Main Issues in Film Classification - Theme

Theme

Classification decisions will take into account the theme of a work, but will depend significantly on the treatment of that theme, and especially the sensitivity of its presentation. However, the most problematic themes, eg:

• drug abuse
• sexual violence
• paedophilia
• incitement to racial hatred or violence

are unlikely to be appropriate at the most junior levels of classification.

Correspondingly, there is no reason in principle why most themes, however difficult, could not be presented in a manner which allowed classification at ‘18’ or even ‘15’.