This episode includes:

iMom by Ariel Martin
Foxes by Lorcan Finnegan

iMom
Australia
Finally, the answer for busy parents all over the world! In the not too distant future, the iMom is created and becomes a wildly successful product that’s guaranteed to raise your kids for you. When a preoccupied mother leaves her eight-year-old son and baby daughter under the care of the family’s iMom, a scary connection is formed. Technology has made many jobs obsolete, but can it replace the role of dear old mom? Written, produced and directed by Ariel Martin. Principal cast: Marta Dusseldorp, Lara Everly and Tom Kiesche.
– Watch a trailer, below.
– Read interview with the filmmaker at shootonline.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Foxes
Ireland
The real estate bubble has burst leaving people’s home mortgages and lives upside down. One lone couple are all that remain in an otherwise abandoned subdivision. Isolation can mess with your mind and make you do strange things. They soon find out they are not alone. Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Principal cast: Marie Ruanne, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Karen Griffin.
– Watch the film, below.
– Visit the film’s website at foxesfilm.com.
– To read interviews with the filmmaker, go to dreadcentral.com and directorsnotes.com.

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This episode includes:

Grounded by Alexis Michalik
Selma by Mohamed Ben Attia

Grounded
France
Evelyne needs to travel to London for her mother’s funeral. But at the airport, she can’t produce her newborn baby’s ID. She is not allowed to board her plane. But with the help of Stephanie, a young air hostess, they will fight the inflexible airport rules and bureaucratic red tape. It is a race against time. Will she make it before the gate closes? Written and directed by Alexis Michalik. Principal cast: Stephanie Stephanie Caillol, Evelyne El Garbi Klai, Anne Loiret and Laurent Mentec.
– Watch behind the scenes below.

Selma
Tunisia
After the accidental death of her taxi-driver husband, Selma decides to become master of her own life by taking over his taxi business. She comes up against the Kafkaesque procedures of Tunisian bureaucracy and the heavily entrenched patriarchal society. With quiet determination, she also faces her conservative Muslim in-laws who continue to dictate the way she should behave. Facing difficult odds, she fights to break free. Written and directed by Mohamed Ben Attia. Principal cast: Nejma Zeghidi, Rafiaa Boutekkine Belhoute and Asma Fallah.

Watch behind the scenes of Grounded:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/70611819

This episode includes:

Entity by Andrew Desmond
Orbit Ever After by Jamie Stone

Entity
France
Minutes after the technical failure of her spacecraft (if you can call your ship blowing up just a “technical failure”), an astronaut finds herself ejected from her cockpit and into space. She tries in vain to contact the base to obtain help. Her oxygen level diminishes slowly but surely. She faints… after floating adrift for several hours through the immensity of space, she awakens to find herself facing a strange and mysterious entity, taking the shape of an immense black hole. A jaw dropping, gorgeous special effects laden film written and directed by Andrew Desmond. Principal cast: Alias Hilsum.
– Watch the trailer, below.
– Read interview with the filmmaker at moviepilot.com.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Orbit Ever After
England
When you’re in love, you’re willing to risk everything in order to spend one perfect moment together. Nigel has fallen in love, but when you live in outer space aboard a ramshackle spaceship it isn’t easy to follow your heart — especially when the girl of your dreams is circling around the earth the opposite direction. A science fiction romance where two star-crossed lovers overcome all probabilities and sacrifice everything in order to spend one perfect moment together. Written and directed by Jamie Stone. Principal cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Mackensie Crook, Bronagh Gallagher, and Bob Goody.
– Watch the trailer, below.
– Watch interviews with the filmmaker at insideencounters2013.wordpress.com and filmclub.org.
– View a behind the scenes look at the special effects at vimeo.com.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

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This episode includes:

Abiogenesis by Richard Mans
Armadingen by Philipp Kassbohrer

Abiogenesis
New Zealand
In this ingenious science fiction short animation, a mysterious mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation that has profound implications for an entire galaxy. Directed by Richard Mans.
-To learn more about the film go to abiogenesisfilm.com.
– To watch an interview with the filmmaker visit youtube.com.
-To read an interview with the filmmaker go to liberty3d.com.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Armadingen
Germany
Walter lives with his wife Helga on an isolated farm in northern Germany. The marriage has grown cold over the years, their love having been long since replaced by routine. One late summer morning, Walter hears on his tractor radio news of an enormous asteroid hurtling towards the earth. All attempts to prevent impact are futile. Mankind will be annihilated in sixteen hours. Suddenly facing his own mortality, Walter finds himself contemplating the love for his wife he had all but forgotten. He decides to hide the news of the end of the world from her. Tormented by his dishonesty, Walter struggles to restore his marriage by giving Helga the best possible last day on earth. Written and directed by Philipp Kassbohrer. Principal cast: Gernot Hertel and Karin Graf.
– Watch the trailer, below.
– To learn more about the film go to armadingen.dem.
– To get a behind the scenes look at how they did the special effects (it’s in German, but still cool to watch) go to vimeo.com.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Watch the trailer for Armadingen:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/18761061

This episode includes:

Passing Hearts by Johan Brisinger
Want To See Something by Tomas Jonsgarden

Passing Hearts
Sweden
A young boy goes on a secret quest for answers after receiving a mysterious letter. This very moving tale reveals the unexpected ties that bind people who have never met. This award winning film is inspired by an article that writer/director Johan Brisinger read in a newspaper. Principal cast: Max Enderfors, Kicki Bramberg, Angela Kovacs and Jan Mybrand.
– Watch the film again, below.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Want To See Something
Sweden
Nancy wakes up one night by a sound coming from the outside. She tries to wake her husband, but to no avail. She decides to go out and see what it is. She sees her next door neighbor behaving strangely in his yard. They were once close friends, but slowly drifted away. Tonight is the night that things will change. Adapted from a short story by Raymond Carver. Directed by Tomas Jonsgarden. Principal cast: Rebecca Lowman, Phillip Brock, Tobias Aspelin and Ebba Hellberg.
– Watch the trailer, below.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

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Dilemma by Boris Pavel Conen
The Speed of the Past by Dominique Rocher

Dilemma
Holland
A jogger and a boy on a bicycle challenge each other to a race. The runner stops at a busy intersection as a truck approaches. The runner stops but the small boy pedals on. For a couple of minutes the world comes to a standstill as the jogger discovers he has the power over life and death — but whatever he decides comes with a price. Written and directed by Boris Pavel Conen. Principal cast: Marcel Hensema, Thom Van Seijen and Jack Bontekoe.
– To view the film again go to familyhalpern.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

The Speed of the Past
France
Margo and Joseph move into a new house in need of TLC. Joseph slips from the roof as he is making a repair. Time literally stops and he is stuck in mid-air. While he is frozen in time, Margo’s life continues on. Her loss not only stays with her emotionally, but physically, as she is reminded of it every day. How long must she wait until the day things return as to how they once were? Directed by Dominique Rocher. Principal cast: Melanie Thierry, Nicolas Giraud and Alban Lenoir.
-To see a behind the scenes look at how they shot the special effects go to youtube.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Watch the trailer for The Speed of the Past:

This episode includes:

Checkmate by Navarro Aydemir
Northeast Front by Angela Torres Camarena
A Doctor’s Job by Julio Ramos

Checkmate
England
Jan learns that staying in an asylum can make anyone crazy. He challenges his evaluator to a game of chess to prove that he should be released. The stakes could not be higher in this tense battle of wills. Written, edited, and directed by Navarro Aydemir. Principal cast: Gergo Danka, Shakyra Dowling, Daniel Wiltshire, Sibel Unver, Alex Murphy, and Adam Cunningham.
– Watch the film again, below.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Northeast Front
Mexico/USA
In a city held hostage by drug cartels, a hard-working single mother supports her kids all on her own. Her son has gotten in trouble and as a result she must to pay off his debt to a drug dealer. Suddenly up against an unthinkable threat, she does everything in her power to keep her family safe and alive in this heart-stopping true story. Written, edited, and directed by Angela Torres Camarena. Principal cast: Evangelina Sosa, Luis Felipe Tovar, Edgar Orozco, and Octavio Lowry.
– Visit the film’s Facebook page at facebook.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

A Doctor’s Job
Peru/USA
In order to make ends meet, a stubborn but caring emergency room physician has to moonlight as a taxi driver. His pride and ethics are challenged everyday. He is used to life and death situations in the hospital, but when they bleed over into his taxi job, things get really hairy. Will this be his worst day on the job or the answer to all of his prayers? Written and directed by Julio Ramos. Principal cast: Miguel Iza, Luis Menezes, and Christian Ojeda.
– To read an interview with the filmmaker, go to manhattanshort.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

Watch Checkmate again:

Checkmate from Navarro Aydemir on Vimeo.

This episode includes:

Break a Leg by Jesse Shamata
The Candidate by David Karlak

Break a Leg
Canada
Are you a folder or a crumpler? While eating breakfast in a café, a hit man asks his next victim this unusual question. The tightly wound assassin simultaneously threatens and regales his companion about his startling beliefs about human behavior. Only when he gives his ultimatum do we learn the shocking identity of his next casualty. Written and directed by Jesse Shamata. Principal cast: Chuck Shamata, Gage Munroe and Conrad Bereschneider.
– Watch the film again, below.
– To learn more about the film, go to importedartists.com.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

The Candidate
USA
A man’s worth can be judged by the caliber of his enemies. In the cutthroat world of big business, no truer words have been spoken. Burton Grunzer, a hyper-aggressive and confident dealmaker, lives in the pressure cooker of a Fortune 500 company. A bumbling co-worker is protected by someone high up and his blunders in the board room are damaging Burton’s reputation. As luck would have it, Burton is contacted by a secret organization called the Society for United Action. Intrigued, he agrees to meet with a representative from the society with an interesting proposition. If you could kill off your most aggravating co-worker and get away with it, would you? Directed by David Karlak. Principal cast: Tom Gulager, Thomas F. Duffy, Robert Picardo, Meghan Markle, and Vyto Ruginis.
– Watch the film again, below.
– See the film’s IMDb entry at imdb.com.

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