a group of
80 people
from 19 countries
answering one question
interviewed every 10+ years
what is important?
I'MPORTANT is a neverending quest to find the answer to a simple straight-up question:
"what is important?".
It features the same group of people, interviewed every 10 years answering it, and tries to document how time altered their stance and worldview. The "first chapter" of the show aired between 2011 and 2014 and totaled 83 episodes, featuring people from Romania, USA, The Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Ireland, UK, France, Australia, Denmark, Poland,Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Iceland, India and Sweden. Ranging from 14 to 91 years old.
The show’s second chapter restarted in 2021, featuring the exact same people, filmed ten years away from their previous appearence. The project is currently ongoing.
The question is strenghened by the fact that at the end of the show’s first part, in 2015, all the interviews have been made unavailable from the internet, in an effort to distance both the participants from their younger selfs and their previous answers. The second chapter episodes include the participants’ reaction to the first viewing of their old interview in 10 years.
Check out the new batch of episodes on the project's YouTube channel and subscribe if you find it worthwhile.
I'MPORTANT IS
multimedia
IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION for museums, art galleries, cultural centers
LONG FORM DOCUMENTARY - starting 2031
YOUTUBE CHANNEL - webseries featuring individual episodes
ONGOING - every ten years, same participants, same question: what is important?
Ema Prisca
creative director
Vicente Garcia
marketing director
Isabela Tarta
artist
Mihai Barbu
photographer
Alex Bălă
musician
Bogdan Răileanu
writer & copywriter
Gabi Fierbințeanu
musician & financier
Ioana Muțiu
engineer
Robert Berza
manager
Vivian Esparza
communication manager
Cristian Fierbințeanu
musician
Mihai Curcă
public notary
Horațiu Stamatin
poet
Cătălin Abagiu
photographer
Cezar Pădurariu
journalist
Vasile Crăciunescu
researcher
Some I'mportant press along the years:
ProTV
Digi24
Many good people contributed to its making. Alex Bălă scored the wonderful music. Márton Borzák and Mélody Boulissière created graphics and logos, while Bertan Cómert and Gourab Ganguli joined as associate producers. Monica Jitariuc helped as an associate producer in 2022, while Alexandru Rotariu created an editing template.
I'MPORTANT is social on
Facebook, here.
And on Youtube, here.
Contact
Email: bogdan.stamatin@gmail.com
Insta: @bogdanstamatin
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