Symptoms May Include

A film made remotely in Essex, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Studland for the Virtual Collaborators Festival 2020.

Written by Ben SantaMaria

Performed by Theo Harrison and Elizabeth Twells

Directed by Tom Shennan

A woman in Manchester fights to separate fantasy from reality as she deals with some of the wide-ranging symptoms of post-COVID syndrome, or long COVID. But how far are her symptoms also linked to pre-existing mental health issues, losing her girlfriend and job, or the broader social pressures of 2020s England? And would an escape from the city solve her problems?

Watch the film below.