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Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJamie Jay Johnson
Produced bySimon Fawcett, Maxyne Franklin, Jess Search, Paul White
StarringMarina Baltadzi, Yiorgos Ioannides, Mariam Romelashvili, Mirek Coutigny, Laurens Platteeuw, Matthieu Renier, Eva Storme, Bab Buelens
Edited byLucien Clayton
Music byMat Davidson
Distributed byWarner Music
Release dates
  • 9 September 2008 (2008-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 8 May 2009 (2009-05-08) (United Kingdom)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, Bulgarian, Dutch, Georgian, Greek

Sounds Like Teen Spirit (also known as Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary) is a 2008 documentary and debut feature film of Bafta-Award nominated director Jamie Jay Johnson.[1][2]

It was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival 2008 and was premiered in Ghent, Belgium[3] and Limassol, Cyprus[4] where the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held.

Plot

It follows the lives of the participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, specifically the entrants from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Georgia. The film sees them proceed from the national finals that saw them crowned the representatives of their country through to the international song festival itself held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where they each compete against 16 other acts.

Critical reception

The film was well received by critics, on Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 87% based on reviews from 23 critics. [5] Director Johnson was praised for his 'crowdpleasing' debut[1] and his success in getting the participants to 'open-up' on camera.[6]

In the 2009 Dinard British Film Festival in Brittany, France 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit' played in competition and won the prestigious 'Hitchcock D’Argent' Audience Award.[7]

In the Seattle International film festival 2009 the film won a Special Jury Award and was highly commended by the jury "for excellence in capturing the universal experience of young adults discovering their place in the world".[8]

Sounds Like Teen Spirit was also nominated for a British Independent Film Award in the 'Best Documentary' category.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sounds Like Teen Spirit (12A)". Total Film. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Jamie Jay Johnson on Sounds Like Teen Spirit". BBC. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Video of Belgian premiere of JESC Film". YouTube. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Premiere of JESC film in Cyprus". CyBC. September 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Sounds Like Teen Spirit (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ Robey, Tim (7 May 2009). "Sounds Like Teen Spirit review". London: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  7. ^ "' Murphy's White Lightnin' and Johnson's Teen Spirit scoop Dinard prizes'". Screen daily. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary". Seattle International Film Festival. 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ "NOMINATIONS AND JURY ANNOUNCED FOR THE 12TH BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS". British Independent Film Awards. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

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