A Very Straight Neck

Plot

A woman descends into a surreal odyssey of fragmented memories after waking with excruciating neck pain.

About A Very Straight Neck

A Very Straight Neck is a 2025 short film directed and written by Neo Sora, based on the 2019 graphic short story I Will Go Ahead by Momoe Narazaki. The film stars Sakura Ando as a woman who wakes up one day with a severe neck pain. It had its world premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 13 August 2025, competing at the Concorso Corti d'Autore section, where it won the Pardino d'Oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film.

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