Teen Dox

Web Junkie

Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam
Screening time  
26.02. / Wednesday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 5  
China is the first country to label internet addiction a clinical disorder. Web Junkie exposes a Beijing rehab centre where Chinese teenagers are being "deprogrammed".

China is the first country to label ‘Internet addiction’ a clinical disorder. With extraordinary intimacy, Web Junkie investigates a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are deprogrammed, focusing on three teens, their parents and the health professionals determined to help them kick their habit. Web Junkie provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life, examines inter-generational pressures, and takes a hard look at one of the symptoms of the so-called Internet age.

Hilla Medalia

Hilla Medalia, born in Israel in 1977, is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker who has received three Emmy Award nominations. Her most recent film, Dancing in Jaffa (2013) is participating in Sundance Institute’s Film Forward and will premiere in 2014. Previous films include To Die in Jerusalem (2007), After the Storm (2009), Happy You’re Alive (2010), and Numbered (2012).

Shosh Shlam

Shosh Shlam is director and producer born in Israel in 1977. Her film Last Journey Into Silence (2001) won the award for best documentary at the Lublin, Columbine, and Haifa film festivals. Be Fruitful and Multiply (2005) was broadcast on Channel 2 in Israel, ZDF in Germany, and other European channels. Good Garbage (2012) was named the best documentary at the Shanghai and Fica film festivals.

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Web Junkie

USA
2013, 74', DCP

Directed by:
Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam

Cinematography:
Sun Shaoguang

Edited by:
Enat Sidi

Music:
Ran Bagno

Producer:
Neta Zwebner-Zaibert

Produced by:
Know Productions

Festivals & Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2014