Congratulations to all the winners!

Spots less than 90 seconds for youth people 17-30 years old

	Gold Drop EAUDEPARIS Right under our nose Roger Emanuel Lourenso Brazil (2008)  90 sec English
Right under our noses is a video that shows us what is happening with our fresh-water resources such as the rivers, lakes and water tables. Less than 1% of the water in the world is available for human consumption; and it comes especially from the rain that falls in the ground and permeates through the porous soil to join subterranean water tables, so flows out of the ground the springs that feed rivers and lakes. Unfortunately, we are blocking this water passage through the soil, destroying the water-tables, and because of this, the springs go dry and so the rivers and lakes too. This video shows a simple solution to keep our water-tables wet; and this solution is right under our noses.
	Silver Drop QUEBEC La Última Gota Yurina Luis Naranjo et Ivette Avila Martin Cuba (2008)  90 sec No dialogue
A clip about conflicts over water and how we can all participate in preserving this vital resource.
	Bronze Drop   CONAGUA The bet Gor Baghdasaryan Armenia (2008) 90 sec No dialogue
The film shows a few boys playing soccer in a deserted and dusty place under the hot sun. At the end, we see that they play for a bowl of water.

Less than 60 minutes prize

	Gold Drop   SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Au centre de la Terre des puits et des hommes Ingrid Patteta France (2008)  25 min L: French ST: English
This documentary reveals the traditional know-how of the Haussa well-diggers of Niger. The film pays tribute to the pride, the tradition and the sense of duty of these men of the Sahel, who use their strength to dig into the hard earth to find water.
	Silver Drop AESN The Water Front Elizabeth Miller Canada (2007)  30 min L: English ST: French
The Water Front follows one of the first water battles playing out in the United States from an environmental justice perspective. The film is an unnerving indication of what is in store for cities around the world facing an impending global water crisis.
	Bronze Drop RIOB 13 pueblos en Defensa del  Agua, el Aire y la Tierra Francesco Taboada Mexico (2007)  60 min L: Spanish ST: English
This documentary recounts the struggle that the Council of the People of Morelos is leading against local government corruption which has had a considerable impact on the environment, in particular on the building of a landfill site.
	Special Mention Una mancha en el agua Pablo Romano Argentina (2006) 20 min L: Spanish ST: English
This is the history of a river as told by the Argentinean director, Fernando Barri: Between Parana and the 33rd Parallel. This documentary recounts the struggle that the Council of the People of Morelos is leading against local government corruption which has had a considerable impact on the environment, in particular on the building of a landfill site.

Films of a Scientific or Educational Nature

	Gold Drop AFD Living and dying in the swamp Luc Riolon France (2007)  52 min  L: English
There was once a swamp, that no human had ever penetrated. And for good reason : it was totally inaccessible, located in the heart of an immense wetland on the border between Brazil and Guyana.
	Silver Drop   2IE The Water Guard Waleed Al Shehhni United Arabs Emirates (2007) 12 min  L: Arabic ST: English
Action is speeding up the planet’s desertification and destruction.
	Bronze Drop   OIE Carpa Diem Sergio Cannella Italy (2006)  2 min No dialogue
An apartment. Bedtime. A little girl lovingly watches a fish (a carp) swimming in an aquarium, while her younger brother is playing in the bathroom, listening to music and letting the water run in the sink. A waste of water that could turn into tragedy…

Special Prizes

	The "Climate Change" Prize   OURANOS Het verloren land Jos de Putter Netherlands (2007)  55 min L: Dutch ST: English
This is a "future documentary" partly situated in the Netherlands in the year 2070 when most of our country has been flooded. The film moves between realism and drama, history and the future, science and belief, Dutch film history and special effects.
	The “WASH Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene” Prize WASH In the name of the roses Thierry Berrod France (2008)  52 min L: English ST: French
Over the course of a lifetime, a single human being can produce over 6 tonnes of excrement. But despite its importance, it remains a subject of great taboo.
	The "Testimony" Prize AESN Yindabad Mariano Agudo et Roi Guitian Spain (2006) 55 min L: English, French and Spanish
For 20 years they have been struggling against the interest of the government and big corporations. Women have become aware of the dimensions of the problem and have become the main role in this unequal fight.