An international cinematic experiment with focus on CI users

We are thrilled to announce the premiere of Wave´s Imprint, a movie directed by Andu Dimitrescu and coordinated by VAR Cultural Association in Romania, who executed numerous projects with focus on CI users and their artistic talent in the recent years. This time, they go one step further and bring together 18 young CI users from different countries such as Belgium, England, Turkey, Iran, Moldova, Croatia, the Philippines and Romania, among others, who each offer their own perspective on daily life in a short movie. They explore familiar paths and talk about some common everyday details in an artistic and their personal view.

Through this transcultural collaboration, participants come together in a completely different way than before. The projects thereby merges diverse visions into one authentic story that highlights the imagination, originality, playfulness, curiosity and inventiveness of the participants.

The filming with the participants from Romania took place in a creative camp, where the young people constructed scenes based on improvisation exercises supported by the project team. At the same time, participants from abroad worked remotely between July and October 2024, receiving weekly personalized emails guiding them through artistic challenges designed to encourage them to freely express their ideas and explore new ways of experimenting visually and verbally.

Christian Boboc (Romania)

This production celebrates cultural diversity and unity through art, demonstrating the ability of young people to build connections between different worlds. The premiere will take place in Bucharest on November 2nd during a public event. Starting November 3rd, the film will be available online on the platform waveforme.org/en/.

Additionally, the event on November 2nd will feature a collective exhibition showcasing a selection of works from the virtual gallery, which was presented in August and can still be visited on the Wave for me platform.

Follow the project’s evolution on social media: Facebook (WaveforMe) and Instagram (waveforme.var)

This project is funded by the Romanian Ministry of Culture.