Below you’ll find a list of films selected for our Grounded Film Festival from our many entrants.   Feel free to watch them all at your leisure!  Got your own film you’d like to be a part of the event?  Find out more about it here.

#EverythingWillBeFine

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Riccardo Di Gerlando
Running Time: 2 mins 40

Synopsis:
During the quarantine period due to the COVID-19 virus a small child feels the need to express through the drawing a very personal emotion of his...


-2

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Turkey
Director: Hakan Gül
Running Time: 8 mins 25

Synopsis:
While an ordinary-looking man ,who wakes up on an ordinary day, was getting ready to go out he finds himself on the -2nd floor. He tries every way to get out of there, but all the exits go to the same place.


2×4

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Puerto Rico
Director: Joctan Hernandez Ramirez
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
A man is suffering a loss in the family amid the pandemic, trying to cope with the loneliness he gets an idea that might just change his life forever.


30 Seconds In The Life

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Argentina
Director: Julián Montero Ciancio, María Victoria de Tomaso, Renzo Di Blasio, Bárbara Ledesma, Diego Castro, Eugenia Herrera, Joel Heim, Lucía Ramos, Derio Ilari, Maximiliano Belucci, Mario Gonzalez, Ezequiel Perez, Karin Ljumberg, Catalina Ugo, Leonardo Zaffaroni, Pablo Verbeke, Florencia Quercia, Agustín Burgueño, Federico Pozzi, Hilario Bango, Manuela García Dans, Cecilia Vigo, Guadalupe Aizaga, María Curubeto, Manuel Fernández Perez, Zepet Gurovich
Running Time: 13 mins 27

Synopsis:
26 directors under quarantine shot 30 seconds’ scenes each. No one Knew what the other ones were filming.


6-7-8

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Sadegh
Running Time: 10 mins

Synopsis:
The little girl loses her with the watermelons.


A Dream About The End of Winter

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Poland
Director: Jakub Nowacki
Running Time: 6 mins 45

Synopsis:
In the death of an employer, a young woman sees the chance to change her life.


A Few Feet Away

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Matthew Taylor
Running Time: 4 mins 3

Synopsis:
Through all the chaos surrounding Covid-19, I took much of my new found free time and decided to make an entire wildlife documentary...without leaving more than a few feet from my apartment.


A Final Goodbye

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Freddie Hill
Running Time: 7 mins 45

Synopsis:
A young man visits his Aunt, but not everything is as it first appears to be...


Abused

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Joe Pisciotta
Running Time: 2 mins 23


An Isolation Dogumentary

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Canada
Director: Trish Rainone
Running Time: 2 mins 45

Synopsis:
An Isolation Dogumentary follows a German Shepherd, Abbi, giving advice during isolation.


April In Quarantine Time

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Luca Fornasiero
Running Time: 6 mins 52

Synopsis:
The sense of suspension of a month that will be unforgettable.  All waiting for something that is not known. April, the first quarantine of our era.


Astro Guys

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Japan
Director: Mayu Ikeda
Running Time: 2 mins 8

Synopsis:
A story of traveling in space for a reunion.


Autumn Leaves

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: France
Director: David Serero
Running Time: 2 mins 46

Synopsis:
Video clip of AUTUMN LEAVES by Jermaine Jackson & David Serero. Film directed and produced by David Serero. Filmed in Paris


Bowl, Paper, Fish

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Amirshahab Mahdizadeh
Running Time: 6 mins 41

Synopsis:
A fantasy short animation about two kids near seaside . a boy who is selling alive fishes and a girl who is selling drawings of free fishes in the sea .


C-19

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Hassan Dehghanian
Running Time: 2 mins 44

Synopsis:
A different world, a great tragedy ...


Cat In A Box

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Carlo Piscicelli
Running Time: 3 mins

Synopsis:
How does a cat react to the quarantine? How different is a cat's life from a human being's during lockdown?


CATVID-19

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Andrew Ball-Shaw
Running Time: 4 mins 59

Synopsis:
CATVID-19 Perhaps we're not the only ones stuck in isolation. A housebound cat adapting to time spent indoors. A Film Series by Andrew Ball-Shaw


Chant For A Pandemic

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Dee Hood
Running Time: 5 mins 8

Synopsis:
This is a collaboration between video artists around the globe. We wanted to share our common experience with this pandemic. There are no boundaries for anxiety, fear, grief and frustration. We are all in this long wait together.


Chicken 4/05/20

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Aidan Cronin
Running Time: 3 mins 38

Synopsis:
The Cronin Family 4/05/20 NY.


Co-Inside

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Ellen Hathaway, Joseph Delaney
Running Time: 3 mins 40

Synopsis:
A heart-warming, compelling, relatable tale of a young couple in lockdown. As time passes living on top of each other, they cast technology aside and find each other again. Full of warmth and familiar moments, we invite you to recognise what’s important to you in your own lockdown tales. ‘CO-iNSiDE’ is Ellen Hathaway Dance Company’s first ever original Dance Film created in isolation. EHDC aims to use their imagination and creativity, to help raise money for the NHS whilst encouraging public participation to boost morals and mental health during lockdown.


Corona-Man NY: The Look Of The Century

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Tal S. Shamir
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
Corona-Man NY: The Look Of The Century We hope this film makes you smile during our challenging times. The film is a social commentary on the psychological effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. The film was shot a week before the corona outbreak in NYC. Through humor the film centers on the modern man that closes himself in a cocoon/shell to protect himself from the world.


Coronavirus

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Uganda
Director: GEOFREY KING
Running Time: 3 mins 50

Synopsis:
Due to the outbreak of the pandemic Covid-19, a father and his son are left locked down in their small house.


Cup Of Water

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Manish Gupta
Running Time: 2 mins 27

Synopsis:
A boy going to school, it’s a very hot day. He walk on street, there is a small bird fly on sky she is searching for Water. She is search everywhere on street but she didn’t find water anywhere. After a long time bird didn’t find water so she faint on ground. The boy sees this and he gives some water in container. Bird wake up and take the container and fly in sky when she fly some water fell on ground, after travel a long distance all the water fell on ground. She is not able to take water for their children. Boy watches all action done by bird, he is feeling very bad. He opens the water bottle and gives water. We see some other bird also come and drink water. Boy is very happy to see all the bird drink water. Moral : Keep Water For Animals


Dogs Day Out

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Saaikat Bagbaan
Running Time: 2 mins 01


Don’t Mistake

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: SAIKAT DAS
Running Time: 4 mins 54

Synopsis:
Stay Home, Stay Safe, Save LIVES. It is filmed while in self isolation and social distancing.


Explicit

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Samaneh Ghazanfarnezhad
Running Time: 13 mins 37

Synopsis:
In our world the word truth is very explicit.


Freedom

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Sadegh Ghasemi
Running Time: 11 mins 11


Fuckboy – The VR Musical Experience

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Nir Netzer
Running Time: 3 mins 23

Synopsis:
FUCKBOY is a unique project. First of its kind, like nothing you have ever seen before! When cutting edge technology and awesome pop music meet to create art from a new kind. Fuckboy is a music video in 360. It incorporates 360 footage with high-end compositing, green screen in a 3D space, audio-reactive assets and CGI in 360. And Bugsy, forget being politically correct—she’s here, she’s pissed off, and she is ready to kick some balls. Spitting bars and belting hooks on stilettos in the name of females everywhere, Bugsy’s music has the unique effect of making people dance and simultaneously burn the patriarchy to the ground. Bugsy combines silky R&B vocals with raunchy rap to give feminism the foul-mouthed voice it deserves. Complete with backup dancers, room-shaking 808’s and a packed audience each time, her shows are more of a rally than a musical experience. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, future is female, and—middle fingers in the air—Bugsy is at the front of the pack, leading the charge.


Game Without Zero

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Mostafa Rostampour
Running Time: 4 mins

Synopsis:
A girl who is trying to get a wedding ring for her doll


Glass

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Andrea Tiatto
Running Time: 6 mins

Synopsis:
Glass is a message to don't use the mobile while driving.


Ha-Ha

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Alberto Vandenbrocke
Running Time: 5 mins 30

Synopsis:
A young man comes home and mysteriously takes a relaxing bath, but something is wrong. What is going through the teenager's mind?


Healthy Food Blog – Coronavirus Quarantine Special

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Israel
Director: Koby Hadour
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
Under the siege of the global pandemic COVID-19, there is a shortage of food products. We are all in isolation and yet, delicious food can still be prepared from home ingredients. Following the egg supply shortage, I will teach you a useful recipe for an alternative omelette. Dog Egg Omelette - Very Delicious! Don't let the corona virus harm your diet. The recipe is simple and easy to make with home groceries. *If the dog does not lay eggs, cat or parrot eggs may be used.


Hello, I’m Gemini

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Director: José García Pérez
Running Time: 6 mins 20

Synopsis:
Tarot obsessive men.


Here Within

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Portugal
Director: Fernando Vieri
Running Time: 4 mins 59

Synopsis:
HERE WITHIN is a chronicle about us and our social isolation in times of pandemic. It is also a reminder that art can be our best company and a diary of here, there and everywhere. We had never been so alike.


Home Man

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Jaime García Parra
Running Time: 2 mins 09

Synopsis:
The world needed a new hero.


HomeBound

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Pakistan
Director: Namra Nasyr
Running Time: 3 mins

Synopsis:
The silent short film, entirely shot within home premises and without faces, endorses the significance of connecting with self. It two strong messages for people considering being homebound as a troublesome or binding situation: one, what we are losing; and two, acknowledging what we still have and must not lose at any cost!


Homefish

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Vito Sugameli
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
What happens when a free man meets a trapped fish? One of them must learn how to jump away!


Hunters – Global Pandemic

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Italy
Director: Giulio Danieli
Running Time: 14 mins 21

Synopsis:
...our world, was a happy place, full of life everyone used to travel a lot and everywhere, globalization. But then, it happened. People naivety has been crushed: a plague reduced the global population by 90%. The ancient Greek word pandemic has never been so damn true. All was lost. This is how I lost her. I lost everything worth living: love, dreams, freedom, Eventually, I was lost too. Roads and public places became desolated due to the work of: HUNTERS Ya, people hired by governments, or what was left of them, in order to terminate who was contaminated. Our bright past is lost, what we call home is not safe anymore. Hunters are coming.


I Need You

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: José García Pérez
Running Time: 13 mins 13

Synopsis:
Homenaje a los enfermos mentales y sus familiares


Isolated, Lola and Cristina

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Eva María Fernández
Running Time: 7 mins 38

Synopsis:
Mother and daughter living in different countries have their first online meeting during lock down period.


Isolation

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: George McCluskey
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
I have attempted, within the subject matter of this film, to highlight the alienation, disempowerment, and loss of identity, domestically for women within their own homes.


Isolation

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Australia
Director: Tom Young
Running Time: 2 mins 45

Synopsis:
Isolation?is a short docudrama, exploring COVID-19 and isolation through the eyes of a 13-year-old. The film is a poetic visualisation of the actual diary of a teenager, currently being written as COVID-19 unfolds.


Jai Kisaan

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Siraj Ansari
Running Time: 5 mins 18

Synopsis:
So many people are fed when a farmer works in his farm. But, today it has become very difficult for him to feed himself. This is the only reason, most of them have left farming and are now moving towards the cities. Getting a job in the city is not an easy task for them. Their green fingers stop them from begging in front of others .They rather prefer to die.


Janelas

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Brazil
Director: Fernando Cavallari
Running Time: 4 mins 27

Synopsis:
A quebra de rotina em meio ao caos que percorre o planeta. Confinados em um apto, onde se vê o mundo pelas janelas a espera de uma resposta. A corrida contra o tempo para não aprisionar a mente.


Julia

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Mateo Nicolau
Running Time: 8 mins

Synopsis:
Julia has a complicated profession. One day she comes home after many years and her family does not receive her with the affection she expected.


Kronos

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Turkey
Director: ?brahim Eren Kilisli
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
A girl adjusts all her time to an egg timer, but that won't take long.


La Prima Linea

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Director: Joe Pisciotta
Running Time: 3 mins 6

Synopsis:
la prima linea LICENSED UNDER FAIR USE music by A Himitsu


Lipstick

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Ashley Barrie
Running Time: 14 mins 54

Synopsis:
Amid the pandemic, Chloe has lost everything that was secure in her life. Now on her own she fights to rediscover hope and herself again. Her use of lipstick provides her with a possible lifeline in her struggle.


Lockdown Gothic

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Mhairi Fox
Running Time: 2 mins 21

Synopsis:
A dark comedy melodrama, in which our Victorian heroine is haunted by desperate longing...and possibly a ghost. Inspired by classic Gothic horror and our 2020 coronavirus quarantine experiences.


Locks

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Renjit Varma
Running Time: 3 mins 8

Synopsis:
India declared a nationwide lockdown for 21 days due to the COVID 19 virus outbreak. So I decided to grab my $200 mobile phone and capture the feel set out in my household during this lockdown. And with the addition of the beautiful track - Reality by the talented musician Krishnan Kurup it became alive. It speaks about this time - the time we all are twined in some locks- could be physical or emotional, and how we all attempt to find keys to them in these tough times. Track title : Reality Music composed by : Krishnan Kurup Film ( Concept | Cinematography | Editing ) : Renjit Varma The film was entirely shot on a mobile phone (Galaxy M30s).


Lost Pig

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Argentina
Director: Esteban Calvo
Running Time: 2 mins 52

Synopsis:
A pig gets lost in the city until he finds a way out.


Mademoiselle Nimsi

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Germany
Director: Dave Lojek
Running Time: 3 mins 15

Synopsis:
If your mind were a box, would you want to open it? Watch a cleanly amnesiac exercise in her apartment. Routines increase, but what is wrong with the door?


Make Lockdown Great Again

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Davin Jeayes
Running Time: 2 mins 34

Synopsis:
A young woman becomes obsessed with one thing during lockdown.


Me

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Brazil
Director: Adriana do Prado Lisboa Siqueira
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
A girl with a low battery going somewhere. Maybe she will learn how to just keep even when the conditions are not the best.


My Friend Luis

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Argentina
Director: Leandro Sandonato
Running Time: 2 mins 25

Synopsis:
Maxi, locked in quarantine for the COVID-19, finds a new friend in a doll he has at home.


Negative

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Barathy Kolappan A
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
A young COVID19 patient is forcefully isolated at his home, this is when he realizes that the hope he needs isn't outside but in his own self and decides to act on it.


Not Winter

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Hassan Mokhtari
Running Time: 3 mins

Synopsis:
An Experience Animation about Kindness of Children


O Maa

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Shubham Sinha
Running Time: 4 mins 45


Once Upon A Time In The World

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Babak Beigi
Running Time: 2 mins 25

Synopsis:
A Western Gunfight, Coronavirus vs nurse.


Open Me

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Thomas McQuillan
Running Time: 4 mins 57

Synopsis:
Tom, a young man, stuck in his house with his Fiance receives a unusual letter that reads, 'Open Me'. Before he opens it, Tom receives a phone call from a mysterious voice who apparently knows his deepest, darkest secret.


Overtime

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Coalfather Industries
Running Time: 2 mins 56

Synopsis:
Without routine, the mind wanders in a forest of ambiguities. A quarantine story.


Pandemic

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Kenya
Director: Victor Kasila
Running Time: 5 mins 45

Synopsis:
The short film 'Pandemic' is a brief show of life in quarantine with many wanting to leave it. It has been made so as to urge people to stay at home and curb the spread in a rather comical way.


Pandemic Playground

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Rhiannon Moller-Trotter
Running Time: 4 mins 33

Synopsis:
A young woman shares tips for staying sane during quarantine, right before completely losing her mind.


Paranoia

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Turkey
Director: Murat Turna
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
After looking at the night news, the woman who goes to bed is afraid of the sounds coming up. She gets up and looks at where the sounds come from.


Pennies

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Harry Fish
Running Time: 4 mins 57

Synopsis:
A boy wakes in the middle of the night to find a mysterious trail of pennies.


Playing With Myself

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Emmanuel Li
Running Time: 2 mins 40

Synopsis:
Isolated teenager Ed tries to play with himself with little success but is interrupted... by himself.


Plum: Locked Down

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Tyler Wilson
Running Time: 4 mins 55

Synopsis:
Plum loves nothing more than spending his days at the lake and enjoying the sun. However, with the outbreak of vegans, he has been forced to go into hiding but someone in the garden has now tempted him to go outside.



Priority

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Saikat Das
Running Time: 2 mins 30

Synopsis:
Akash, a man from India. He is now in isolation for Locked Down, declared by the Government. He is working from home for this period. He is a chain smoker and his stock of cigerettes have been finished. So what will be his decision? Will he stay home for safety or he will be getting out for buying cigerettes? What is his first priority- Life or Death!


Quarantivox

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Lebanon
Director: Haidar El Saffar
Running Time: 4 mins 12

Synopsis:
Quarantivox, is a short experimental film where more than 27 artists from 15 cities of the world contributed with 5-10 sec videos to experiment sounds of Quarantine. Since many of us are staying at home teleworking or practically doing nothing but wait, I decided to keep the connection and share a story with fellow artists and creators from different world cities. Maybe COVID 19 has concealed benefits and that is: to bring us closer, to share moments, to care about our brothers, sisters as well as Mother Earth and to LISTEN to numerous hidden sounds that our ears missed in the life we led as busy consumer species. The Word Quarantivox is a word made for this experimental video that defines the sound of the lockdown. Quarantivox is a raw sound and image experiment among many other lockdown productions of what we’re expressing now to confront a ruthless smart virus.


Requiem

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Pepe Molina Cruz
Running Time: 9 mins 27

Synopsis:
On October 24, 2019, the mortal remains of the dictator Francisco Franco were exhumed and relocated. More than 130,000 victims buried in more than 25,000 mass graves wait to be exhumed and relocated with their relatives. "REQUIEM" is a visual and sound metaphor for the feeling of pain, waiting, fighting and searching, of the families of the victims of the disappeared during the Spanish civil war and retaliated during the Franco regime.


Resurrection

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Serbia
Director: Milica Djordjevic
Running Time: 4 mins 59

Synopsis:
"Resurrection" was made during the longest prohibition of movement in Serbia, due to Covid19 pandemic. This lock down lasted 84 hours and it happened during the orthodox Easter, Resurrection. As the world has been going through changes during Covid19 Pandemic, each of us, individually has been called to change ourselves, to look deeper and listen to ourselves during the silence of outside world, and to be ready to adopt to new life. As it is said in Christianity "...to die for a new life.", or “Our main task is to give birth to ourselves” – Eric Fromm. This film was made during those 84 hours of Resurrection I have spent locked down alone.


Schema

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Pouyan Salehipour
Running Time: 5 mins 50


Scoped Out

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Adam Rebora, Miles Strong-Austin
Running Time: 4 mins 29

Synopsis:
Take a shot at friendship. Scoped Out was created during the Covid-19 Quarantine with a challenge to create a short film in 48 hours without leaving home.


Self-Isolation

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Russia
Director: Diana Galimzyanova
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
A phone short about the horror of being self-isolated in one's apartment.


Shelter Skelter

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Jeremy Ambers
Running Time: 2 mins 10

Synopsis:
A mischievous little girl discovers an odd clown-head vase on the street and trouble ensues.


Silver Service

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Stewart Jackson, Meredith Vivian
Running Time: 2 mins 51

Synopsis:
"Trash seeks "service" in the Covid-19 Era"


Smoke

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Siraj Ansari
Running Time: 2 mins 14

Synopsis:
Story based on cigarette smoking.We all know how smoking becomes a habit relaxes and takes us to an imaginary world.Every single puff of cigarette takes us far from stress and nearer to death.Still people enjoy it at the cost of their life forgetting smoking was,is and will always be injurious to health. Each of us should think of the future Every puff of a cigarette is another tick closer to a time bomb of terrible consequences.....Said By Ray Comfort Pls Do not choose your death.... Life is Beautiful Live it......


Something’s Not Working

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Charlotte Ash
Running Time: 2 mins 59

Synopsis:
A short comedy film about working from home.


Stay Home

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Turkey
Director: Murat Baydarl?
Running Time: 5 mins 23

Synopsis:
To draw attention for warning of stay home.


Stuck

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Greece
Director: Diana Chemeris
Running Time: 4 mins 49


Sueño del mar – BABEL

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Spain
Director: Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Running Time: 4 mins 08

Synopsis:
Music video about a multicultural music group.  Music instruments from all over the world. Chill out ambient and vocals.


Sunny Day in Corona Times

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Germany
Director: Humad Nisar
Running Time: 5 mins 55

Synopsis:
During the lockdown in Germany, only two people are allowed to go out at the same time, because of an invisible, yet terrifying barrier, coronavirus(COVID-19). This has demanded social distancing among people, which can lead to social isolation and fear of the unknown. This short documentary project revolves around the conversation of two friends in a public park in Münster. How during the time of pandemic, isolation, distance, and fear of unknown virus grips the mundane routine. Coping with the fear which is irrational and invisible yet strongly present around us


Symptom

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Argentina
Director: Gisela Supichatti
Running Time: 5 mins 44

Synopsis:
In a bathroom, a couple faces emotional breakdown.


Take No Chances

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Ireland
Director: Alessandro Dioguardi
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
Take No Chances tells the story of a man tormented by his desire to break the quarantine, challenging forces he can't fathom.


Tea by Grandmother

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Aishwarya Shidhaye
Running Time: 2 mins 23

Synopsis:
The name of my short film is Tea by Grandma.  This is a Marathi Short film. Since last 50 years my Aaji (Grandmother) is brewing tea and has the speciality that her tea is very famous amongst the whole family and friends. Film talks about the distance and the memories created over the tea made by grandmother.


The Castle

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Chandru Bhojwani
Running Time: 2 mins 25

Synopsis:
The Battle of Isolation.


The Champion Sparkplug

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Jack Hartley
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
The U.K is in lockdown due to a global pandemic. An individual battles with media induced paranoia and isolation in a fight to maintain his sanity and resist morphing into the hero he is destined to be.


The Day After I’ve Killed Myself

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Brazil
Director: Rafael Castro Lopes
Running Time: 3 mins 58

Synopsis:
A man questions what really matters in life before the most important day of his existence.


The Empty Streets of Istanbul

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Turkey
Director: Eren Durdu
Running Time: 4 mins 43

Synopsis:
A short film without any dialog that all images were taken by using city surveillane cameras during corona virus quarantine in Istanbul.


The First Success of Nobel Brothers

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Azerbaijan
Director: Jalaladdin Gasimov
Running Time: 10 mins 19
Trailer: Click here

Synopsis:
The Nobel brothers gained most of their revenues when they were in Baku. They came to Baku to find walnut trees, but instead they saw Baku oil and established “The Nobel brothers” company. The biggest company which competed with “The Nobel brothers” company was Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev and the Nobel brothers believed, respected him the most. In 1918 his wealth was 45 million, according to estimations of today’s currency, this is 32 billion USA dollars. All events shown in this movie are part of history, viewers will learn and take advantage a lot from this documentary, we gathered information for 30 years from archives. We made this movie based on materials collected from archives for 20 years, it resembles a history book. The ones who select this movie will be grateful because everybody will learn and enjoy. Please help us to sell it. This movie has never been shown to the public. We have submitted to FilmFreeWay at the first place.


The First Thing

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Finlay Bourke
Running Time: 7 mins 35

Synopsis:
Lockdown has been different for everyone but there’s one question that’s on all of our minds... what’s the first thing you’re going to do after this is all over?


The Ghost And The Virus

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Avirup Biswas
Running Time: 10 mins

Synopsis:
This story based on the time of corona virus(COVID-19) pandemic. An Indian boy who lives in Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal, does not want to stay at home at all. The government has asked Quarantine to stay at home but he will not stay. This boy is a cigarette addict suffering from mental illness at the time of the epidemic.None of his friends give him cigarettes because they are not willing to leave the house, disobeying the law of this government. Because the government has asked everyone to stay home for the corona virus. The police can arrest them if they leave the house for no reason. Atlas the boy arrange a planchette to call a ghost and use him to bring a cigarette from market in lockdown | But ultimately he appeared and shared his death story , that he died for the cause of coronavirus disease. And the boy understand the value of the lockdown and the threat of the coronavirus and he committed to stay in his home.


The Knock

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Canada
Director: Robert Scarborough
Running Time: 3 mins

Synopsis:
Shot with a one person crew / star, the Knock is a story of self isolation induced madness. After being locked inside for weeks due to the current pandemic, our nameless character has reached a breaking point when someone knocks at his door.
Director Biography - Robert Scarborough



The Lockdown Of Two Eras

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Lounis Tiar
Running Time: 4 mins

Synopsis:
Filmed in one room. Two people living in the same room during Lockdown, in two different times. 1918 and 2020


The Outbreak

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Uganda
Director: GEOFREY KING
Running Time: 2 mins 10

Synopsis:
Its year 2020. the deadly corona virus has spread almost everywhere in the world. Now Jerry must do all it takes to protect his sister Grace and his girlfriend, Suzan.


The Platform in a Quarantined Village

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Philippines
Director: Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
Inspired by the 2019 Netflix movie "The Platform". It is also a reflection of the socio-political situation in the Philippines during CoViD pandemic outbreak. Shot during community quarantine & lockdown.


The Tree Man

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: India
Director: Surendar Saau
Running Time: 3 mins

Synopsis:
This is based of true story of ranaram bishnoi he is plant 27000 tree in the desert to different environment.


The World Again

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United States
Director: Martin Del Carpio
Running Time: 5 mins

Synopsis:
Here's a new rendition of an old song I wrote and recorded originally with Craig Levy aka Little Pioneer called The World Again. It was recently re-recorded remotely due to this crazy period we're currently living in. I feel the song captures the essence of these crazy times! I know one day soon enough, it'll be: The World Again.


To Baxter

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Thomas McQuillan
Running Time: 7 mins 14

Synopsis:
The year is 2027 and the COVID-19 outbreak has mutated, making it more dangerous to go outside. Thereby, the Government has introduced Baxter into people's homes. An AI system, capable of undertaking any tasks within our households. However, some still wonder, what life is like beyond our doors.



Uncertainty is…

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Maddie Barnes
Running Time: 2 mins 05

Synopsis:
In lockdown I turned to my friends to explain why we were uncertain. What sort of things were affecting us as a younger generation. What follows was a deeply moving account merged into one.


Viris

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Thomas Thorogood
Running Time: 2 mins 47

Synopsis:
A day in the life of a family living in an English suburb during the COVID-19 lockdown. Created by Thomas Thorogood.


Warmth

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Russia
Director: Alexander Abramov
Running Time: 2 mins 43

Synopsis:
The idea of this project was born out of deep sympathy. Russian artists are using traditional Chinese drawing technics to create an artwork as a symbol of support to the people who are struggling with COVID-19. The picture was granted to one of Wuhan city hospitals (China).


When I Was Young

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Austria
Director: Danielle Bouteille
Running Time: 2 mins 20

Synopsis:
A young girl thinks that the end of the world is coming. But she is just afraid of entering Kindergarten.


When Life Gives You Lemons

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Director: Kyriakos Georgiou
Running Time: 4 mins 23

Synopsis:
Set six months into lockdown after the outbreak of coronavirus, we follow the story of Jay, a key worker, who gives us an insight into how things for him have not changed. The entire film was shot during quarantine.


Winter

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: China
Director: Guodong Yu
Running Time: 8 mins

Synopsis:
In the cold northeast China, people lived by hunting for generations. A little boy born in a hunter family seemed to have a mysterious connection with the forest. Killing animals upset him but he couldn't stop his father. The relationship between them became increasingly tense, just like the thick winter snow hard to melt. Eventually, the boy's naive behavior changed the fate of both.


Without A Hero

Film Category: Grounded 2020
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Hesam Hosseini, Abbas Hoseinzadeh
Running Time: 2 mins

Synopsis:
Superman comes to earth rescue. But even he attracts the virus from people.