As Egypt's cultural scene shifted online with measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, independent filmmakers released three short films to raise awareness on hygiene, social distancing and the possible consequences of ignoring quarantine measures.

In March, the Egyptian government shut down cinemas and theaters. The Ministry of Culture created a program called "Culture in Your Hand," offering a number of plays and music concerts online to entertain people during lockdown.

Many independent artists have started putting their performances, concerts and other artwork on the social media. The three young independent directors have taken this route to ensure that their work about the pandemic reach an audience.

Mohaned el-Desoky released a short movie with English subtitles called "COVID-19." He told Al-Monitor, “Even when the government announced its decisions to close schools and coffee shops, people still appeared to be unaware of the graveness of the situation and the risks of contamination. Some people continued to get together to play PlayStation and women continued to exchange their lipsticks and make-up. So I decided to make a fictional movie to tell people that if they continue to do all that, they will push us into a very bad scenario where people die in the streets, as we saw in footage from China.”