NEW YORK: Netflix has announced a short film starring Kristen Stewart during the COVID-19 lockdown that will be streamed next week.
The results, made with whatever equipment and family members were close at hand, will be streamed next week. Hollywood stars Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal were among 17 of those who rose to the challenge, with Stewart shooting hers in Los Angeles while Gyllenhaal sheltered in Vermont.
Jackie director Pablo Larrain made his film at home in Santiago, Chile, which had been battered by months of civil unrest before the virus struck while French-Malian film-maker Ladj Ly shot around the tough Paris suburb where his Oscar-nominated movie Les Miserables is set.
David Mackenzie of Hell or High Water fame got to grips with his hometown Glasgow, while Nadine Labaki used the backdrop of Beirut, which also featured in her 2018 hit Capernaum.
Larrain said that it was an extraordinary chance to keep working in days (that were) so confusing and unique. The shorts will be streamed on Netflix from 30th June with the US giant saying a donation is being made to its hardship fund for cast and crew who have lost their jobs in the crisis.
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