Taking a transportive trip to early ‘90s Detroit and the birthplace of techno, writer-director Luke Jaden magnifies the community built through the city’s underground techno culture for 35mm short film Kids Like Us, as a group of misfits seek identity and meaning over the course of a night.

Returning to architect Albert Kahn’s iconic Packard Plant – cemented in Detroit’s early techno scene as the site of underground raves that have gone down in history – the film captures the pounding energy and legacy of a pivotal movement in its beginnings, with Detroit’s abandoned spaces as a home for self-exploration, acceptance and escapism.

Soundtracked by electronic musician Richie Hawtin to mark 30 years since his public party at the Packard Plant, and the birth of his Plastikman persona, Kids Like Us explores identity, dislocation, and connection through the lens of techno culture, centering a sense of nostalgia for profound moments that brought lost youth together in a time of cultural change.