Health for All Film Festival with $10,000 Prize from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Health for All Film Festival , in cooperation with Free Film Way, invites independent film-makers, production companies, public institutions, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world to submit their original short films on health. The festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion and promote global health issues. Films are a powerful way to raise awareness, improve understanding and encourage action, so that this festival aims to contribute to health promotion and education about health.

Film Competition Categories:-

• 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, for instance COVID-19, Ebola, disaster relief and health in war-zones.

• 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.

Eligibility and Conditions:-

• Only short films completed between 1 January 2018 and 30 January 2021 are eligible for the Film Festival.

• Any production made by United Nations staff members or exclusively done with UN funding is not eligible.

• A submission can be in any language; if it is not in English, English subtitles must be included.

• Every applicant or group of applicants can submit only one video to this festival. Videos may be submitted in only one of categories one, two, and three.

• You can find more information about the terms and conditions from here.

Prizes:-

• There will be three GRAND PRIX, one for each category.

• Each GRAND PRIX will be a grant of US$ 10,000.

• In addition, juries can nominate special prizes for short-listed videos not receiving a GRAND PRIX. From this pool, the Director-General can choose up to three special prizes, each receiving a grant of US$ 5,000.

• The winners of GRAND PRIX are not eligible for special prizes. In addition, there will be only one special prize per candidate. 

• The special prizes are:

  • Student-produced film: videos of 3 to 8 minutes long produced by students who are legal adults in their country and enrolled in formal education, including audio-visual and film-making schools.

  • Health educational film aimed at youth: videos of 3 to 8 minutes long produced with a specific educational goal.

  • Video designed specifically for social media: videos of 1 to 5 minutes.

About WHO:-

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency's governing structure and principles, states its main objective as the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared commitment to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere. The WHO helps mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age and ensures the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink – and the medicines and vaccines they need.

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