Water: Fluid For Life

Memorial(en)

A memorial mourns as time passes

Water(bo)

A Tibetan woman collects water near her family's yak farm and brings it back home 80-pounds full, in a ritual that takes her an hour to complete. A selection from Peabody Award-winning documentarian Bari Pearlman’s Nangchen Shorts series.

The Water(es)

The water is a metaphorical view of life in the drought of the people living in Pustec by Prespa Lake.

Vorsicht Grundwasser(de)

Educational short film about ground water

The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan(en)

Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic vision? Now viewers will be able to find out firsthand what fuels The Sixth Sense director's seemingly supernatural creativity as filmmakers interview Shyamalan as well as the cast and crew members who have worked most closely with him over the years. Discover the early events that shaped the mind of a future master of suspense in a documentary that is as fascinating as it is revealing.

The Pearl Button(es)

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.

Les Pouvoirs thérapeutiques de l'eau(fr)

The Breath Connection(en)

A portrait of free diver Kathryn Nevatt, former World Champion and current New Zealand record holder in all three disciplines.

Back to the Titanic(en)

Back to the Titanic documents the first manned dives to Titanic in nearly 15 years. New footage reveals fresh decay and sheds light on the ship’s future.

Killer Shark Vs. Killer Whale(en)

Scientists dive deep on the mysterious and unusual predatory behavior of orcas attacking great white sharks, and the disappearance of the other sharks after these attacks.

The Flood(en)

The decision to move to Holland doesn't sound like a wise idea. Why move to a country that could be flooded at any moment? For the last 25 years, the political climate has shifted. The public debate on migration has become harsher, more heated, and polarized. What would have been considered right-wing xenophobia back then, is now considered mainstream. Populists simplify complex realities into good and evil, victims and perpetrators: ‘us’ versus ‘them’. Their rhetoric often consists of dehumanizing words and metaphors. One of these is ‘water’. In reality, water is not an immediate threat to the average Dutch person; but it is a huge threat to the thousands trying to reach the Netherlands. People trying to survive the Mediterranean Sea in rubber boats. Trying to survive winter on the Aegean coast in primitive tents. To them, water really is deadly.

Water and Power(en)

A reflection between nature and man in Los Angeles about the city's surroundings' desertification due to enormous water consumption.

Život stojatých vôd(sk)

Aquatica: The Underwater Mushroom(en)

The world's first aquatic mushroom is discovered near Crater Lake in Southern Oregon. Underwater videography documents this unique and fascinating phenomenon.

Nel silenzio del parco(it)

Water for the Prairies(en)

This 1950s' film looks at the measures to preserve water flow from the Rocky Mountains. With the steady falling of the water table, the exploitation of timber stands and the recession of glaciers, water conservation was an urgent concern of the Alberta and federal governments.

La Théorie du Boxeur(fr)

The ACTUAL Definitive Water Review(en)

Tatum Emerson and company debunk Caleb McCarthy's "The Definitive Water Review" with facts, evidence, and STEM knowledge.

Interlude 04.0(xx)

An exploration of fluidity in both motion and corruption. Water, ever-shifting and formless, becomes the guiding concept—its movement echoed in the distortion of the image. Glitches ripple and flow like liquid, blending destruction with an organic, almost natural rhythm. For the first time in the Interludes series, sound emerges: the steady stream of water from a sink, grounding the chaos in something tangible, yet equally transient.

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature(en)

Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.