【The iMom】 Horror Short Film | Presented by ALTER

With a rapid evolution in robotics in a not-so-distant future, loving couples are now able of tackling with the discouraging and tiresome task of parenting, as the innovative iMom, a state-of-the-art synthetic substitute mother, has arrived to make diapers and sleepless nights a thing of the past. Inevitably, as the soulless automaton does the dirty job, modern fathers and mothers will have all the time in the world to enjoy their new-found freedom, nevertheless, if technology surpasses mankind, will there be room for humans as a kind?

Director: Ariel Martin
Writer: Ariel Martin
Stars: Matilda Brown, Marta Dusseldorp, Karl Beattie
Country: Australia | USA
Language: English
Release Date: 14 June 2014 (USA)
Runtime: 14 min

Going back to the Twilight Zone and beyond, we have had presentations of robots raising children. Here, we are introduced to a society of young adults who want children but want nothing to do with them--hence, the iMom. This is a subtle view of what happens when we lose sight of these "creatures" being machines, programmed in certain ways. This film leaves a lump in the stomach. It has a lesson for all of us.