WATER FIRST premiered to an appreciative audience on World Water Day, March 22, 2008, at the DC Environmental Film Festival at the Carnegie Institute. The film is now available for festival and conference screenings. Please email for info.

WATER FIRST (46:00)

We're happy to announce that the full-length version of WATER FIRST premiered on World Water Day, March 22, 2008, at the DC Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC at the Carnegie Institute to a very receptive audience.

The film is now available for festival and conference screenings and television broadcast agreements. Please email to request the film for a screening. The DVD will be on sale soon. Thank you for all your requests - it's encouraging to know that other people share our concern for this issue.

THE FEATURE: (46:00)

WATER FIRST: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Zaragoza, Spain – World Expo

DC - DC Environmental Film Fest

Bergen, Norway – Bergen International Film Fest

Montpelier, France – Cinespot Environmental Film Fest

Chicago, IL – Conference on Hunger and Environment

Golden, CO – Colorado Environmental Film Fest

THE SHORT:

WATER FIRST Living Drop By Drop, the award-winning short version of the film, has been included in many festivals around the globe. It was also selected by the International Secretariat of Water for presentation at many international water conferences. Below is a selected list of venues:

Mexico City - World Water Forum (International Jury Award)

Rodos, Greece - EcoFilm Festival (Fulbright Cultural Exchange Award)

Istanbul, Turkey - UN Environmental Programme Award Film Festival

Stockholm, Sweden - World Water Week

Belgium - Verviers au Film de l’Eau – Water Film

Los Angeles, CA - Pan African Film Festival

Denver, CO - Starz Pan African Film Festival

Orlando, FL - Global Peace Film Festival

Albany, NY - UA African Consortium and School of Public Health

Saratoga, NY - Skidmore College, International Students Association

Schenectady, NY - League of Women Voters – Millennium Development Goals Event

Amherst, Mass - Global Water Forum – UMASS Amherst

Northampton, Mass - Conference on Global Health and Clean Water – Smith College

Mexico City - Africala Film Festival

Bangalore, India - Voices From the Waters Film Festival

Istanbul, Turkey - UlisphotoFest

Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland Film Festival

Charles Banda, the charismatic founder of Freshwater Project Malawi, and subject of the film, was in New York Sate in June '07 and attended several special screenings.