Hong Kong, June 24 -- This Tuesday Netflix said that it's a challenging time for some of the world's hottest directors to make a short film when they were cooked up at home during the coronavirus lockdown. As a result, films and shorts made with whatever equipment and family members were close at hand, will be streamed next week under Netflix new releases.

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 aroun...