LOCKED DOWN

Broken up with on the eve of a global lockdown, a man is pushed to the brink of madness by his isolation... only to discover he may not be as alone as he initially thought.

Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of emergency exists and politicians are accused of capitalising on public anxiety around Covid-19, which makes the shocking situation that reunites the characters significantly more extreme. The story centres on Ksenija (newcomer Mina Nikolic), a driven young woman striving to move from tabloid hack to a career journalist in a world of click-bait headlines and showbiz scandals cooked up to feed the masses. Ksenija's personal and professional journey is hampered when Vera tests positive for Coronavirus and Ksenija must question how far she will bend to survive in a climate where political pressure is increasingly overt and can be said to capitalise on fear during the pandemic.

A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Ben attempts to prove that he is stuck in a time-loop amidst the global pandemic, documenting the banality of this recurring day on his iPhone. But he soon realizes his hypothesis isn’t asking the right questions. With the unwitting help of his friend, Jeremy, Ben discovers that he is shifting through the multiverse and sets out to discover if a return to his previous existence is possible before his alternate realities run out and existence as we know it comes to an end.

A lockdown is about to go into effect in a few hours, and nothing scares Niva more than being alone. When she embarks on a search for someone to stay with, the encounters with different people in her life will lead her to an unpredictable choice.

8 hours, complete lockdown in the whole of India, movement shut and state borders sealed. Thousands of migrants without food, water and mode of transport were forced to return to their homes. A crisis that shook the whole nation, a time when borders of disparity divided the people and one man stood for humanity.

A film crew gathers in a hotel near Wuhan to resume production of a film that was interrupted ten years earlier, but an unexpected event once again disrupts the preparations.

In the midst of the coronavirus induced lockdown, an artist muses over his lack of inspiration.

A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.

On March 9, 2020, to counter the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Italian government imposed home isolation on all citizens. During the next 70 days, the virus weakened; other diseases blossomed.

Two best friends are trapped in their home by Martial Law while the world around them falls apart.

A corona love story. Dina and Noah live separately in London and the lockdown puts their relationship to the test. Uncertainty arises and Dina wants to go back to her home country, whilst Noah wants her to stay. The world has changed. Have they changed with it?

A psychological story of a loner in lockdown who has been spending all his time in binge watching TV Shows, finds out he has been laid off and he has no source of income left for him.

A man stuck inside his house during a worldwide lockdown starts to lose not just his friends, but also his sanity.

Made during confinement, "In My Room" plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director's deceased grandmother. Living rooms become stages where life is performed. Windows become portals to the lives of others.

A bigoted Chinese grandfather having to look after his biracial grandson at the onset of a global pandemic lockdown

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.

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

An anthology that brings five unique creators and filmmakers to tell stories about love, happiness, friendship, new beginnings, second chances and a glimmer of hope - set and filmed in the times of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Be a part of Qabil's experience, in this international-challenge winning short, as he travels through his quarantine... but is all as it seems?