Sunday at Il Posto Accanto is a deeply personal, hybrid film blending documentary techniques with narrative storytelling. Set in a beloved East Village restaurant during the early days of reopening after the pandemic, it stars Victor Rasuk, Danny Hoch, and the real people who made the place a sanctuary for community. At once funny and poignant, the film is a meditation on grief, resilience, and the small rituals—both absurd and sacred—that keep us connected. It’s rich with character, brimming with the kind of imperfect charm only real life can deliver. Il Posto is about a neighborhood, a family—chosen and otherwise—and the quiet beauty of coming together after isolation. Made on a modest budget with a lot of heart, it captures a moment in time when the simple act of gathering felt nothing short of holy.
New York City. March - April 2020. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, two men, both named Walter Stoyanov, watch their lives getting turned upside down, as one of them falls ill and the other one is being investigated by FBI Special Agent John McCallany.
The movie follows Kurdistan during the Covid-19 crisis in 2019, and how it ruined relationships between loved ones.
Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their home becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos outside.
At a school in the Himalayas, fifteen-year-old Sachin is bullied for cross-dressing in a folk dance performance. Anju, the middle-aged vice principal of the school, steps in, but it unravels more than she anticipated. As both quietly navigate their secret struggles, their lives begin to intertwine, forming a bond that neither can name but both of them need.
In an attempt to make the most of their limited fun during the summer of the Covid-19 lockdown, a science nerd and her boy-crazy best friend decide to build a spaceship to escape the quarantine before the summer ends and they start at different highschools, but as the lift-off draws near, they find that building a rocket may prove easier than maintaining their friendship.
As the community quarantine puts the nation on hold, a political science major and a student working part time as a delivery driver butt heads online – but soon find themselves falling for each other. Will their love survive once it’s taken offline?
In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
Four friends from impoverished backgrounds devise a risky scheme to make quick money. Initially, they revel in a newfound lavish lifestyle, but their joy is short-lived as they confront moral dilemmas and face severe repercussions from their actions.
The Worth Family has been divided for years but when the matriarch, Grandma Mabel, dies suddenly, the family has to come together. The story of Family Squares takes the Worth Family on a journey discovering that not only did Grandma Mabel keep some secrets, so did everyone else. They find their way back to each other and realize that while you can’t choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them.
A murder has happened at the time of COVID, and the female cop is on duty to find the murderer.
Two best friends and recovering addicts embark on a frantic chase through New York City to stop the woman they are both in love with from killing her ex-boyfriend.
At the onset of the pandemic, a Chinese Uber driver in New York struggles to make ends meet as he picks up various passengers on a long and dreary night.
The Incident, a short film shot on vivo X60 Pro and directed by Golden Horse Award, Chong Keat Aun, wishes to bring hope and heartwarming moments for anyone who’s going through a hard time in this pandemic. The short film talks about a single mother who works hard to support her family by continuing her late husband’s food delivery work. Life was difficult but bearable as the love she has for her son is strong. The film takes a turn when she has an accident on her way home to her son...
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.
This film tells five independent and intertwined stories, presenting the anti-epidemic life with laughter and tears from the point of view of doctors, patients, volunteers in Hubei, grassroots staff and ordinary people. They pay tribute to the "ordinary heroes" in the epidemic and pass on the endless force of "spring".
Two high school classmates talked about looking forward to various summer events which were later cancelled due to COVID-19.
In present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.
A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.