Web Junkie

Director: 
Sosh Shlam, Hilla Medalia
Country: 
Duration: 
74Min
Year of production: 
2013
Movies language: 
Subtitles language (s): 
Cinematography: 
Shaoguang Sun
Sound: 
Li Zhe
Editing: 
Enat Sidi
Production: 
kNow Productions, Shlam Productions
Synopsis: 

China is the first country in the world to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Web Junkie spotlights the treatment used in a Beijing Rehab Centre, and explores the cases of three Chinese teenagers from the day they arrive at the clinic through their 3 month period of rehabilitation. The program admits children between the ages of 13 and 18 and part of the treatment is a physical training program with regimented meal times and recreation, alongside group therapy sessions. Web Junkie provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life and takes a look at one of the symptoms of the so-called Internet age.

AWARDS

2014. Sundance Film Festival. USA (Nominated - Grand Jury Prize)

Bio Director: 

Shosh Shlam  is the winner for the best documentary at Lubin Film Festival, Poland and Best documentary Honorable Mention at Halfa International Film Festival. Shosh directed and produced the documentary Be Fruitful And Multiply (2005). Shosh was also an assistant director for Love at second sight (2000) by Michal Bat Adam. Shosh was a theatre actress for 14 years at Haifa Theatre and The Cameri Theatre and graduated in Comparative and Hebrew Literature at Bran-Ilan University and the Theatre Department at Tel-Aviv University.


Hilla Medalia directed and produced the documentary To Die in Jerusalem, then she directed and produced After the Storm. Hilla Medalia was a senior producer for 39 Pounds of Love (HBO); it won the Ofir Award (Israeli Oscar) and shortlisted for an Academy Award. Other pas titles include Happy You’re Alive and Fat Cows. Hilla has a Master Degree in film and Television From Southern Illinois University.

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