Co-directed by Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro, The Tsugua Diaries is a magical work filled with plain, private, and humorous scenes. 'Tsugua' backwards is August, thus The August Diaries. The story takes place over a period of twenty-one days, and is presented in reverse order. The film was shot in Portugal in August 2020, during the COVID-19 outbreak. Every scene has become a part of the movie naturally, and moves backwards through time as each of the staff members takes a PCR test, actors rehearse changing roles, rotten fruit magically revives. The two directors capture the house or the garden where the staff members were locked in like a very soft and peaceful world. Those are the moments when they look at nature side by side and capture pieces of light or are mesmerized by the actors' dances. It is still possible to make a film with only small, weak, and fragile things in the global catastrophe. (SEO Seunghee)