The European Economic and Social Committee held a screening of the film “Until the last drop,” about the growing freshwater crisis, in the presence of Polish film director Ewa Ewart. The screening, was part of a series of EESC events on the topic of water, culminating in the conference “Call for an EU Blue Deal”, where the Committee unveiled its water strategy for the EU.

"Water is life, let us protect and care for it. No water, no life on this planet", said Ewa Ewart introducing the screening of her documentary on water on 24 October in Brussels.

The event was opened by EESC President Oliver Röpke, with the participation of Vice President Laurențiu Plosceanu and member Pietro De Lotto, who spearheaded the EESC Blue Deal Initiative. Over 100 guests attended the screeening, including EESC members, EU representatives and journalists.

Ewa Ewart's films deal with difficult issues and dangerous subjects. She has depicted stories on the borderline between life and death. Her films talk of people and wars. "Until the last drop" is also about war, she says: "It tells the story of a different war, the stupidest of all. It is a story about the war man declared on water – a source of life – in the name of progress. And the hope we can find where we are concentrating on our rivers – the primary source of fresh, clean water we need to exist. Every day, more and more people are becoming aware that we do not have much time before it is too late to change how we manage water – our most precious resource". (ehp)