The Chinese Doctor: The Battle Against COVID-19

Pandemic 2020

As the news of Covid-19 broke, no one knew what to expect. Shot in 21 countries, personal stories from the extraordinary first year of the virus that is changing our world.

Charité intensiv

Over the course of one winter, this 4-part documentary series observes an intensive care unit at Berlin's Charité hospital, at the height of the pandemic to date. The films offer an intimate insight into a world on the threshold between life and death, unknown to most. Around the clock, the staff on Ward 43 fight to save the lives of those seriously ill with the novel Coronavirus. Up close and without commentary, "Inside Charité: Covid-ICU 43" tells the story of this struggle in a microcosm that knows neither day or night, populated by glaring lights and beeping machines. Despite high-tech intensive care and immense personal dedication, the staff repeatedly come up against the limits of their human abilities. They are confronted with a completely new disease that can damage the entire body and defies tried and tested therapies. Time and again, the experienced doctors and nurses have to accept the inevitable and let their patients go

Glimpses of a Future

Warm up to a different tomorrow with this short docuseries of personal reflections expressed through words, movement & dance. An experimental collaboration between writers and creative movers from around the world during the first covid-19 lockdown, in spring & summer 2020. From visualization to embodiment, from letters of love to sobering realizations, we're reminded in times of extreme uncertainty that a basic human need emerges... that of reimagining the future. Eight stand-alone episodes created together while being apart - in Lebanon, France, Iran, Jordan and the USA.

Le resto d'après

A major revolution is underway in the independent restaurant sector in Quebec. The restaurant after arrives in the kitchens to meet chefs whose lives have been turned upside down overnight by the pandemic... and for the better! Inspiring stories and intimate testimonials that take us behind the scenes of this industry.

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Le printemps le plus long

Scams, ethical dilemmas and Hollywood-worthy scenarios: Éric Bruneau dives behind the scenes of the pandemic and reveals what you didn't know about the management of COVID-19 in the country.

Coronavirus, Explained

In 2020, the world changed. This topical series examines the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts to combat it and ways to manage its mental health toll.

Three Wars

Nombreux et heureux en confinement

Quebec is going through an exceptional situation due to COVID-19. Confinement is difficult for everyone and the situation does not spare larger families for whom working from home and raising children can be difficult. Three Canal Vie families have agreed to show what it’s like during these hard times.

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Regular Heroes

An eight-episode docuseries highlighting the contributions and personal sacrifices of some of today's most generous individuals who are going above and beyond to support their communities during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Viral Delusion

n 2019, the virologists took center stage, and for the first time on film, their methods, miscues and tragedy they have wrought are put under the spotlight, revealing the extraordinary leaps of fantasy buried in their methodology, the contradictions quietly acknowledged in their papers, their desperate effort to change language to justify their findings, the obvious incongruence of their conclusions and the extraordinary stakes for our entire society in whether we continue to blindly follow their lead into a full-scale war against nature itself.

Watashitachi, Kekkonshiki Dekimasu ka?

Bridal producer Suzu Miyazaki is reunited with Haruna and Kento, a couple who had postponed their wedding due to the effects of Corona. When she hears of their earnest desire to hold a ceremony, she vows to do her best to support them. However, a disagreement over the limit on the number of guests, followed by the sudden intrusion of their mother, leads to a series of disturbances. And then a string of guests call to inform them that they won't be attending... Will the wedding be canceled?

Homemade

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

A New Reality

A new crisis in a few days rewrote all plans, canceled business, destroyed dreams. How have we changed and our ideas about the world? What will happen next? Will it happen again? There are two views on the situation here: from April and August 2020. And the five key topics are work, family, medicine, debts, and the second wave of the epidemic. Journalists Alexander Urzhanov and Igor Makarov, together with experts, entrepreneurs and ordinary people, understand the new reality.

CHSLD - Au front

While the Covid-19 pandemic is still part of our daily reality, the documentary series CHSLD - AU FRONT anchors, for several months, in the heart of the CHSLD Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci in Montreal. The series bears witness to the dedication of the staff to residents with a loss of autonomy, and takes a sensitive look at the human and social issues they face.

Covid 19: The World in Danger

In Spring 2020, the world had to dramatically react to Coronavirus. A detailed look at how the globe politically and socially responded to the devastating pandemic.

Buiten adem

Five years ago we were confronted with unprecedented times. Corona brought our world to a standstill. A triptych about the personal stories behind the pandemic. About panic, sadness and the resilience of the Netherlands. Main characters reflect on moments they never want to forget.

City So Real

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.

Het Complot

Joost Engelberts investigates how a conspiracy about satanic ritual abuse can escalate into a socially explosive story. Who are the people involved? What exactly is being alleged? And how can a local event grow into a national phenomenon?