![]() ![]() The documentary tells the true love story of Gus and Jiyun - a home schooled 19-year-old from a religious family in small-town Illinois and a 19-year-old Korea-born New York City art student - who met nearly a year ago in possibly the only place two people so different might ever find each other: The Internet. A way to be close without things getting too confusing.” “There’s a tension between their ‘digital intimacy’ and real life, and the film explores the way the digital world, full of intimacy, bonding, sweetness, is a way to mitigate the hard stuff of growing up and having sex. It looks closely at one young couple who - like many - met online and fell in love before ever meeting each other,” says Schwartzman. “xoxosms is about first love, long distance and Skype. These days, the stories we hear about kidz and the technology are often cautionary tales: strangers! sexting! TEXT NECK! But Nancy Schwartzman - producer and director of the in-the-works film xoxosms - wants to tell a different, more salutary tale: about (young) people forging relationships that may start as virtual, but are very, very real. ![]()
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