Films about the COVID-19 pandemic

Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.

A team directed by Activist and artist Ai Weiwei films inside the hospitals, homes, and quarantine sites of Wuhan, the first city hit in the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Set in early days in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemia outbreaks in city Wuhan, Hubei Province, Central China. Many people suffered the disease and more people from all over the country rushed to the city to help.

A terrifying origin story of the pandemic, DIAMOND PRINCESS chronicles the first and largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China: the Diamond Princess cruise liner. Through never-before-seen footage from passengers and crew, we watch class divisions erupt as humanity misses its chance to contain Covid-19.

An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.

An investigative documentary examining America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fragments of COVID-19 related speeches by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accompany views from the windows of a London residence during the COVID lockdown.

Filmmaker Abel Ferrara documents his experiences screening 'Siberia' at the Berlin Film Festival in 2020 before being forced in quarantine during the Coronavirus outbreak.

On July 6, Paris' Louvre Museum reopened after being closed for several months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Art enthusiasts that traveled to the famous institution to view the well-known works were met with quite a different experience than they would have previously had before the spread of COVID-19 as they visited the gallery space.

The movie Orca depicts various middle class people in different phases of life and their situation during the covid-19 pandemic. It captures their frustration and problems coping with the lack of real human interaction.

Affected tells the story of a small business owner that lost over 90% of his revenue after Covid-19 hit America. With frustration, he decided to embark on a journey to document the lives of all the others that have been impacted by Covid.

A collaboration of six films, shot during the Covid-19 pandemic. A group therapy session links together filmmakers who struggle to maintain their collective spirits and sanity during a time when they are deemed non-essential.

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.

A meeting between two work partners reveals the strict care protocols imposed by the new coronavirus: masked, the men only meet after the visitor's temperature is measured, the handshake is refused and hand sanitizer is offered instead of coffee. This short movie is part of the project Spaces #2, produced by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which, inspired by the book "Species of Spaces", by French writer Georges Perec, invited filmmakers to film at home a comment about the new reality we live in.

An approach to the pandemic with a focus on care, revealing the human face of the collective struggle against Covid-19 in interviews with doctors, nurses and community workers.

Seven doctors and public health specialists accept the mission to fight the pandemic, working pro bono. The unforeseen task in the careers of Paulo Chapchap, Maurício Ceschin, Gonzalo Vecina, Drauzio Varella, Sidney Klajner, Eugênio Vilaça and Pedro Barbosa is commented on by them. Besides following this management team, the film adds the story of seven other frontline health professionals, working in São Paulo and Manaus, on the experience of facing Covid-19 to take care of infected patients and elderly people.

When the quarantine was decreed in the state of São Paulo as a result of covid-19, part of the population stayed at home, but others did not have this option. The documentary brings the vision of three workers who did not stop working during the pandemic.