Freshwater Lands (50′)

Director:  Ana Cristina Henríquez

Synopsis

Freshwater Lands documents the importance of the Orinoco River wetlands. Through stunning imagery and interviews with local communities, it offers insight into the value and benefits of this wetland, considered one of the largest in South America. Today, its fragility threatens a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce worldwide: fresh water.

Awards

BEST ECOLOGICAL DOCUMENTARY, The Big Apple Latin Film Awards.

FIRST PLACE, Environment and Sustainable Development Category Award, IV Independent Hispanic Documentary Video Festival.

SPECIAL MENTION in the official Medwet section of the Rhodes International Films + Visual Arts Festival, Ecofilms.

Television Broadcasts

Cultural Channel of Televisión Española (TVE).

Special Screenings

  • United Nations – Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC), Bonn 2012.
  • International Expo Shanghai 2010.
  • Biodiversity Center of Euskadi.
  • IV World Water Forum.
  • VII National Congress of Ecology.
  • First International Meeting on Water Geopolitics.
  • First Symposium of the Venezuelan plains.

Credits

  • Executive Producer: Ana Cristina Henríquez
  • Director and Screenwriter: Ana Cristina Henríquez
  • Cinematography: Antolín Sánchez
  • Original Music: Miguel Noya
  • Editor: Carolina Aular
  • Sound: Frank Rojas and Carolina Aular
  • Scientific Advisor: Anabel Rial