Aftershock

Aftershock in the media

Check out some of the media coverage that Aftershock has picked up since its launch in September.

Huffington Post - 'WaterAid team explains why Aftershock VR film hopes to find a whole new audience'

"If you’d happened to be on an isolated Nepalese hillside last week, you’d have been greeted by the somewhat unexpected sight of a group of native villagers – most of whom share one tap of running water between households – sitting on the ground, losing themselves in the latest in VR technology."

Politics Home - 'WaterAid reveals Nepal's untold water story using virtual reality'

Virtual Reality Reporter - 'WaterAid reveals Nepal's untold water story using virtual reality'

Campaign Live - 'WaterAid's VR film shows dearth of water access in Nepal'

El Pais - 'Ideas e inventos para que, sea donde sea, tengamos agua'

Huffington Post - 'How one young man in Nepal proved 2016 wasn't completely hopeless'

Posted on 29th Nov

Festivals and Awards

Since launching in September 2016, Aftershock has toured the world. We were thrilled to pick up the award for Best VR Short Film at the Big Mini Media Festival in Long Island this November, and have brought our virtual reality film to a host of other events like:

• Shift Film Festival - Maastricht, Netherlands
• TVE Film awards - London, UK
• Global Health Film Festival - London, UK
• World Toilet Day event in partnership with UN Water - New York, USA

Aftershock's festival appearances in 2017 include:

• LUX Film Festival - March 2nd - 12th 2017
• Cleveland International Film Festival March 29th - April 9th 2017
• WAMMFest - April 19th - 22nd 2017

Aftershock has also been selected in the first round of the Charity Film Awards, and has been screened at the Lift-Off Film Award Ceremony at Pinewood Studios, London.

Aftershock's launch in Stockholm during World Water Week, September 2016. (Photo: WaterAid/Felix Swensson)

Posted on 29th Nov