Film is lots of things aesthetically, but it's certainly not "authentic".
You don't have to hyper-process smartphone photos, there are plenty of apps that let you just take a "normal" picture.
And the colors from a CMOS image sensor are far more accurate -- i.e. "authentic" -- than the responses from color film. Every type of film is, well -- opinionated, let's say. It has its own look. Which can be nice, and you can simulate it digitally as well. But it's less "authentic" to reality, not more.
You don't have to hyper-process smartphone photos, there are plenty of apps that let you just take a "normal" picture.
And the colors from a CMOS image sensor are far more accurate -- i.e. "authentic" -- than the responses from color film. Every type of film is, well -- opinionated, let's say. It has its own look. Which can be nice, and you can simulate it digitally as well. But it's less "authentic" to reality, not more.