Global Progress

The Festival VidéEau invites young people aged from 17 to 30, to submit 90 second or shorter video clips on the theme “Water, People and Sustainable Development”. The winners of the competition will be announced at a prize-giving ceremony to be held during the World Youth Congress, taking place in Quebec, Canada, from 10 to 21 August 2008.

The winners of the Festival VidéEau will automatically be selected for the official competition of the International “Water and Film” events. Furthermore, the best clips will be screened at various other events.

For example, the subjects covered could be the pollution of rivers or water tables, water wastage, problems of access to drinking water and sanitation, the melting of glaciers due to climate change or even action taken by people to preserve the water near their homes. It is young people’s turn to tell the world how their history, culture and daily lives are closely linked to water.