what’s news WeAreWaterFoundation Anexceptionaljury forthe3rdeditionofthe WeArtWaterFilmFestival The registration period willend on 26 February 2016 The We Are WaterFoundation presented last September, Spain,alsoattendedthepresentation.Completingthejury aspartoftheSanSebastiánInternationalFilmFestival in arethefilmdirectorDanielSánchezArévalo,thedirector Spain,thethirdeditionoftheWeArtWaterFilmFestival andOscar-winner,JuanCampanella,andJordiFolgado, with the presentationof the membersofthe juryandother directoroftheVicenteFerrerFoundation. updates. ManuelaVelasco,theprominentSpanishfilmand Prizemoneyincreases television actress; Leticia Dolera, actress and film director; MarcClotet,film,televisionandtheatreactor;AlbertSolé, Theregistrationperiodforthefestivalbeganon2October documentary director; Rocío García, journalist specialised andwillendon26February2016.Therearedifferent infilmfromthenewspaperElPaís;CarlosJiménezRenjifo, noveltiesthisyear,amongwhichthenewdefinitionofthe TheactorsMarcClotet,LeticiaDoleraandManuelaVelasco, DeskOfficerofUNRIC(theUnitedNationsRegional categoriesinmicro-fiction,micro-documentaryandmicro- presentedtheneweditionofthefestivalofshortfilms. InformationCentreforWesternEurope);andXavierTorras, animationareofparticularnote,aswellastheincreaseof directoroftheWeAreWaterFoundation,werepresentinthe prize money which, havingconsolidateditselfasan thirdeditionoftheWeArtWaterFilmFestival inaplace SanSebastiántopresenttheneweditionofthefestivalof internationallyrecognisedshortfilmcompetition,willbe asemblematicastheKursaalofSanSebastiánwithin shortfilmsintheemblematicKursaalbuilding. 3,000 euros for thewinner ofeach category. Furthermore, itsinternationalfilmfestival. “Webelieve –statedTorras JudithColell,curatorof thiseditionof the festival, film thepublicfollowingthefestivalwillbeabletodecidewho –thatwiththiscompetitionwecanhelptocreatesocial directorandmemberofthemanagementboardof takesthe 1,000eurosforthe Public Prize. awarenessoftheglobalproblemofwaterandsanitation. theAcademyofSciencesandCinematographicArts XavierTorras,directoroftheWeAreWaterFoundation, Furthermore,itisawaytosupportthetalentofpeoplewith (AcademiadelasCienciasylasArtesCinematográficas)of expressedhissatisfactionatbeingabletopresentthe aclearsocialvocation”. TheWe Are Water Foundation celebrates WorldToiletDay The Roca Galleries of Lisbon, Madrid,Barcelona, London and Shanghai held various events to celebrate this day andpoverty’.Theevent,whichinvolvedrepresentatives fromdifferententitiessuchasBelénGarcía,manager ofONGAWA(EngineeringforHumanDevelopment); GonzalodeCastro,seniorexecutiveofCAF;David Escobar, partner of iAgua; Liana Ardiles, general 19November2015was‘WorldToiletDay’,aday directorofwaterattheMinistryofAgriculture,Foodand establishedin2013bytheUnitedNationstoraise Environment;BharatiChaturvedi,writerandfounderand awarenessamongthepopulationofthelackofaccess directorofChintanEnvironmentalResearchandAction topropersanitationandthemillionsofhumanbeings Group;andXavierTorras,directoroftheWeAreWater thatsufferthissituationontheplanet.Thisyear,theday Foundation. wascelebratedundertheslogan“ImproveSanitation”. InterventionofH.E.MrVikramMisri,theIndianambassadorinSpain, AlsoattheRocaGalleriesofLisbon,Londonand duringthemeetingattheRocaBarcelonaGallery. The We Are Water Foundation, which focuses its efforts Shanghai,roundtablemeetingswereorganisedonthe oneasingthisseriousproblem,joinedtheoccasion eventwereXavierTorras,directoroftheWeAreWateroccasionof “World Toilet Day”. InLisbon, the meeting andorganisedseveraleventsattheRocaGalleriesof Foundation;H.E.MrVikramMisri, India’sambassadorin focusedonsanitationproblemsincitiesoftheXXI Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, London and Shanghai, and Spain;MariaVallés,directorofcorporatedevelopment century. InLondon,thetopicwasaddressedfroma held several events inother countriesin which it is also morearchitecturalpointof viewand, lastly, in Shanghai present. attheVicenteFerrerFoundation;theIndianarchitect adebatewasheldonthenewadvancesintheuseof AttheRocaBarcelonaGallery,themeeting“Sanitation AnupamaKundoo;andGourSaraff,managingdirector wateranditsconservationthroughecological initiatives. forall.Gandhi’sdreamandIndia’schallenge”washeld, oftheIndia-EuropeChamberofCommerceinSpain. aroundtablemeetingchairedbyRamónMaríaMoreno, AttheRocaMadridGallery,themeetingwasheldunder managingdirectorofCasaAsia.Participatinginthethetitle ‘The problemof sanitation: betweenshame 18