The first edition: at the 4th World Water Forum in March 2006, in Mexico City, co-organised with the French Water Academy and the Mexican National Water Commission (CONAGUA).

In total: more than 150 films, from around 50 countries.

The themes: aquatic myths and legends, public bath houses, rites and traditions, protection of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems, right to water and sanitation, floods, dams, pollution, conflict over the use or access to resources.

Dissemination: within the Forum and in public locations around Mexico City: cinemas, gardens, etc. Screenings were also subsequently organised around the country by CONAGUA.

Events: Organisation, within the Forum, with the support of the French ministries of a high-level round table on the theme "Water, Film and Cultural Diversity".

Launch of a 90 second video clip competition for young people aged between 17 and 30 with the theme "For a new water culture".

Members of the jury: Mr. Spyros Kouvelis (Greece), Mrs. Guadalupe Miranda (Mexico), Mr. Hideo Onchi (Japan), Mrs. Regina Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Mr. Andre Paquet (Canada), president Mr. Pierre-Alain
Roche (France), Mr. Pradip Saha (India).

The second edition: "Water, People and Sustainable Development" at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul.

In total: more than 400 films were received. 110 films were selected for the Forum of which 56, from 23 countries, entered in the official competition.

Film selection: 2 year preparation process with a call for entries and a decentralised process based on festivals and film competitions around the world: CinemAmbiente (Turin), Ecofilm (Rhodes), FIFEN (Niamey), Festival international du film spot d'environnement (Montpellier), Voces contra el silencio (Mexico), etc.

Launch of a VideEau competition: video clip competition for young people (17-30 years old).

Dissemination: Screening and debates within the Forum and in Istanbul: the French Institute, the Cervantes Institute and Bilgi University.

Members of the jury : Mr. Cristian Calonico (Mexico), Mr. Gaetano Capizzi (Italy), Mr. Abibou Ciss (Burkina Faso), Mrs. Pascale Ferland (Canada), Mr. Robert Kalman (Hungary), Mrs. Thai Thi Ngoc Du (Vietnam), president Mrs. Hulya Ucansu (Turkey) , Mrs. Maggie White (France).

Outside the World Water Forums, the ISW contributes or coorganises events, making the catalogue of IWFE films available to promote water as a source of artistic and cultural expression and a vector for exchanges: Zaragoza (Water Tribune 180 screened hours with a programme of 70 hours selected by the ISW-IWFE), San José in Costa Rica, Quito, Copenhagen, Dakar, Quebec, Ouagadougou, etc.

One of the most recent events, the Paris Water and Film Events held from 18-25 March 2010 at the Water Pavilion in partnership with Eau de Paris, screened 43 films with preview screenings, conference-debates with the public and a VidéEau competition run in partnership with Dailymotion: 75 films on the theme of “Water and Paris”.