story” (2021).