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Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
Lorenzo Mieli, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Buzz sends his drone over Montfermeil and captures the contrasts brought about by the lockdown, in a nod to the director's 2019 film "Les Misérables."
June 30, 2020 • 8m
In Rome, two lonely figures meet, flirt and ponder a lifetime of social distancing. But can romance survive when they butt little plastic heads?
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A filmmaker composes a loving, lyrical tone poem to her son and hopes that he'll remember the everyday magic of being 5 during an extraordinary time.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A man, who lives in a nursing home, video conferences a former girlfriend from decades ago and professes his never-ending love for her.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Candid images — and even more candid text messages — capture a couple's crumbling relationship and humorous attempts at connection during lockdown.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A young, determined child in isolation tries everything she can to keep herself entertained and occupied at her home.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A man dealing with the day-to-day monotony of life in lockdown finds unexpected company in this short film that was shot solo over a single weekend.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
During Japan's state of emergency, the pandemic spurs a boy to contemplate human life on Earth in an impressionistic film shot in Nara.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Snapshots of a Glasgow teen's life under lockdown seize on the tedium and strangeness, flights of imagination, and fleeting moments of connection.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
As a mysterious virus attacks the solar system, one man attempting to survive in solitude struggles to maintain the simple comforts he once knew.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Trapped in a room together with her toy unicorn, little Mayroun conjures up an imaginary world that gets scarier by the minute.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Two sequestered women's sensible caution spikes into full-blown fear after their daughter discovers a mysterious, unconscious stranger at the shore.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A man shares a glimpse of life during isolation in Mexico and makes dumplings in a heartfelt video letter to his mom, who might never watch it.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
Stuck at home. Suffering from insomnia. Taunted by crickets. In an exhausted haze between waking and sleep, a young woman tries to turn off her brain.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
In a loving look at her family's life in lockdown, the director uses the unexpected gift of time to connect with her kids and grieve for loved ones lost.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
A woman sings about surviving life in quarantine as she cleans, dances and muses about how the pandemic affects humanity.
June 30, 2020 • 8m
One woman's seemingly serene bike ride highlights a hauntingly deserted but eerily captivating Los Angeles during the 2020 lockdown.
