CULTURE · EDUCATION · SOCIAL IMPACT
Through film, stories, volunteering, education and partnerships, we create access to cultural experiences for children, young people, seniors and vulnerable communities. We contribute to a society that is better educated, more inclusive and more supportive.
Attendances and activities as reported, over different periods and contexts. Audiences may overlap.
RECOGNITION
The Susțin Cinema Europa Volunteers received the award in the Projects carried out with volunteer involvement category. It recognises the direction we invest in most: young people who learn through practice and, over time, take on roles with more and more responsibility.
Around 100 volunteers are involved at Cinema Europa, and the Susțin community counts 200 volunteers.
OUR DIRECTIONS OF IMPACT
We see culture as social infrastructure: spaces that stay alive, experiences we learn from and relationships we can rely on. We revive cultural venues, develop educational projects and bring together schools, artists, NGOs, companies, volunteers and the public.
We use film, stories, reading and digital resources to give children educational experiences that are relevant and memorable, alongside teachers and parents.
The change we are afterCuriosity, a love of reading and openness to different perspectives.
We create opportunities for children, seniors and vulnerable groups with limited access to cinema, books and cultural events. Dedicated screenings and free resources open these experiences up to more people.
The change we are afterFewer barriers to taking part and more chances to discover culture.
Through Cinema Europa, we reactivate a neighbourhood cultural space and develop it as a place of meeting, dialogue and belonging. We build continuity around it, together with our audiences and partners.
The change we are afterAn active cultural space and a community that returns, takes part and gets involved.
We give young people real contexts for involvement and learning in culture, communication and event organisation. Volunteers work alongside coordinators and can grow into roles with more responsibility.
The change we are afterMore confident young people, skills developed through practice, and lasting involvement.
We develop campaigns and donation tools that connect companies, NGOs and communities around a cause. We also build on the founders' experience in the Colorbitor projects, with roles and contributions set out in each project.
The change we are afterResources mobilised for causes, stronger partnerships and initiatives that can continue.
In every project we track participation and the change we want to produce: wider access, more active communities, more engaged young people and stronger partnerships. Below we present the documented results and how we are developing the evaluation of these changes.
HOW WE BUILD CHANGE
AGENDA 2030
Susțin's work aligns with four United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We link each goal to concrete projects and are developing a framework for assessing our contribution.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
Learning, cultural diversity and participation
Film, reading and meetings with creators open up contexts for learning and dialogue. The link to target 4.7 is built through content and conversations about diversity, empathy and community life.
Bucharest Kids Film Festival · Minipovești (Little Stories) · Bicicleta Regelui (The King’s Bicycle) · CATS: Young Actors Edition · Caravana cărții Comoara lui Harap-Alb (The Harap-Alb book caravan) · Stories of Hope · Volunteers' Thursday · Cronovizor
What participants discover and how they use the experience, tracked through feedback from children and educators.
See the target in the official UN framework ↗SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
More chances to take part
Free access to stories and screenings dedicated to children, seniors and vulnerable groups creates opportunities for cultural participation. We track the reduction of access barriers through concrete projects and collaborations.
Minipovești (Little Stories) · Cinema Europa · Rândul 4: ScreenTime for ScreenTime · Stories of Hope · Caravana cărții Comoara lui Harap-Alb (The Harap-Alb book caravan)
Access for new audiences, the barriers encountered and participation through partner organisations.
See the target in the official UN framework ↗SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
Life for cultural spaces and memory
Cinema Europa keeps a historic cinema in cultural circulation. The proposed link to target 11.4 concerns the continuity of a cultural resource of the city.
Cinema Europa · Volunteers' Thursday · Cinema Europa la tine (Cinema Europa at your place) · Cronovizor · Julius Meinl: Pay With a Poem
Continuity of activity and documented investment in preserving and running the space.
See the target in the official UN framework ↗SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
Shared resources and responsibility
We connect NGOs, companies, schools, cultural institutions, artists, volunteers and communities. Partnerships support access to culture, education and the development of projects.
Bucharest Kids Film Festival · Comunitatea de voluntari Susțin (The Susțin volunteer community) · Copacul Dorințelor: Amintiri din copilărie · Stories of Hope · Cinema Europa la tine (Cinema Europa at your place) · Julius Meinl: Pay With a Poem · Caravana cărții Comoara lui Harap-Alb (The Harap-Alb book caravan) · Bicicleta Regelui (The King’s Bicycle) · CATS: Young Actors Edition
Continuity of collaborations, partner contributions and the goals taken on together.
See the target in the official UN framework ↗A thematic alignment of our work, with an evaluation framework in development. It does not represent UN certification or affiliation. The internal indicators above are evaluation directions, distinct from the official UN statistical indicators.
Sources: the Susțin 2025 annual report, pp. 5, 8, 9 and 12; organisation updates from September 2026. Audiences may overlap. We do not add these figures together as unique beneficiaries.
EVALUATION AND LEARNING
| Direction | What we have documented | What we want to follow |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Attendances, readers and activities delivered. | New participants, access barriers and returning to activities. |
| Learning | Available content, encounters and educational experiences. | Feedback from children and teachers, curiosity and the learning experience. |
| Community | The volunteer community and an established team of coordinators. | The volunteer experience, continuity of involvement and taking on new roles. |
| Continuity | Project activity and the financial resources reported. | Stable teams, partnerships that continue and initiatives that are sustainable. |
The evaluation framework is in development. We do not present the changes we track as results already demonstrated.
THE FOUNDERS' PORTFOLIO
EUR 800,000in donations and contributions for the „Copacul Dorințelor” campaign.
3 × Gold Effie Romania · Bronze Effie Europe · Gold Webstock
The campaign's recognition in 2023.The campaign and its awards ↗
8 interactive installationsfor the Children’s Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi.
1,000+ messagesthrough Fereastra Speranței.
Past results from the Colorbitor projects. Contributions and sources are set out on the project pages.
SUSTAINABILITY
We look at financial resources, at the people who carry the projects forward and at how we use spaces and equipment.
Developing the organisation means supported teams, clear responsibilities and partnerships that let us plan beyond the next event.
89.6%
of revenue comes from our own activity
Events 69.8%, sales 10.9% and services 8.9%. Donations and sponsorships cover 10.5% of revenue.
The association's revenue structure · 2025 annual report
THE FUNDING MODEL
Cinema Europa sustains its current activity mainly from tickets and the revenue generated around the screenings. The audience that comes back makes the cinema's continuity possible.
Modernising the auditorium and developing the other programmes, however, have distinct funding needs. For Loc cu Loc, Bucharest Kids Film Festival, the volunteer platform and the education projects we are preparing, we raise sponsorships, grants and dedicated contributions. These resources fund the investments, the teams, access to activities and the growth of the projects.
The share of own revenue in the association's budget largely reflects the cinema's activity. It does not mean that every project covers its own costs.
Cinema Europa's day-to-day running: screenings, the weekly programme, a space open to the public.
Modernising the auditorium, the festival, the volunteer platform and the education programmes in preparation.
One-off donations, monthly contributions and redirecting 3.5% of income tax.
TRANSPARENCY
We combine income from our activities with donations, sponsorships and the support of partners.
Figures from the 2025 annual report
Asociația Susțin.org
Company ID 47225930
Str. Ciprian Porumbescu 11C, Ap. Cam 1, Otopeni, Ilfov County
The statute and additional financial documents can be provided to funders on request.