Isolation Stories

The Shining

December 2024 •English

A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.

This England

December 2024 •English

Inside the halls of power, Boris Johnson grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life during his tumultuous first months as Prime Minister.

El mal invisible

December 2024 •Catalan

Quarantine Stories

December 2024 •Thai

Different stories happening in Bangkok during the COVID-19 quarantine.

Blowing Kisses

December 2024 •Spanish

Eight interlinked stories of lockdown love sparked during Spain’s first national lockdown during the pandemic.

Acting for a Cause

December 2024 •English

Acting for a Cause is a live read series of classic plays and screenplays created, produced, directed and hosted by Brando Crawford featuring young Hollywood actors such as Academy Award Nominee Florence Pugh, Emmy Nominee Margaret Qualley, and 80 other young Hollywood stars. Each reading is organized to raise money for a specific charity. The readings garnered over 500,000 viewers between the first play read on March 27, 2020 and the last announced read on July 31, 2020. The reading series was a direct response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and launched Brando Crawford's career as a director and producer.

The Centimeter of Love

December 2024 •Chinese

The play tells the story of the Yanxi Hospital doctor Xu Qingfeng on the voyage back from studying abroad, and the captain Guan Yuqing, because of tacit cooperation in helping patients, found that each other's family had hard-to-recited sutras.

Solitary

December 2024 •Portuguese

9 participants live in isolation from society in small cubicles resembling a solitary cell.

Schlafschafe

December 2024 •German

Between

December 2024 •English

Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.

The Bite

December 2024 •English

During an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, two neighbors, Rachel and Lily, navigate life in quarantine. While Rachel juggles her many telemedicine clients as well as a shaky, passionless marriage, Lily is upstairs just trying to convince her Wall Street clientele that her very specific skillset is still just as valuable over video as it was in person.

And Then There Were None

December 2024 •English

Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.

Stuck On You

December 2024 •Tagalog

We all have our fantasies. We'd all like to believe that dreams do come true. At least once in our lives, we've dreamed of having the perfect love story. But life isn't a fairytale. One hopeless romantic. One emotionally unavailable. What could go wrong? After what was originally supposed to be just a hook up, JM aka @alt.media and Reb aka @trueloveskiss are made to look beyond their desires and genuinely get to know each other better when they’re forced to lockdown with each other. Will 14 days lead to forever?

See You After Quarantine

December 2024 •Chinese

"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...

Gameboys

December 2024 •Tagalog

Teenage streamer Cairo is caught off guard when he receives a video call from a new online rival called Gavreel. He is even more surprised when the handsome stranger asks him out. Can two gamers make romance work during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, or will it be game over for their love story?

Historias de cuarentena

December 2024 •Spanish

A psychologist helps his patients to overcome their COVID-19 fears.

The Chalet

December 2024 •French

Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.

Love ⇄ Distance

December 2024 •Japanese

It is early summer in 2020 at a time when social interaction is restricted and many people are spending time at home. Six people living in an apartment building meet and find themselves relating to each other. Two of them are a couple who have been married for three years – Takiguchi Miwa, a magazine editor who works from home, and her husband Akira, a video producer. They look forward to each day despite the changes in their lives. Akira’s daily routine is to watch the videos of a popular trio on NewTube. The three members actually live on the same floor of the apartment building. Asano Chiaki, a young photographer who lives next door, lost his job due to the coronavirus. He has been spending his days taking photos from the rooftop or verandah, capturing beauty amid the mundane daily life. One day, when he steps out onto the verandah, he sees Miwa watering her flowers on the verandah next door and is attracted to her.

Homemade

December 2024 •English

Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.

Touch Me If You Can

December 2024 •Korean

The story of a succubus girl who faces a crisis in the days of the pandemic.