Short Film Competition about Water Problem to Win 3000 € from We Are Water Foundation

The We Are Water Foundation opened an application for the We Art Water Film Festival, an international short-film competition to recognize and reward the talent of all those people with a clear awareness of the water problem around the world which are also able to capture it in their own film productions. The main objective is to raise awareness of the water problem around the world through the creation of audiovisual pieces that address this issue.

The theme: “Climate Crisis”

All submitted pieces need to be related to the current climate crisis, linking it to the global water and sanitation problem and its relation to hygiene, pollution, agriculture, diseases, nutrition, education, etc…

Categories:

There are three categories in the short film contest:

1. Micro-documentary
2. Micro-fiction
3. Micro-animation

Requirements:

1. All short films need to address the topics: Climate Crisis, water, and sustainability, linking it to the global problem of water and sanitation and its relation to hygiene, pollution, agriculture, diseases, nutrition, education, etc.
2. The short films must have a duration of one to three minutes (excluding official title cards at the beginning and end).
3. Audio or texts that form part of the works must be in English or subtitled in English.
4. They must start and end with the official title cards:
5. Must be submitted between 3 October 2019 and 2 April 2020

Prizes:

A total of 4 awards for each category will be awarded, totaling € 10,000 in prizes:

1. Micro-documentary: 3000 €
2. Micro-fiction: 3000 €
3. Micro-Animation: 3000 €
4. Audience award: 1000 €

About We Are Water Foundation:

The We Are Water Foundation, driven by Roca, was established in 2010 with two key goals in mind. The first one is to promote awareness and encourage debate among the public and organizations on the need to create a new culture for water, to enable the equitable development and sustainable management of the world's water resources. The second goal is to carry out a whole host of actions to counter the negative effects of the lack of adequate water resources. The foundation's fields of activity include involvement in infrastructure, education, health, and research, concentrated in the world's most deprived areas.

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