COVID-19 MicroShorts + Music Videos

Bowery Film Festival is proud to screen the following selections:

• Wake Up Call

  Directed by Harsh Pundit
  

  On a typical morning in a typical city, a strange alarm breaks out.

• COLIN-19

  Directed by Gemma Rigg
  

  A stop motion comedy about a coronavirus microbe. Colin always wanted to travel, but he didn't realise his selfish actions would cause the next plague.

• Every Day

  Directed by Sergei Iliutin
  

  A stop motion film from Konakovo Russia about how the days pass in quarantine.

• Love in A State of Emergency

  Directed by Sven Jähnert and Matthew Russell
  

  A pair of New Yorkers have a one night stand at the dawn of the coronavirus outbreak. Only one will win.

• CoVID Antidote

  Directed by Marat Narimanov
  

  An animated film about the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to be taken by people who want to survive it.

• COVABORTION

  Directed by Altay Erlik
  

  Burak (20) lives in Istanbul Turkey. During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, his girlfriend Ozlem's (20) period is delayed. While there is a #curfew now, they try to find a solution considering the country they live in.

• Glove

  Directed by Hassan Mokhtari
  

  Wear Glove for the Love

• Murphy’s Law n°2

  Directed by Valerio Galli
  

  A guy, locked at home for the Covid-19 emergency, reflects on the moment the world is living.

• Con Las Manos

  Directed by Román Reyes
  

  Many professionals are in the front line of fire in the fight against COVID19 - Coronavirus. At 8pm they come out to applaud, they are called heroes and heroines. But there is something else they should receive.

• Lyte ‘N Foamy

  Directed by Jeremy Mowery
  

  Lyte 'N Foamy is a short music video I made as my initial reaction to COVID-19. A few days before the stay at home order was issued, I was in the bathroom at the university where I teach and saw a soap dispenser which had the brand name, ‘Lite and Foamy,’ which sparked the idea.

• Mission COVID-19

  Directed by Peter Vadocz
  

  No question, we live in a historical time, where the average people are one type of the heroes, who can understand the hazards of this invisible danger and can show self-restraint and renounce many things of the normal life. The mission is very hard and very easy at the same time: only to step back and stay at home.

• Wear A Mask

  Directed by Rick Knief
  

  To help get the word out that wearing a mask can help slow the spread of COVID-19, we created this commercial for the New York Tough ‘wear a mask’ PSA contest. The contest was issued by the Governor of NY.

• Liberty

  Directed by André Rodrigues
  

  A micro short film produced during the quarantine in Brazil. It deals with freedom and how it impacts society. Freedom means the right to come and go, according to one's will, as long as it doesn't harm another person.

• Constraint-19

  Directed by Werther Germondari
  

  Security remedies for the Covid-19 virus can hide more.

• Quarantined

  Directed by Christopher Guzzo
  

  A spoof on a sitcom show's intro about being quarantined.

• Certain Uncertainties

  Directed by Tarana Peaches
  

  A deceivingly wimpy man musters the courage to confront Jesus on His involvement in the spread of the coronavirus. But Jesus' unexpected response changes the wimp's entire perspective.

• Walking & Talking

  Directed by Jay Zellman and Brent Katz
  

  A short satire about two guys catching up while practicing social distancing.

• Roll Out: A COVID-19 Story

  Directed by Jordan X. Waterworth
  

  A post apocalyptic coronavirus PSA. Explore a grim future where the last survivors of COVID-19 must fight and die over the lost relics of a dead world.

• Quarantine Chorus

  Directed by Edoardo Sartori
  

  During quarantine a downcast guitarist is vexed by his cheerful neighbour’s tambourine. Can a little girl give the musicians a reason to play in harmony?

• The Poster

  Directed by Mohammad Jahani
  

  The story of a man who doesn't take Covid-19 warnings seriously.

• Trapped

  Directed by Jimmy Castro
  

  Two brothers have been #trapped during the government bombardment to combat the spread of the virus.

• Modern War

  Directed by Coco Tolentino
  

  As the world goes to a halt, the battle for total righteousness lives on, now and forever.

• The Mission

  Directed by Matt Wilson
  

  Even state-mandated quarantine can’t stop mortal enemies from an epic fight to the death… but maybe Coronavirus can. Filmed from quarantine on an iPhone with a swiffer as a tripod, this intense battle for the ages will leave you gasping for breath (but please don't breathe on me).

• Abandoned

  Directed by Brian Ratigan
  

  Looking back, one last time. A collaborative work by Non Films.

• The Year is 2020

  Directed by Max Roach
  

  During an apocalypse it’s everyone for themselves, suburban paradise has developed into a war zone … No one is safe when you can’t see nobody.

• Working to Death

  Directed by Vincent Augusto
  

  A solitary writer takes advantage of the lockdown to finally write his masterpiece novel, but his commitment goes as far as neglecting his primary needs and he pushes himself to the limit - to unexpected results.

• Stay Woke

  Directed by Nickson Kamau
  

  In this world filled with technology, people are struggling with a lot of social and mental issues than ever before. This has forced nature to forge a solution.

• Alex and Mr. Fluffkins

  Directed by Adeena Grubb and Andy Biddle
  

  With quarantine loosening and lifting in places, Alex and his cat Mr Fluffkins have been having a pretty chilled time, but life is about to change for these two... or is it?

• MADBEN – Grief, dance to death

  Directed by Nobrain
  

  A soldier wakes in a desert landscape. Completely lost, he walks for weeks before encountering a mysterious object.

• Bohemian Groove

  Directed by Bradley Dugdale Jr.
  

  Devious doughnuts and ancient rhythms await those who stumble into the Bohemian Groove! What starts out as a fun dinner party soon takes an increasingly frantic turn. Will anyone make it out with their sanity intact?

• Lost Souls

  Directed by Luigi Calabrese
  

  A young man morns the lost of a love one through the recreation of a renaissance painting.

• You’re Afraid

  Directed by Benji Allred
  

  Music video for Tishmal's Single "You're Afraid"

• PUSH THE POINT

  Directed by Bryan Burton
  

  A pop(-culture) musical short, PUSH THE POINT follows four online gamers through their squad-based mission. Harder than defeating the red team, however, is sticking together while trying to navigate toxicity, super-fandom, and the futility of having an argument on the internet.

• S.O.S. – A Stop Motion Music Video

  Directed by Jeremy Mowery
  

  A young punk band grapples with the decision to pursue their passion for music to escape a world of horror found within their own video game.

• Fantasy Killer

  Directed by Ivan Anderson & John Marty
  

  This music video is meant to feel like the musical equivalent of taking video game drugs. Glitchy, frantic, and insanely brightly colored, the whole thing was inspired by the wide-eyed yearning of middle school. There's also a rocket car made out of orange juice, which is weirdly beautiful, and which stands as a brute-force reminder that reality is a hologram.

• Fool For Your Love

  Directed by Odeya Rush
  

  Join Scooter on a journey into his own imagination.

• With Your Body

  Directed by Wynn Harrison
  

  When a woman's boyfriend suddenly and tragically dies, she struggles to let go and finds her own way of keeping the romance 'alive'.

• Shapeshifter

  Directed by Ned Wolfgang Kelly
  

  A bedroom cheerleading practice turns sinister and hallucinogenic, after an encounter with a suspicious bottle of slimy pink potion.