Content Warning: This film contains graphic images and videos of the violence and death that occurred under the totalitarian regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Wood is a short experimental music video / film based on an original concept by Disparition, extending the conceptual framework of the album 1989 into a cinematic form. Using found footage from the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the film translates the album’s aural investigation of history into image.

Where 1989 combines 1980s-era synthesizer compositions, archival samples, and modern found sound to examine the final days of the Communist era in Eastern Europe, Wood mirrors this approach visually—refusing linear narrative in favor of accumulation, repetition, and rupture.

The film confronts memory, state violence, and historical collapse, asking how revolutions are remembered, mediated, or erased. The short film includes footage sourced from Archive.org and YouTube.

Created in October 2009, Wood was directed and edited by Deepthi Welaratna, with music and original concept by Disparition (https://disparition.net).

Awards:

• Nominee, Best Music Video at the 2026 Chigaco Indie Film Awards

• Honorable Mention and official selection for the 2026 HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST’s Virtual Screening Program

• Nominee, Best Music Video at the 2026 Indie European Cinema & Screenplay Festival

• Honorable Mention at The New School’s 2010 Mixed Messages Showcase