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How to Poison a Planet

Join us for a special screening of 'How to Poison a Planet' - A World Water Film Festival Event 

This event is affiliated with Chicago Water Week, presented by Current.

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PURCHASE May 5th EVENT TICKETS

$20 per person | Doors Open at 6:30pm | Program: 7pm-9pm
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$10 | Video On-Demand Available ONLY May 4–10
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How To Poison a Planet

SAVE THE DATE: May 5, 2025 in Chicago

World Water film festival

The World Water Film Festival curates’ films of all genres from all over the world that explore our personal, societal, cultural, and environmental connection with water.  Festival events bring people together and address some of the most significant challenges and exciting prospects we face when it comes to humanity’s relationship with water.  Connected to UN Water organizations, we aim to amplify water issues and solutions...connected by film and the power to inspire.

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WWFF NYC 2024 PROGRAM

    MATTHEW MODINE ON WPIX NEW YORK LIVING PROMOTING NOVEMBER 17

    Mr. Modine produced the films 'Ripple Effect' and 'SLUDGE: a PFAS Uprising'

    November 16-17, 2024 Hosted By Columbia Climate School New

    2024 World Water Film Festival Film Festival!

    Immerse yourself in the inspiring and thought-provoking world of water through film! This year’s event promises to be bigger, better, and more impactful than ever. 

    Get Your Tickets Today

    World Water Film Festival in east africa

     Three World Water Film Festival events have been held in East Africa, Tanzania in the regions of Morogoro, Tanga and Pwani and attended by more than 400 citizens, mostly women. The next water film event in Tanzania will be in Arusha and Dodoma regions in the mid of April 2024.  

    World Water Film Festival in TanzaniA IMAGES

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    Video

    Led by the Dutch government, Water as Leverage bridges the gap between infrastructure project origination and project implementation. By investing millions in the first phases of project development, we unlock billions for financing implementation. Water as Leverage is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year.  Enjoy this video about this important program!

    Opening remarks plus two short films March 2023 Event

    Founder Robert Strand, Columbia University's Paul Gallay, and Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs from the Netherlands; includes best animation 'Water = Life' and 'Water as Leverage' short films.

    World Water Film Festival March 2023 Trailer

    This trailer was created from film submissions to the World Water Film Festival 2023, hosted by Columbia Climate School, Columbia Water Center at The Forum at Columbia University and online!

    About Us

    OUR MISSION

     We are a non-profit film festival for filmmakers and storytellers from all over the world to highlight human-water relationship issues and concerns that inspire an action step for the viewer beyond its entertainment and informative value.

    OUR GOAL

     In creating this platform our goal is to leverage the power in the medium & art form of film to enhance relationships between filmmakers, organizations, and the entire human population to build advocacy and activism in water-related matters.


    We invite all filmmakers to submit films related to the 2022 UN World Water Day topic, Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible, but all water-related topics are welcome for exploration. 


    English & Spanish Press Releases

    PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

    IGRAC

    IGRAC is UNESCO Global Groundwater Centre, it also works under the auspices of WMO, it is a corporat

    https://www.un-igrac.org/


    IGRAC is UNESCO Global Groundwater Centre, it also works under the auspices of WMO, it is a corporate IAH partner and it is financially supported by the Government of the Netherlands. Our office is located in Delft, the Netherlands and we are happy to be in-house partner of the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.


    Youth for Global Health & Social Justice

    https://www.youthforglobalhealth.com/


    Youth for Global Health and Social Justice is an International Non-governmental Organization (INGO), whose mission is to support young people as leaders who will work to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for our global community, and promote open dialogue about social injustice that impacts clean water and sanitation.

    Docutribe

    https://www.docutribe.org


    Docutribe is a non-profit New York-based organization founded in 2006 and relaunched in 2016 by Cecily Tyler dedicated to activating social impact through the power of storytelling and filmmaking. Through teaching the tools and process of filmmaking and technology, we help filmmakers and their communities activate social change at the hyper local level and to tell their stories at the national or even international levels.  

    Let's Talk About Water

    https://letstalkaboutwater.com/


    Let’s Talk About Water (LTAW) is a unique program combining the power of film and the science of water to inform and engage students, faculty and the general public in active discussion about water issues and solutions.

    Mayors Make Movies

    https://mayorsmakemovies.org/


    The Mayors Make Movies initiative will create partnerships between mayors, up-and-coming filmmakers in different African cities, to produce short films (2 – 3 min) that feature the role of and initiatives by city mayors, local issues and solutions from different water users, and highlight principles of water governance. 

    The Ripple Effect


    https://www.accgov.com/4767/Ripple-Effect-Film-Project


    The Ripple Effect Film Project in Athens, GA, allows young filmmakers to make a splash.  Pre-K through 12th-grade students write, produce, and star in short, water-themed films.  The film submissions moving to the finalist round debut on the big screen during the Blue Carpet Premiere, where filmmakers shimmer as they pass the “drop-parazzi” and enter the historic Morton Theatre. 

    CUAHSI

    https://www.cuahsi.org/


    The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Award. CUAHSI graciously supported our film festival selection and judging committee and thank them for their support!

    Water 2050

    http://www.wef.org/water2050


    Download Water 2050: The New Video Game Inspired by the Nextflix Brave Blue World Documentary

    A video game inspired by the Netflix documentary Brave Blue World starring Matt Damon in partnership with WEF and Totem Games is launching at the World Water Film Festival.

    Water 2050 features vibrant game characters, and each player has an opportunity to create solutions in real time. The Water 2050 game design explores how our everyday actions have consequences, positive or negative, on the livelihood of our planet and access to clean water for the future.

    Please find the game on Google Play, Steam and iTunes store.

    "News organizations, scientists and policy makers alone will not inspire action and change. It is the creatives who will save the day."


    Robert Strand, Founder, World Water Film Festival


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