First Release of 2020: Italy’s COVID Hotline- Inside a pandemic call centre

We are proud of announce
our first official release of the year! 

The first production of AGAINST THE TIDE FILMS in 2020 for TV station Aljazeeera is the story of an Italian Carabinieri volunteer, who answers desperate phone calls during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.

Max is a film producer in Milan. At the end of February 2020, his life takes an unexpected turn when Italy becomes the epicentre of the first wave of the novel coronavirus in Europe.

When the Italian film industry is forced to close, Max is compelled to resume his voluntary service with the Carabinieri, Italy’s widely respected military-run police force.

Every day, Max and other volunteers at the Emergency Response Unit of Milan must field thousands of coronavirus-related phone calls from people across the nation, and all walks of life.