Why Make a Film on Teens?

Why make a film documenting the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of kids across the world? In the U.S. alone Generation Y represents a fifth of the population. As a demographic they’ve become a coveted prize, target of aggressive marketing. Accordingly, they exert a huge influence on society. Is their enormous spending power something teens are aware of? In what other ways are they making a difference? From protest to participation, proactive youth initiatives are on the increase the world over.


The most culturally diverse and technology-savvy generation yet, today’s teens may also be the most influential adolescents in history. Do they feel the potential to enact positive change?

Historically, the teenage voice is under-represented in society’s ongoing dialogue. Today’s teens will be tomorrow’s decision-makers: If you’re a teen, how are societies shaping up? Is civilization anything more than a concept? With the advent of the internet and related technologies, this generation of teens has ready access to more (dis)information than ever before. What does this info-culture imply? And what about those still ‘off-line’? How teens view the world around them and their impact upon it are focal points for Adolescent Sublime.

Adults have “learned” to check everything they say for its social acceptability. Teens are less compromising. The teenager is an alien breed. Neither fish nor fowl, they inhabit the awkward terrain between childhood and adult maturity. As such, teens provide invaluable insights to the human condition. As microcosm of the human, they comprise both elements: the developing and already developed. This, combined with their candid and unapologetic character, makes adolescents eminently representative of humanity at large. Teens are a reliable barometer for social climate change.