The
3rd
edition
of
the
world's
biggest
international
film
festival
on
water,
'Voice
from
the
Water
2008',
will
be
held
from
September
13
to
September
18
in
Jnanajyothi
Auditorium
at
the
Central
College
campus,
Bangalore.
Internationally
acclaimed
filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapoor
will
inaugurate
the
festival
on
Saturday
at
5
p.m.
About
70
films
from
30
countries
will
be
screened
during
the
festival,
which
hopes
to
be
a
tool
of
awareness
on
various
water
issues
like
global
warming,
dams,
floods,
droughts,
migrations,
climate
change,
wildlife
and
geopolitics,
explorations
of
water
in
our
daily
lives
and
so
on.
The
films
will
be
screened
at
multiple
locations
and
the
morning
screenings
are
reserved
for
students.
Along
with
various
cultural
programmes,
painting
and
photo
exhibitions,
grass
root
activists
and
experts
across
the
world
will
share
their
experiences
on
water
issues
during
an
interactive
session
to
be
attended
by
students,
film
makers,
artistes,
water
activists,
architects,
engineers,
scholars
and
visionaries.
The
festival
on
water
is
organized
by
a
consortium
of
national
and
international
organizations
that
includes
Bangalore
Film
Society,
Arghyam,
Society
for
Voluntary
Action
Revitalization
and
Justice
(SVARAJ),
Bangalore
University,
Finger
Lakes
Environmental
Film
Festival,
Ithaca
College,
Mountain
film
Festival
in
Telluride
USA,
Alliance
Francaise
de
Bangalore
and
Max
Mueller
Bhavan.
The
first
edition
of
the
festival
was
held
in
2005
followed
by
the
second
in
2007.