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The Pandemic Anthology (2020)
Directed by Martín Blousson, Daniela Pires, Fabrício Bittar, Emerson Niemchick, Giordano Gio, Guillermo Carbonell, Julio Napoli, Karl Holt, Alejo Rébora, Matheus Maltempi, Beatriz Saldanha, Andreas Kyriacou, Junior Larethian
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Overview
2020 has its place in history as the year a virus stopped the entire planet. In its first months, amid quarantine and growing uncertainty about the future, Fantaspoa Film Festival launched a contest for filmmakers from around the world to create their pandemic-related stories—in their homes, with the resources they had at hand. This anthology brings together the 15 most representative and creative short films produced, capturing this moment in time that, if humanity is lucky, will never be repeated.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Fábio Baltar | Martín Blousson | Guillermo Carbonell | Julio Napoli Filho | Giordano Gio | Karl Holt | Andreas Kyriacou | Junior Larethian | Matheus Maltempi | Emerson Niemchick | Daniela Pires | Alejo Rébora | Beatriz Saldanha
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is a pretty neat project developed to encourage new filmmakers to show what they can do during a difficult time (the current Covid-19 pandemic). Initially I was hesitant to view this b/c honestly who wants to watch horror films about this current situation when every day is a horror of some kind (+1500 ppl dying each day from this virus).
Curiosity got the best of me so I fired it up. Gotta say I am impressed with what I saw. This really isn’t an anthology so much as it’s more a themed collection of bite-sized short films, many from South America. The primary thread, of course, is the condition we’re living in now: life in lockdown. So it was neat to see how all these filmmakers approached this and some are very creative. Even the sillier ones are okay. Sure, it’s a mixed bag with some way better than others but as an overall project this is good, esp. given the limitations and rules they had to follow.
My favorite was rather simple yet got me choked up when you think about a pet who has lost it’s human to this virus. I would watch this again (actually this will interesting to revisit when we’re well past the worst of these times).
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