Help is a drama movie set in Liverpool, England, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the story of a 47-year-old man with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and his daughter who works as a carer. The movie focuses on their struggles with isolation, violent outbursts, and the impact of the pandemic on their lives. The narrative sheds light on their personal protective equipment and the challenges faced by patients and caregivers during the pandemic.
"I found the Seagull camera you have been looking for in Japan. I brought it back and wanted to give it to you..." Bai Chun looked at the message from a stranger and realized that his mobile phone number was the old one. As for the registration of the communication software, he was mistakenly regarded as another person by the other party. Bai Chun had a fever for a while, and he used his account to answer the other party. Unexpectedly, the other party believed it was true. When talking to him, Bai Chun, who was thinking about the camera in his heart, had to deal with the fake account carefully. From the conversation, he learned that the other party was a Japanese living in Taiwan, Sato. Shu, his false identity is the other's predecessor. And Sato Tree is currently in quarantine at home...
Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another.
In 'Love, Sex and Pandemic,' three friends embark on a quest for thrill and the presence of men during the shortest night of the year.
‘Amor e Sorte’ is a four-episode independent series that brings together stories about relationships and transformation in times of social isolation.
Five stories of love in times of quarantine. Five differently shaped love stories, from five different origins. Five stories about the importance of being with someone who makes you feel good in the midst of chaos. People, during these times of social isolation, doing everything possible to stay close. A film about connection: virtual and real.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, an Evangelical Christian singer stands up for religious liberties by holding mass outdoor worship concerts.
The background of "Hero" is set in 2020: a sudden disaster that disrupted everyone's lives. When society face unemployment when families fall apart, when lovers are separated, when death is approaching quietly, and when a peaceful life suddenly undergoes unexpected changes, how will women respond? What are the vital and irreplaceable roles that men play in women’s lives and growth? The three female directors Zhang Aijia, Li Shaohong and Chen Chong used their unique female perspectives to explore and show people's plights and struggles in family, career, and love in special times.
Video #2 of Finite Rants, a series of eight visual essays commissioned by Fondazione Prada and curated by Luigi Alberto Cippini and Niccolò Gravina. Bertrand Bonello reworks the last minutes of his 2016 film Nocturama, which documents the logistical operations and the organization of terrorist attacks in Paris by a group of teenagers. Starting with "Où en êtes-vous?", a video commissioned by the Centre Pompidou in 2014 and conceived as a letter to his then 11-year-old daughter, the director makes a new work altering the final sequence of Nocturama and completely modifying the textual component and the soundtrack in this video essay as a second letter written for his now 17-year-old daughter.
The prodigal son, Emil, is determined to cycle 500 KM with a cat, back to his hometown to celebrate Aidilfitri.
A much loved Parisian-style bistro located in Los Angeles between a thriving McDonalds and KFC, Belle Vie is owned and operated by the charming and hopeful Vincent Samarco, who struggles to adapt, survive and keep the bistro alive in the midst of a pandemic that has ravaged small businesses everywhere.
The world's first feature to be created under lockdown, Cabin Fever had no crew and used no specialist movie equipment. A family flung to the far corners of the globe, reaching out across the void to find understanding and forgiveness.
The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt is a retro-style animated short film that serves as a satirical homage to mid-century cartoons. Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, it follows the tragic story of a stubborn little boy who proudly wears a red hat, exploring themes of politics, racism, and humanism. Through rhyming verses and clever satire, the film delivers a thought-provoking message about authoritarianism and the consequences of blind allegiance.
Destiny could be closer than you think. In this award-winning romantic comedy, the solitary residents in a Los Angeles apartment building suddenly find themselves forced to rely on each other during the California stay-at-home. They are about to learn a lot about themselves as well as their rather unusual neighbors.
The performing arts are hit hard by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Opera, too, faces a serious challenge: How can they make the enormous effort demanded of them by Le Nozze di Figaro worthwhile without having an audience? With two years of preparation time and performances that have long sold out, Mozart’s opera Le Nozze di Figaro is an ambitious international production by the National Opera. But when the opera house is forced to close due to COVID-19, everyone’s biggest fear becomes reality. What is an opera without an audience? What can they do to make sure all the hard work has not been for nothing? In the spirit of Le nozze di Figaro and in the style of the opera buffa (comic opera), Crazy Days demonstrates how important it is to create things of beauty, precisely in these insane pandemic times.
Due to the measures taken by the government, students have fewer and fewer prospects for a meaningful future. Life is on pause and society is kept in fear. The confidence in a bright future is gone. Even after 18 months, there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. The many promises have not yet changed this situation. In this moving documentary, young people give an idea of the impact of the measures on their lives. Is there still hope or has the damage already been done?
"A Balcony in Brooklyn" is a dystopian look at New York City's underground culture in the height of quarantine through eyes of a new roommate pair, Nick and Glad. On the first day into his new lease, Nick awakens to strangers roaming the halls as music blares from the floor below. He spends the rest of his day searching for Glad, venturing through a house of "COVID-Fluent" characters who voluntarily share their views which inevitably collide with Nick's realism.
Madrid, April 2020. Covid-19. A girl, at home, is bored. A boy feels lonely in his room. They don’t know each other, but imagine each other on a chat. And while they do so, they start a journey in space and time trying that will take them away from their enforced lockdown.