Homemade (Season 1)

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

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    Ladj Ly (Episode 1) 10.0

    Writer: Ladj Ly

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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."

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    Paolo Sorrentino (Episode 2)

    Writer: Paolo Sorrentino

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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?

  • Poster for Rachel Morrison

    Rachel Morrison (Episode 3)

    Writer: Rachel Morrison

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Pablo Larraín

    Pablo Larraín (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Rungano Nyoni

    Rungano Nyoni (Episode 5)

    Writer: Susan Eigbefoh

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Natalia Beristain

    Natalia Beristain (Episode 6)

    Writer: Natalia Beristáin

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Sebastian Schipper

    Sebastian Schipper (Episode 7)

    Writer: Sebastian Schipper

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Naomi Kawase

    Naomi Kawase (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for David Mackenzie

    David Mackenzie (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Maggie Gyllenhaal (Episode 10) 7.0

    Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar

    Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar (Episode 11)

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Antonio Campos

    Antonio Campos (Episode 12)

    Writer: Antonio Campos

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Johnny Ma

    Johnny Ma (Episode 13)

    Writer: Johnny Ma

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Kristen Stewart

    Kristen Stewart (Episode 14) 7.0

    Writer: Kristen Stewart

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Gurinder Chadha

    Gurinder Chadha (Episode 15)

    Writer: Paul Mayeda Berges

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

    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.

  • Poster for Sebastián Lelio

    Sebastián Lelio (Episode 16)

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

  • Poster for Ana Lily Amirpour

    Ana Lily Amirpour (Episode 17)

    Writer: Ana Lily Amirpour

    Air date: 2020-06-30

    Runtime: 8 min

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

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