A Matter of WHO

Panic in the Streets

July 1950 •English

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

November 2009 •English

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

Twelve Monkeys

December 1995 •English

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Ebola Syndrome

June 1996 •

A violent fugitive on the run from the law makes his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, where he discovers that he's immune to the Ebola virus, and later returns home to spread the deadly disease.

The Story of Dr. Jenner

March 1939 •English

This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.

Perfect Creature

August 2007 •English

The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.

Alone

February 2017 •English

Trust is dead in this world. A man has to trust in himself when two unknown strangers find his campsite.

Blindness

May 2008 •English

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Jezebel

March 1938 •English

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

The Year of the Plague

February 1978 •Spanish

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

Death in Venice

March 1971 •Italian

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

Outbreak

March 1995 •English

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

The Invasion

August 2007 •English

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

And the Band Played On

September 1993 •English

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black

Invalid date •Japanese

Kyoto during the Heian period (the 10th century) in Japan. Tens of thousands dead, gutters filled with corpses, children abandoned in the mountains, and groups of wild dogs vigilantly watching outside the city. The elegant image of the Heian period has been shown in many literary and artistic works. However, Katabuchi's new work takes us back to Kyoto a thousand years ago, when the city was shrouded in darkness due to repeated epidemics of plague.

I Am a Hero

April 2016 •Japanese

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to attack and devour the nearest human.

Rase campagne

February 2017 •French

Minus 31: The Nagpur Files

July 2023 •Hindi

A murder has happened at the time of COVID, and the female cop is on duty to find the murderer.

The Plague

January 1954 •English

A nurse in the Red Crescent (the Turkish equivalent of the Red Cross) fights to save the populace during a plague.

80,000 Suspects

August 1963 •English

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.