
Mac Brandt
James
Follows two couples meeting together for the first time after months of being on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

James

Garrett

Lucy

Dylan

Alexa

Will

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, 3 fearful families are united by a small act of hope. In addition to the viral pandemic, we are also faced with another threat, an Epidemic of Fear. It seems more people than ever right now are alone, scared, anxious, and consumed in fear. We need hope. We need storytelling that will remind people that even in the darkest hour, we can and will get through this, together. There is hope. There is love. And even if at a distance, we have each other.

Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each other in an apartment complex. They meet online, and they can talk and even see each other in videocalls, but they can’t meet in person. Eventually, the temptation to break out of their lockdown comes up.

The routine of a middle aged secondary school teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges encountered in adapting to online teaching. What unfolds when the meticulous preparations of a modest yet determined individual prove insufficient in determining the optimal positioning and steadiness of his phone? Does he persevere in delivering his class or encounter yet another problem?
In March 2020, Belle Burden is safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together — building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, without warning or explanation, her husband of 20 years announces that he's leaving her.