Harnessing the power of film & storytelling to impact public policy change, educate, and create community impact around water.
Who We Are
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.
In creating this platform, our goal is to leverage the power in the medium and art form of film to enhance relationships between filmmakers, organizations, and the entire human population to build advocacy and activism in water-related matters.
World Water Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is proudly registered with DAFgiving360 (Donor Advised Fund).
“News organizations, scientists and policy makers alone will not inspire action and change. It is the creatives who will save the day.”
The World Water Film Festival was created in 2022 by philanthropist, environmental advocate and filmmaker, Robert Strand.
In March 2023, the inaugural WWFF was an official event of the New York Water Week and UN 2023 Water Conference agenda, in partnership with the Columbia Climate School, UN Water’s International Ground Water Resources Assessment Center (IGRAC) and the Youth for Global Health & Social Justice.
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.
Partner Organizations
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IGRAC
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.
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Youth for Global Health & Social Justice
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.
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Lets Talk About Water
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.
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ripple effect
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.
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Mayors Make Movies
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.
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CUAHSI
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!
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Water 2025
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.
Contact us
Interested in working together? We can’t wait to hear from you!