Directed by Michele Placido, Julia von Heinz, Olivier Guerpillon, Jaco van Dormaël, Michael Winterbottom

Italy-Germany-Sweden-Belgium-UK 2021

Swedish, English, Italian, German, French - 94 min

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ISOLATION is a collective documentary film by five European directors (Michael Winterbottom from England, Julia von Heinz from Germany, Olivier Guerpillon from Sweden, Jaco Van Dormaël from Belgium and Michele Placido from Italy), portraying local dramas and turmoil caused by the pandemic, each of them from an intimate perspective, and at the same time attentive to the social context in which the single stories take place.

Each director oversees a 15–20-minute segment of the film, exploring a specific situation that the pandemic and the lockdown generated. They offer their personal points of view with creative freedom and an emotional approach to the unprecedented events of these days, involving social, economic, psychological and existential issues.  

Isolation is a collective historical testimony - untold, personal stories serving as food for thought and inspiration, as a contribution of mankind’s battle with the pandemic and, more generally, as a defense of public welfare across the continent at this very challenging moment, calling more than ever for unity.

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PREMIERE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (Giornate degli Autori)

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Edipo Re Award for Inclusion, attributed collectively to the directors