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Ladj Ly

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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."

Paolo Sorrentino

Episode number: 2

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

Rachel Morrison

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Pablo Larraín

Episode number: 4

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

Rungano Nyoni

Episode number: 5

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

Natalia Beristain

Episode number: 6

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

Sebastian Schipper

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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.

Naomi Kawase

Episode number: 8

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

David Mackenzie

Episode number: 9

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

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Episode number: 10

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

Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar

Episode number: 11

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

Antonio Campos

Episode number: 12

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

Johnny Ma

Episode number: 13

Overview: 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.

Kristen Stewart

Episode number: 14

Overview: 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.

Gurinder Chadha

Episode number: 15

Overview: 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.

Sebastián Lelio

Episode number: 16

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

Ana Lily Amirpour

Episode number: 17

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