[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.

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.

[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.

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