Season 1

Episodes • 2020

Ladj Ly

1. Ladj Ly

8 min

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."

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Paolo Sorrentino

2. Paolo Sorrentino

8 min

In 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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Rachel Morrison

3. Rachel Morrison

8 min

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.

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Pablo Larraín

4. Pablo Larraín

8 min

A 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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Rungano Nyoni

5. Rungano Nyoni

8 min

Candid images — and even more candid text messages — capture a couple's crumbling relationship and humorous attempts at connection during lockdown.

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Natalia Beristain

6. Natalia Beristain

8 min

A young, determined child in isolation tries everything she can to keep herself entertained and occupied at her home.

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Sebastian Schipper

7. Sebastian Schipper

8 min

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.

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Naomi Kawase

8. Naomi Kawase

8 min

During 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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David Mackenzie

9. David Mackenzie

8 min

Snapshots 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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Maggie Gyllenhaal

10. Maggie Gyllenhaal

8 min

As 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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Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar

11. Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar

8 min

Trapped 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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Antonio Campos

12. Antonio Campos

8 min

Two 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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Johnny Ma

13. Johnny Ma

8 min

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.

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Kristen Stewart

14. Kristen Stewart

8 min

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.

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Gurinder Chadha

15. Gurinder Chadha

8 min

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.

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Sebastián Lelio

16. Sebastián Lelio

8 min

A woman sings about surviving life in quarantine as she cleans, dances and muses about how the pandemic affects humanity.

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Ana Lily Amirpour

17. Ana Lily Amirpour

8 min

One woman's seemingly serene bike ride highlights a hauntingly deserted but eerily captivating Los Angeles during the 2020 lockdown.

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