Directed by Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi, the film was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's 2010 MeetMarket prior to completion, and premiered in cinemas in Finland on 4 May 2012.

The film employs a cinéma vérité style, meaning it doesn't provide a commentary or explanatory captions to what is seen on screen.

The film shows the band members using punk music as an outlet to their frustration with everyday things, such as living in a group home, not being served coffee because of their disability and so on.

[8] In Variety John Anderson described The Punk Syndrome as a "funny, edgy and very human feature" which might turn into a cult-hit.

[11] In 2017, a new documentary about the band's retirement directed by Kärkkäinen called The Punk Voyage (Finnish: Tokasikajuttu) was nominated for two Jussie Awards and won the main prize at the 2018 Tampere Film Festival.