Season 1

E1 · 8 min

Ladj Ly

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."

E2 · 8 min

Paolo Sorrentino

In Rome, two lonely figures meet, flirt and ponder a lifetime of social distancing. But can romance survive when they butt little plastic heads?

E3 · 8 min

Rachel Morrison

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.

E4 · 11 min

Pablo Larraín

A man, who lives in a nursing home, video conferences a former girlfriend from decades ago and professes his never-ending love for her.

E5 · 10 min

Rungano Nyoni

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

E6 · 8 min

Natalia Beristain

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

E7 · 9 min

Sebastian Schipper

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.

E8 · 8 min

Naomi Kawase

During Japan's state of emergency, the pandemic spurs a boy to contemplate human life on Earth in an impressionistic film shot in Nara.

E9 · 9 min

David Mackenzie

Snapshots of a Glasgow teen's life under lockdown seize on the tedium and strangeness, flights of imagination, and fleeting moments of connection.

E10 · 12 min

Maggie Gyllenhaal

As a mysterious virus attacks the solar system, one man attempting to survive in solitude struggles to maintain the simple comforts he once knew.

E11 · 8 min

Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar

Trapped in a room together with her toy unicorn, little Mayroun conjures up an imaginary world that gets scarier by the minute.

E12 · 8 min

Antonio Campos

Two sequestered women's sensible caution spikes into full-blown fear after their daughter discovers a mysterious, unconscious stranger at the shore.

E13 · 8 min

Johnny Ma

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.

E14 · 10 min

Kristen Stewart

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.

E15 · 10 min

Gurinder Chadha

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.

E16 · 8 min

Sebastián Lelio

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

E17 · 10 min

Ana Lily Amirpour

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