stupid smartphone therapy
The social impacts of various technological innovations are redefining the role of human relationships and communication in a growing globally connected and diverse digital world. Meet Serena, a biracial German teenager on a dream vacation to Canada with Henok, her smartphone addicted workaholic father. Serena's dream vacation is quickly tuned into a puzzling and challenging nightmare of personal conflicts involving smartphones, identity, belonging and jiujitsu.
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Garmamie SideauDirectorMount Ephrem
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Garmamie SideauWriter
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Tsegaye DeginehWriterGentle Skill
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Garmamie SideauProducer
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Tsegaye DeginehProducer
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Saron DeginehKey CastAlene Feeldbender, Theater- The Unfinished life of Addison Stone, Teen, TV- Spot Penny Nachbarschaft, Theater Antigone, Jess, Theater- Maria Niemand, Taitu, Film Gentle Skill
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Tsegaye DeginehKey Cast
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DJ MaclntyreKey Cast
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Juanita KwartengKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Genres:Drama, Foreign
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Runtime:4 minutes 24 seconds
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Completion Date:March 28, 2017
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada, Germany
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Language:English, German
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Addis Film FestivalAddis ababa
Ethiopia
May 2, 2017
Special Selection -
Barcelona Planet Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
April 30, 2017
Winner best actress -
SHORT to the PointBucharest
Romania
Official Selection -
Los Angeles CineFestLos Angeles
United States
May 9, 2017
Semi-Finalist -
Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival (WOEFF)
United States
May 19, 2017
Official Selection -
Berlin Short Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
July 1, 2017
Official Selection -
Near Nazareth Festival ( NNF)Afula, Nazareth
Israel
Finalist -
European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)Warsaw
Poland
Semi-Finalist -
OUR VOICES Short Film FestivalVancouver
Canada
Finalist -
Under 5min Film and Writing FestivalToronto
Canada
Official Selection -
Alternative Film FestivalToronto
Canada
September 25, 2017
Finalist - Best Cast -
Alternative Film FestivalToronto
Canada
September 25, 2017
Winner Best Drama -
FEEDBACK Film FestivalToronto
Canada
January 25, 2018
Official Selection -
Canada Shorts - Canadian & International Short Film FestNew Brunswick
Canada
Winner Honorable Mention
Garmamie Sideau is an independent filmmaker, public affairs consultant and combat sports commentator/researcher. This Canadian artist is involved in various visual storytelling projects and he also works as a web communications and marketing advisor for clients in the public, private and not for profit sector. For the last 5 years Garmamie has been working on a long form documentary on the development of Judo and Ju Jitsu in Ethiopia.
Stupid smartphone therapy is an experimental journey of a daughter and father's vacation abroad and their mutual and unhealthy relationship to their smartphones.
This unhealthy relationship to their smartphones is augmented by variety of personal and social themes such as: parenting, workaholism, a bi-racial cultural identity, the social need to belong and the value of self-defence.
Both daughter-father duo are confronted by a crisis as they're transplanted from various key landmarks in Berlin, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. The smartphone role is key to their understanding of themselves and their lives.