Phone addiction today | 'Life Smartphone' - Short Film by Chenglin Xie | Student Academy Award

Staring at the Smartphone all the time, people are gradually alienating themselves from normal life and others nearby. This film, Life Smartphone, with its satirical and humorous style, serves to depict the current social situation and give people a chance to be introspective.

On TikTok and other social networks, our short film is often shared under the names "O mal de hoje" or the false title "L'Altra Par".

This Student Academy Award Winner short film was nominated at the following festivals:

-Academy Awards, USA, 2018
-Palm Springs International Animation Festival and Expo, USA, 2018
-Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2016
-Annie Awards, USA, 2016
-Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, South Korea, 2015

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Original title - Life Smartphone
Director - Chenglin Xie
Year - 2015

© Licensed by SND Films

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[jeanclaudejunior]

"We live in an age when Unnecessary things are our only necessities." - Oscar Wilde

Unfortunately he was right about what's happening when it comes to social media

[digisophy]

"Man does not really love social media; he merely hates boredom and loneliness." (Mokokoma Mokhonoana)

[SirAndacar]

And people will watch it obliviously on their cell phones.

[jamesa.bannister]

I actually used this video in one of my presentations. Surprisingly, the teachers (and the students, ofc) liked it ...

[sandipagrawaltalks]

अपने समय का उपयोग अन्य रचनात्मक गतिविधियों जैसे पढ़ाई, योग, संगीत, या परिवार और दोस्तों के साथ समय बिताने में करें। इससे मोबाइल की लत कम हो सकती है।

[vinzelrato]

I searched for this for about 2 months before finding it again !! hurra !!!

[diebe]

It's like addiction to our phone destroys our world as in our own world

[alainrogermendy]

this story is really touching with the new technologies many people concentrate all their time on the mobile phone while they have a job to respect.

[Gauntlet]

It's funny because it's true.

[indahsasoe]

Relate banget sama situasi sekarang, kemajuan teknologi itu bagikan pisau bermata dua.
Kadang sampai lupa kemanusiaan itu seperti apa. Hehe

[shubhamsinghofficial]

Nice bro this is sad reality of the world every buddy addicted like this😔🥺

[KuzuBirds]

Love it xD this is a really dark humor and im writing it trough my phone tho xDDD

[Certifier]

P H O N E B A D B O O K G O O D

[jpolar]

The scenes on the street is an exact example of what happens the streets of Manhattan, N.Y.
Lololololololol 😆😆😆😆😆

[Bluebyza]

This video has gone viral in Spain through social media being cited as a "egyptian short prized in Venize's film fest"

[captaindiginaut]

So true in today's world. A Digital minus (-)
We are even forgetting the most basic human courtesies - cannot stress enough the importance of teaching kids good digital habits from early childhood!
- Captain Diginaut (your kids captain to navigate the challenges of Digital World)

[emonahamed]

This is the truth .... We have spared lots of time In phone ..this kills our life and second..🕯️🕳️🥀

[capt.imanuddinyunusshmh.]

Thanks... Very Don't be a slave...

[Yummie]

Obviously we’re using our phones to watch this

[samsamsamsamsamanilla]

Think times are bad now, just wait until we have affordable augmented/virtual reality