New World Disorder

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.

Watch a trailer for iMom:

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