WEB JUNKIE, the documentary of teenagers with internet addiction in China, is shared with the trailer and clips from the movie, direct from its 2014 Sundance Film Festival premiere. We talk to filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia about the unique production and look at the film before it goes out to the world, here on the only documentary talk show in the world, BYOD,
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WEB JUNKIE: 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.
SHOSH SHLAM
Shosh is the director and producer of “Last Journey into Silence” (2003 - Channel 1 Israel, Canal Plus Poland), a story about Holocaust survivors in mental institutions in Israel, which won best Documentary at the Lublin Film Festival , the best Documentary Honorable Mention at Haifa International Film Festival, was nominated for “Golden Sheaf” in Yorkton Canada and won the “Columbine Award” for Best Documentary. Her next film, “Be Fruitful and Multiply” (2005 - Channel 2 Israel, ZDF Germany) is a story about women’s oppression in the ultra orthodox society. Good Garbage (2008 - channel 2 Israel, RTL Europe, CBC Canada) describes the struggle for survival at the garbage dump in the West Bank, where Palestinians (most of them children) earn their living from the garbage of the Jewish settlers. The film won an award for Best Documentary at the Shanghai Film Festival in China, FICA Film Festival in Brazil, and an award for Best Cinematography at the Israeli Documentary Forum Awards. Recently, the film was chosen by Michele Moore for a screening at the Travers City Film Festival. Shosh holds an MA in Comparative Literature from Bar Ilan University. She is also a graduate of the Theatre Department at Tel Aviv University, and studied at New York’s School of Visual Arts.
HILLA MEDALIA
A Peabody Award-winning director and producer. Hilla has received three Emmy nominations, and won the Golden Warsaw Phoenix, as well as the jury awards at FIPA, and Faito doc. Hilla’s most recent film “Dancing in Jaffa” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the editing award at Docaviv and the “Honorary One Future” award at Munich Film Festival. Danicng in Jaffa is expected to have its theatrical release in 2014 in the US, France, and Germany and is participating in Sundance Institute Film Forward program. For her documentary “After the Storm” (MTV), Hilla won an Audience Award at the Woodstock Film Festival and the Crystal Heart Award at Heartland Festival. Past projects include “To Die in Jerusalem” (HBO), “Happy You’re Alive” (ch1 Israel) and “Numbered” (YES) which won the Silver Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival and “Best Debut Documentary” at the Israeli Documentary Awards. Hilla holds an M.A. from Southern Illinois University and is a co-founder of New York based kNow Productions.
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