Main Issues - Themes

Themes are one of the main concerns when it comes to classifying a film, the following have to be taken into account;
- Classification decisions will take into account the theme of a work, but will depend significantly on the treatment of that theme, and the sensitivity of its presentation
- The most problematic themes (especially drug abuse, sexual violence, paedophilia, incitement to racial hatred or violence) are unlikely to be appropriate at the lower classification levels
- There is no reason why most themes could not be presented in a manner which allowed classification at 15 or 18