The Year of the Everlasting Storm leads with a past master of confinement, Jafar Panahi, and has a grand finale by Apichatpong Weerasethakul that, typically enough, lets slip the bonds of conventional consciousness and perception.

The film's poignancy comes from its confirmation that even in tumultuous times, our senses of wonder, love and loyalty remain integral to the human experience.

A feature-length anthology, 'The Year of the Everlasting Storm,' offers multiple views of how COVID-19 has affected us

This anthology of stories from around the globe about the early days of pandemic serves as a cathartic exhale after all we've been through.