The Bloor Cinema presents on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31 in attendance of filmakers a Canadian Premiere, WEB JUNKIE a film by award winning doc-makers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia.

China is the first country to diagnose “Internet Addiction” as a clinical disorder and WEB JUNKIE, a feature documentary by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia is the first to put the spotlight on the revolutionary and controversial boot-camp like treatment used in Chinese Rehab Centres.

Professor Tao Ran, director of the world’s first rehab facility for Internet Addicts at Daxan Camp at Beijing Military Hospital opened the doors to the filmmakers who filmed for four months with unfettered access to staff and patients. There, Prof. Ran promises to cure children of their addiction that has grown into one of China’s most feared public health hazards.The program admits children between the ages of 13 and 18; they are forced to undergo military-inspired physical training and comply with monitored sleep and food standards. Throughout their stay at the clinic, they are patrolled by the military guards who protect the children’s quarters, which like prison cells are surrounded by gates and fences. Despite such conditions, parents voluntarily send their children to the treatment center and relinquish personal involvement.

At Sundance where WEB JUNKIE made its World Premiere earlier this year, festival programmers said of the film, “What starts out as an already-fascinating look… at ways that technology may be destroying the lives of Chinese youth quickly becomes something more”. WEB JUNKIE chronicles the results of a nation going through one of most drastic transformations in human history. In honest and wrenching ways that transcend national borders, this film is a thoughtful examination of a society in flux and a technology-addled generation on the precipice of an unknown future.

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