 Voices from the Waters Â
An International Travelling Film Festival
Voices from the Waters, International Film Festival was conceived in 2005, as an effective way of reaching out to the uninitiated on water issues with an emphasis on high school, college students and the youth. The aim of the programme is to bring together grass-root level water activists, scientists, policy makers, film-makers, lecturers, scholars, artists, working professionals from across various fields to engage in a process of learning and debate on various water issues from around the world. Having established its relevance over the last 15 years we have been consistently receiving films for the festival from across the world that underline the global concern for water conservation.
History
In 2004, Bangalore Film Society initiated a forum titled Water Journeys, Forum for the Fundamental Right to Water with the objectives of creating awareness among the youth about the increasing scarcity of potable water for the poor for their lives and livelihood as well as to engage people in conservation of water.
Network
From 2013 to 2018 our initiatives had grown with many partners who were coming forward to join us. Over the years many environmental film festivals across India have utilized our collection of films for their festivals.
UN university Tokyo has expressed keen interest to organize this festival at least six locations in Japan. Universities in the Amazon region too have keen interest in organizing this festival. These responses affirm the international relevance of this film festival.
