We are excited to announce the premiere of Wave’s Imprint, an international production coordinated by VAR Cultural Association – Romania, created between July and October 2024. The film brings together 17 young cochlear implant users from Belgium, England, Turkey, Iran, Moldovia, Croatia, the Philippines, and Romania, each offering a unique perspective on daily life. They explored familiar paths, reinterpreting everyday details in an artistic and deeply personal way. The results of this collaboration have transcended geographical, linguistic, and cultural barriers, merging diverse visions into an 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 and discussions facilitated by the project team and professionals involved. At the same time, participants from abroad worked remotely over three months, 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 narratively. 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, and starting on November 3rd, the film will be available online on the platform waveforme.org/en/. Also, as part of the event on November 2nd, there will be a collective exhibition showcasing a selection of works from the virtual gallery, which was presented in August and can still be visited by accessing the same platform. The evolution of the project can be followed on social media – Facebook: WaveforMe / Instagram: waveforme.var.

Film directed by: Andu Dumitrescu
Featuring: Alexandru Blana, Cristian Boboc, Emma Brașov, Alexandra Cioclu, Tudor Popescu-Coliban, Teodor Copoiu, Büşra Karaboyaci, Klara Ladić, Isaura Lauwers, Cristina Manoli, Ionuț Minoiu, Adrian-Constantin Neagu, Jean Michelle Occeña, Ghyll Parker, Ștefy Petrică, Mihai Prundurel, Matilda Sharpley, Mona Yani.

Artists exhibiting in the virtual art gallery: Natalia Almași, Mobina Kahermani Amqani, Zofia Borowski, Alexandra Brașov, Claudia Ciontea, Ioana Diaconescu, Andreea Dragne, Susan Gilchrist, Maria Gîngu, Dragan Jovanović, Büşra Karaboyaci, Anahita Kashani, Klara Ladić, Isaura Lauwers, Helena Lehoczi, Elisabet Lääne, Cristina Manole, Jareth Mendoza, Ionuț Minoiu, Angela Monisi, Rei Nakamura, Németh Róbert, Jean Michelle Occeña, Antonia Potcoavă, Irati Villanueva Rincón, Katarina Ristić, Negar Shams, Matilda Sharpley, Demien Stavrou, Simin Tabrizi, Papp Tibor, Jesse Visser, Tao Yuan, Denis Țară.

Many thanks to: Anamaria Brașov, Cosmin Brașov, Magda Cernea, Andu Dumitrescu, Maria Gârbovan, Alina Grau, Stanca Jabenițan, Vero Nica, Mihai Pilcă, Smaranda Ursuleanu.

Partners: the National Association of People with Hearing Impairments in Romania “Ascultă Viața”, Audiosofia, Koala Auditory-Verbal Rehabilitation, Perspective for Hearing-Impaired Children Associations; The Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH), Immigration Research Forum, Washington D.C., European Federation of Parents of Hearing-Impaired Children (FEPEDA), Galeria 030202, Revista Cultura, Radio Romania Cultural, Bucharest FM, Zile și Nopți, IQads, Lifelong Hearing.

Project funded by the Ministry of Culture.