Joana Linda
Biography
Joana Linda, born 1980 in Lisbon, Portugal, attended Communication and Cultural Sciences course at Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon), where she graduated in Cultural and Art Management. In 2001 she started to develop an auto-biographical work in photography, that expanded to video in 2008 with the project "The Seven Sisters", a set of videos exploring the idea of alterity. She exhibited in Portugal and Spain and her work was published in several portuguese and international magazines. In 2009 she made the videoclip "Bird On Your Grave" for the north-american singer Marissa Nadler, premiered in the "Subterranean" TV show of the MTV2 channel. In 2009 she made her first short film "And From Now On There Shall Be No More Wolves (o caçador)", followed in 2011 by "Boduoir".
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Bárbara Virgínia
An introduction to cinema made by Portuguese-speaking women, narrated by a fictionalized Bárbara Virgínia, the first Portuguese woman director.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An essay about disaffection in 7 segments inspired by Stendhal's seven stages of love, "De L'Amour" (1822). Most people are afraid of love because they are afraid of their deepest joy, delight and inner freedom.