Season 1
Episodes • 2020

1. Ladj Ly
8 minBuzz 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."
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2. Paolo Sorrentino
8 minIn Rome, two lonely figures meet, flirt and ponder a lifetime of social distancing. But can romance survive when they butt little plastic heads?
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3. Rachel Morrison
8 minA 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.
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4. Pablo Larraín
8 minA man, who lives in a nursing home, video conferences a former girlfriend from decades ago and professes his never-ending love for her.
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5. Rungano Nyoni
8 minCandid images — and even more candid text messages — capture a couple's crumbling relationship and humorous attempts at connection during lockdown.
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6. Natalia Beristain
8 minA young, determined child in isolation tries everything she can to keep herself entertained and occupied at her home.
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7. Sebastian Schipper
8 minA 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.
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8. Naomi Kawase
8 minDuring Japan's state of emergency, the pandemic spurs a boy to contemplate human life on Earth in an impressionistic film shot in Nara.
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9. David Mackenzie
8 minSnapshots of a Glasgow teen's life under lockdown seize on the tedium and strangeness, flights of imagination, and fleeting moments of connection.
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10. Maggie Gyllenhaal
8 minAs a mysterious virus attacks the solar system, one man attempting to survive in solitude struggles to maintain the simple comforts he once knew.
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11. Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar
8 minTrapped in a room together with her toy unicorn, little Mayroun conjures up an imaginary world that gets scarier by the minute.
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12. Antonio Campos
8 minTwo sequestered women's sensible caution spikes into full-blown fear after their daughter discovers a mysterious, unconscious stranger at the shore.
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13. Johnny Ma
8 minA 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.
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14. Kristen Stewart
8 minStuck 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.
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15. Gurinder Chadha
8 minIn 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.
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16. Sebastián Lelio
8 minA woman sings about surviving life in quarantine as she cleans, dances and muses about how the pandemic affects humanity.
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17. Ana Lily Amirpour
8 minOne woman's seemingly serene bike ride highlights a hauntingly deserted but eerily captivating Los Angeles during the 2020 lockdown.
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