The 3rd edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival has unveiled the complete list of the short-listed movies for the 2022 of the festival, which is scheduled to take place on May 12, 2022 in a virtual format.
More than 1000 movies related to health from 110 countries had made submissions to the WHO festival, WHO reported. The WHO, World Health Organization, had invited independent film-makers, production companies, public health institutions, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world in a call for entries in October (2021) to submit their original short films to the 3rd edition of the Health for All Film Festival.
The WHO organizes Health for All Film Festival
Organized by the WHO-World Health Organization, the Health for All Film Festival Launched in 2019/2020.
The festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion global health issues.
The WHO (The World Health Organization) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a comment, 'Telling stories is as old as human civilization. It helps to inspire, motivate, build empathy and share problems so we can find and share solutions together. Everything WHO does is about stories, because everything we do is about people. We’re excited about the quantity and quality of entries in this year’s Health for All Film Festival. Ultimately, we hope the festival is not just a way to tell stories, but to change the arc of people’s stories around the world, towards better health.'
Competition sections of WHO Health for All Film Festival
The WHO Health for All Film Festival has announced three competition sections:
Universal health coverage (UHC)—films about mental health, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and other UHC stories linked to communicable diseases not part of emergencies.
Health emergencies—films about health emergencies, such as COVID-19, Ebola, disaster relief and health in conflict-settings.
Better health and well-being—films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition, sanitation, pollution, gender, and/or about health promotion or health education.
WHO Health for All Film Festival: 2022 Lineup
'Chagas Project' by Leandro Moyano / from Argentina
'Before the Fall' by Davide Preti / from Italy
'Ballet for Brain Injury' by Belinda Adams / from Australia
'The 5%: A Family's Perspective on Complex Clubfoot, Ten Years Later' by Rachel Vianna / from Brazil
'Bonifácia's Story: Endurance and Hope in Times of Crisis' by Mariana Martins Abdalla and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Brazil / from Brazil
'Faster Than Light' by Courtney Howard / from Canada
'Wake up Stroke 120' by Jing Zhao and Renyu Liu / from China, USA
'The Covid Crisis and the Emotional World of Man' by Anelia Georgieva Georgieva / from Bulgaria
'Autism in China: The challenges parents face raising ‘children of the stars’' by Andersen Weicong Xia / from China
'4,000 Meters Above Pain' by Christophe Blot and Thibault Ras / from France
'Nostos, The return of the Warrior' by Catherine Liboiron / from Canada
'Art is Life' by Haisam Abdelhamed / from Egypt
'Gamers Nightmare' by Frank Lehmann / from Germany
'Locked Down' by Saksham Sharda / from India
'Wasted Health' by Jeffrie Quarsie / from The Netherlands
'The Confidant | International' by Naved Ahmed / from India
'Sounds of Humanity' by Cyril Käppeli and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Switzerland / from Switzerland
'Euphoric' by Nirmala Choudhary and Roopali Ramesh Kumar / From India
'Pre-eclampsia: Predict Earlier, Prevent Earlier' by Indonesian Prenatal Institute / from Indonesia
'Heval by Payam Laghari / from Iran
'Margaret Odera: Community Health Worker, Singer, Mom, Advocate' by Carol Bales / from USA
'Dance of Love' by Mohammad Farajzadeh / from Iran
'(Human)ity' by Amy Van Drunen / from USA
'A Boy's Tale' by Twamsen Danaan / from Nigeria
'My Son is Good at Hide and Seek' by Diletta Tirrò and Sara Ruggieri / from Italy
'The Call' by Lawrence Murage / from Kenya
'The Psychlist' by Martin A. Walther / from Norway
'Road to Resilience: A Community Health Story of Lunga Lunga' by Sameera Hassan / from USA
'I Was Just a Child' by Breech Asher Harani / from Philippines
'I Woke Up On A Little Planet' by Arjanmar H. Rebeta / from Philippines
'Voices Within' by Elizabeth Kperrun-Eremie / from Nigeria
'Let Me Live' by Wissem Dallali / from Tunisia
'Theory versus Reality' by Nanethida Nouanesengsy / from France
'Trop Plein' by Arame Sall / from Senegal
'Invisible' by Akın Ülkü Sevinç / from Turkey
'The New Story of the Earth' by Pivovarova Aleksandra / from Russia
'Pirate' by José Luis Pedrero / from Spain
'Intensive' by Oliver John Pratt / from United Kingdom
'When it Comes From the Earth' by Katalin Egely / from Hungary
'Lorin' by Ajas Kulici / from Switzerland
'Long Haul: WHO Version' by Noah Greenspan and the Pulmonary Wellness Foundation / Spain
'Embracing the Patches' by Anthony Gwaro, Moses Serugo, and Alex Sekitoleko Paul / from Uganda
'Access to Insulin 100 Years On: Leaving No One Behind' by Steve Maud / from United Kingdom
'The Quest to Stop Antibiotic Resistance' by Pinyu Liao from USA
Awards presented at WHO Health for All Film Festival
Each of the three categories of 'Universal health coverage (UHC),' 'Health emergencies,' 'Better health and well-being,' will have a jury made up of external advisers drawn from the arts as well as WHO technical experts.
Each prize will include a trophy and a grant as follows:
There will be three GRAND PRIX, one for each category, each GRAND PRIX will receive a grant of US$ 10,000.
Juries can nominate special prizes for short-listed videos not receiving a GRAND PRIX.
The Director-General can choose up to three special prizes, each receiving a grant of US$ 5,000.
The special prizes of the WHO Health for All Film Festival are:
Special Prize on HEALTH INNOVATION – films presenting one or more innovative solutions with a proven positive impact in the health and wellbeing of people.
Special Prize on REHABILITATION – films telling stories about the life-changing impact that rehabilitation has on people’s lives.
STUDENT film prize – films produced by students who can justify that the films were made during their university studies.
VERY SHORT FILM PRIZE: for videos from 1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds long with a story in line with the content of the main three categories and/or the content of other special prizes described before.
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