Illogical Adult World

It's set in Kabanne, a small Eastern European town where everyday places have strong emotional meaning. In Kabanne, apartment blocks, empty courtyards and narrow streets become places of adventure, tension and self-discovery. It's about three teenagers trying to figure out friendship, insecurity, social pressure and all that awkward stuff that comes with being a grown-up. Oleksa is all about following the rules, even though he doesn't always get them, Jordan keeps his guard up by always being on the move, and Casey hides behind a big fish costume to keep people's judgments at bay. Every episode makes a normal argument between adults feel like an emotional rollercoaster, with the environment reacting to what the characters are feeling. The sky darkens with anger, space contracts with sadness, and familiar places shift with imagination. It mixes humour and emotional realism to talk honestly about how kids experience change, identity and belonging.

Director’s statement
Illogical Adult World comes from my memory of growing up in an tiny Eastern European town where everyday spaces carried a strange emotional intensity. Courtyards, garages, narrow streets, and empty lots were never just backgrounds. As children, we turned them into places where fears became larger, friendships felt absolute, and ordinary moments could suddenly feel mysterious, overwhelming. I want to tell this story because I still remember how strongly the outside world responded to inner emotions at that age, even when nothing visibly changed. In the series, the visual language follows this perception. Weather, scale and architecture subtly shift with the characters’ feelings, that familiar places can become fragile, oppressive, or unexpectedly full of wonder. Through three teenagers with different vulnerabilities, I want to capture the moment when childhood begins to confront the unclear logic of the adult world and when identity starts to form through small but decisive experiences.