Cracking COVID

While Europe was stranded between the waves of COVID infections, the other side of the globe had quite a different experience. How did Australia defend itself against the COVID pandemic? This documentary by Sonya Pemberton follows the development of the pandemic in Australia in real time. Nobel Prize laureate Peter Doherty, epidemiologists, researchers searching for a formula for an effective vaccine, and three patients faced with very different experiences of how their bodies respond to the infection are all interconnected in the narrative. The film presents both hard scientific data and touching stories of real people, and it allows an inside look at those who, at least temporarily, managed to keep COVID at bay. (Academia Film Olomouc)