Dream To Cure Water

Peru is home to 70% of the world’s tropical glaciers, but 40% of their surface area has disappeared in the last fifty years alone.

The glaciers are a crucial water source in Peru. People are forced to adapt as they disappear.

According to Peru's Natural Institute of Natural Resources, all of the country's 200 glaciers are under threat. It is feared that all of them will be gone soon.

In the Andes, due to glacier melt, rocks are exposed to the air for the first time in
thousands of years. The glacial meltwater now carries acid-heavy
metal minerals into the rivers. And from the rivers, to the crops and drinking water for livestock and for people.

This is the story of two remote mountain communities that depend on the
water and are trying to fight back against the effects of climate change through innovative adaptation, combining ancestral tradition with state-of-the-art science.

  • Ciril Jazbec
    Director
  • Matic Oblak
    Cinematographer
  • Lukas Miheljak
    Editor
  • Janez Dovč
    Music Composer
  • Julij Zornik
    Sound Designer
  • Samo Jurca
    Sound Designer
  • Lucia Florez
    Assistant Director and Editorial Consultant
  • Matic Prusnik
    Colorist
  • Miha Jaramaz
    Sound Editor
  • Lea Jurečič
    Sound Editor
  • Rok Jurečič
    Sound Editor
  • Nadia Magister
    Vocal
  • Baritone
    Vocal
  • Goran Krmac
    Vocal
  • Urška Alič
    Title Designer
  • Lucia Florez
    Production Assistant
  • Diego del Rio
    Production Assistant
  • Javier Schiaffino
    Production Assistant
  • Doris Chavez
    Production Assistant
  • Ajda Ažman Jazbec
    Executive Producer
  • Fructosa Cruz de Vela-Barca
    Key Cast
  • Plinio Gerardo Reyes Raymondi
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    21 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 16, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Peru
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ciril Jazbec

Ciril Jazbec is a Slovenian freelance photographer and film director. His work focuses on communities that are confronted by the effects of globalisation and the climate crisis. In his long-term projects, he aims to raise awareness about the deterioration of our planet and the increasing impact of the climate crisis.

He has seen the rising sea levels in Kiribati, the erosion and melting of permafrost in Alaska, and has spent over seven months in Greenland documenting climate effects on the Inuits.

Jazbec studied Management at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana before moving to London to study photography. He gained an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication in 2011.

His awards include the World Press Photo Award in 2021, Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award in 2013, Photo Folio Review Les Rencontres d’Arles winner in 2013, Magnum 30 under 30 in 2015, PDN’30 New and emerging photographers to watch in 2016, and Pictures of the Year International World Understanding Award
in 2018.

Jazbec has been working as a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine since 2014. He is also a National Geographic Explorer.

Jazbec’s works have been exhibited and presented in various venues including Les Rencontres d'Arles, Visa pour l'Image, The Photoville, PhEST, Format Festival, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Newseum, East Wing Gallery, The Royal Geographical Society, and elsewhere.

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