Water is a 2006 documentary film directed by Anastaysia Popova about the memory of water

Water memory

Water memory is the claimed ability of water to retain a "memory" of substances previously dissolved in it to arbitrary dilution. No scientific evidence supports this claim. Shaking the water at each stage of a serial dilution is claimed to be necessary for an effect to occur...

. The film was made under television channel Rossiya 1's project Great mystery of water.

In the film scientist from various countries (including Kurt Wüthrich

Kurt Wüthrich

Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel Chemistry laureate.-Biography:Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the University of Berne before pursuing his Ph.D. under the direction of Silvio Fallab at the University of Basel, awarded in 1964...

, Masaru Emoto

Masaru Emoto

is a Japanese author and entrepreneur known for his claims that human consciousness has an effect on the molecular structure of water. Emoto's hypothesis has evolved over the years of his research. Initially Dr. Emoto claimed that high-quality water forms beautiful and intricate crystals, while...

, Rustum Roy

Rustum Roy

Rustum Roy was a materials scientist who held visiting professorships in materials science at Arizona State University and in medicine at the University of Arizona, as well as an emeritus position at Pennsylvania State University in three departments...

, Konstantin Korotkov) present they work in the theme of the water

Water

Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...

, also the clergy

Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....

 from the largest religious (including Metropolit of Smolensk Kirill, Shamil Alyautdinov

Shamil Alyautdinov

Shamil Alyautdinov is an imam of Moscow's Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill. He is a graduate of Al Azhar University. He is serving as a deputy mufti on the Clerical Muslim Board for the European part of the Russian Federation....

, Pinchas Polonsky) says about importance of the water in their faith. Also the film presents same experiences of the water, for example haw the emotion's of the humane interact with the water (using kirlian photography

Kirlian photography

Kirlian photography refers to a form of photogram made with voltage. It is named after Semyon Kirlian, who in 1939 accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a source of voltage an image is produced on the photographic plate.Kirlian's work, from 1939 onward,...

).

In November 2006 the film won three television awards at TEFI

TEFI

TEFI is an annual award given in the Russian television industry, presented by the Russian Academy of Television. It has been awarded since 1994. TEFI is presented in various sectors , such as television shows, notable people in the television industry, journalists, channels...

, including for the best documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

.

It was criticised by scientists and journalists.