HAVING spent a year cooped up at home, we have all, to varying degrees, ploughed through Netflix and Amazon Prime for our daily or weekly fix of filmed entertainment. A few of us have managed to go beyond and, in the process, stumbled upon cinematic gems on web platforms other than the two streaming giants. These exquisitely chiselled films, many of them from first-time directors, employ alternative idioms and storytelling coda to bring us tangible tales of strength, sadness and struggle from across the world. Here are six worth checking out: