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Insular Sights

Within a day, a journey with four destinations. At each stop, we meet an elderly woman who lives alone, somewhere between the freedom and the solitude of her house. The time that perpetuates or changes the routines of these women, the fears that imprison them, and the dreams that set them free.

  • João Garcia Neto
    Director
  • João Garcia Neto
    Writer
  • João Garcia Neto
    Editor
  • Câmara Municipal de Ílhavo - Maior Idade
    Producer
  • Bruno Soares
    Producer
  • Cristina Teixeira
    Producer
  • Alice Jesus
    Key Cast
    "Alice Jesus"
  • Beatriz Pires
    Key Cast
    "Beatriz Pires"
  • Dina de Jesus
    Key Cast
    "Dina de Jesus"
  • Eduarda Pereira
    Key Cast
    "Eduarda Pereira"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
  • Avanca Film Festival
    Avanca
    Portugal
    July 23, 2021
    National Premiere
    Best Fiction Short Film - Avanca Competition
  • Aveiro Jovem Criador Exhibition
    Aveiro
    Portugal
    May 8, 2022
    Best Audiovisual Work
  • NUFF - Nordisk Ungdom Film Festival
    Tromsø
    Norway
    International Premiere
    Honourable Mention - International Competition
  • ShortCutz Aveiro
    Aveiro
    Portugal
    September 4, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Tromsø International Film Festival
    Tromsø
    Norway
    January 21, 2022
    Official Selection
  • CINENOVA Interuniversity Film Festival
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    October 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • PORTO FEMME - International Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    September 16, 2022
    Official Selection
  • ShortCutz Lisbon
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    December 20, 2022
    Best Film - December Competition
  • Salão Cinema - AGIL
    Ílhavo
    Portugal
    March 26, 2023
    Screening
Director Biography - João Garcia Neto

João Garcia Neto (1998) is a Portuguese director and visual artist. João studied Communication at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). In the last year of his BA, he enrolled in a mobility program at the Intermedia Department of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań (Poland). In 2021 he finished a Post-Graduate course in Visual Studies: Photography and Post-Cinema at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at NOVA University Lisbon. In 2021 he directed two short films: the documentary drama “Insular Sights” (2021) and the film essay "A Straight Story" (2021). In 2019 he holds his first solo exhibition - “Sangria” at Galeria Ocupa!, Porto (Portugal) and in 2020 he was part of the collective exhibition “New Promised Land” by the Han-Ian Commune in Macau, China. Though most of his works revolve around cinema in all its artistic and technical aspects, he’s often involved in theatre too. He's now pursuing a Master's Degree in Cinema at Lisbon Theater and Film School.

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