For our 10th Anniversary celebration, Water Docs has united with film festivals from across Canada to co-present a high-impact festival aimed at recovering the pre-COVID momentum of public sentiment, favouring strong action to avert climate catastrophes.
NOVEMBER 9 - 14, 2021
Please join us on a journey of discovery during this six-day online special event filled with documentaries and short films that examine water and climate themes; meaningful discussions with filmmakers, newsmakers, and activists; and direct connections to action in your community.
As many of you know, this year marks the 10th anniversary of our film festival. From its inception in 2012 and over the past decade, we have had the absolute pleasure of bringing you some of the greatest environmental films and documentaries about all things water, and now it's time to celebrate!
#10for10
Whether you are a Water Docs Film Festival regular, or you are eagerly anticipating your first visit to our festival this year, we want to give you the chance to celebrate this momentous occasion with us!
For a limited time only, anyone who donates $10 (or more) to Water Docs will receive a full festival pass for our 2021 ReSurge Festival taking place November 9-14 for free as our way of saying thanks! This means you will get to experience as much of our 10th anniversary festival as you want by simply donating to our #10for10 FUN-raising Campaign!
PLEASE NOTE: You will receive your festival pass via email shortly after the campaign closes on October 24.
Thank you for your support!
Ecologos is a 23-year registered environmental charity protecting water and a liveable climate. Our signature program, the Water Docs Film Festival, has been such a success over its 10 year history that we are now better known simply as Water Docs. This program has also created the impetus to spin off four other related programs: the Water Docs Where You Live Community Screenings program; the Water Docs at School Action Projects program; Common Earth, a base-camp training program for change agents; and ReSurge: Canadian Film Festivals for a Liveable Climate.
Dive a little deeper and read about who we are, what we do and how we do it.
WATER DOCS PROGRAMS… INSPIRING ACTION
At School
Action Projects
This extraordinary school program teaches thousands of kids about water and climate using a unique, hands-on approach, instilling a passion for water stewardship.
Water Docs at School Action Projects
Where You Live
Community Screenings
Take action and make waves for water and climate protection in your community by hosting your own online community film screening.
Water Docs Where You Live
Common Earth
In-depth training for people who want to be effective change agents. Learn methods to understand how society’s key systems work, identify where change can have the biggest effect, collaborate creatively, and care for oneself in the process.
Common Earth
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The first video on demand platform dedicated to the future of our planet.
Our current favourite: a beautiful short (12 min) called The Whale Who Saved Me. It has a really great message about how we are all connected with nature but we have lost that connection.
Watch. Connect. Take Action. Free membership. No subscription fee. No ads. Sign in to watch it on waterbear.
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OUR MISSION
To evoke a spirit of reverence for water.
To inform about threats that imperil water.
To inspire citizen action to protect water
and its many effects on climate change.
““Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality, it is about changes in our very way of life.”
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Every time I enter the ocean, it shows me something beautiful and unexpected. I’m looking for sharks, and a fin whale surfaces, breath bursting into fine mist. Sea lion pups encourage me to play, spinning in the water, swimming fast then turning on a dime and blowing bubbles. Floating at the surface, a comb jelly mesmerises me with rainbow bands of bioluminescence.