The We Are Water Foundation, founded by the Roca Group, is organizing the "We art water film festival" competition with the support of the UN. The object of the competition is to create a short film (up to 3 minutes) on the climate crisis. The foundation, which for years has been involved in helping the world's most endangered regions, wants to publicize this important issue in this way. The jury for the competition is made up of well-known actors, film directors and cultural personalities from international circles. It was presented at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. During the presentation of the competition, special attention was paid to the goals of sustainable development.
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The Foundation has launched the 5th edition of the We Art Water Film Festival competition. The opening took place during the 67th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The We Art Water Film Festival is an international short film competition that identifies talents sensitive to the problems of the climate crisis. The most important goal of the competition is to promote the issue through audiovisual form.
The jury consists of well-known actors, directors, cultural personalities from international backgrounds. They include: Daniel Monzón, director; Carla Simón, director and screenwriter, Emamode Edosio, director; Nora Navas, actress AND vice president of the Academy of Fine Arts and Spanish Film Arts, Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson, actress; Elena Sánchez; journalist andpresenter of cinema history; Carlos Jiménez, Representative of the United Nations Regional Information Center; Sharon Metcalf, Director of Partnerships and Strategic Programs at American University; Xavier Torras, President of the We Are Water Foundation; and Commissioner of the competition, Judith Colell
In addition, the novelty of this edition and the keynote is the Sustainable Development Goals. The film festival seems to be an ideal place to promote these important topics. Xavier Torras president of the We Are Water Foundation for the fifth edition of the competition says:
We want to focus specifically on the climate crisis and its consequences. The different perspectives of filmmakers from around the world will certainly show the global vision of the problem and help us better understand the consequences of our actions.
The last edition ended with great success and gathered 2,400 participants from 127 countries from all continents. Here is the answer to why the foundation is tackling this important topic, according to the UN:
- 2.2 billion people do not have access to drinking water,
- 4.2 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation,
- 263 million people have to walk at least half an hour to reach a water source from their home,
- 361 million children younger than 5 die each year from diarrhea,
- 152 million people use unsafe water sources such as lakes, rivers and others.
The foundation hopes that through the competition, every year more and more people will learn what problems the lack of sanitation infrastructure is causing in the world.
