Gen Youth 2025 I A documentary series made for and by Gen Z.

studios I documentary I Gen Youth 2025

  • Gen Youth 2025 follows three teenagers in their final year in high school, as they challenge and explore their own values within an experimental audiovisual framework.

  • A balanced blend of documentary and fiction that shortens the dramatic arcs and gives the format a younger, more dynamic feel.


    Themes such as a young person's grieving process, practicing a craft, and the underrepresentation of women in one character’s dream profession form the underlying layer of this format.


    It is presented as a short-format series of 5 episodes, as well as a single long-form documentary version.


    Target audience: 15–30 years old.

  • Independent release online and in theaters as a single long-form documentary.

This documentary format follows the structure of an opera;  beginning with an overture, followed by character-driven arias, and culminating in a powerful finale.

Each episode features multiple interview sessions set within a visually stylized environment, staged arena. From this central setting, we reflect on past events and look ahead, using self-recorded home videos made by the young protagonists themselves. These are interwoven with intimate, one-on-one documentary moments involving or filmed by the creator. The narrative unfolds over the course of a full year.

To keep the pace dynamic and engaging, especially for a younger audience, we regularly break the rhythm with surreal, fictional scenes. These imaginative moments represent the characters’ visions and dreams, yet are always grounded in their real-life experiences.

This unique blend of structure and style, combining staged elements, documentary authenticity, and fictional detours, forms the heart of the format and acts as its hook, drawing viewers in and keeping them emotionally and visually engaged.

Studio
Documentary (series)

Collaboration
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Status
Ongoing

Focus
Information sharing, building trust

Country
Belgium, Brakel

About
Teenagers and insecurities regarding studying.

Release
Online I Lineair

Awards
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