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Synopsis

Attachment Theory is a psychological thriller about isolation, anxiety and the pressure of living in the digital age. Set in the near future against the backdrop of a global pandemic, Olive has retreated from the world. Beset by anxiety she has developed a dependency on anti-anxiety medication in order to cope. Olive's sole contact with the outside world is through an unassuming drone that delivers her medication on a regular basis. As time passes an unspoken attachment develops between the woman and the machine. The drone becomes conditioned to receiving a five star rating. Intent on maintaining its perfect score the machine begins to override the bounds of its programming. When Olive confronts the aberrant behaviour of the drone, she unwittingly sets in motion a deadly escalation of the machine’s will to prevail. Fleeing into the forest she finds herself in a nightmarish battle for survival. She must break free of the fear and anxiety that has held her captive for so long. Olive comes face to face with the true meaning of machine learning; an artificial intelligence that has scraped the dark recesses of the internet and has made her the focus of its rage.