On Friday 13th May 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO), hosted its award ceremony for its third Health for All Film Festival.
The WHO Health for All Film Festival is held annually to demonstrate how creative media is being mobilised for health promotion and education. The festival invites submissions from patients, health workers, health activists, NGOs, public institutions and professional filmmakers of short films on a wide range of health-related topics. This year, films covered a range of topics including the trauma of war, living with COVID-19, women’s health and non-communicable diseases.
We entered our short animation, Meet the Willbuts, into the film festival and in March it was announced that we were shortlisted under the very short film category for conveying messages about NCDs and the need for families to improve their diets for better health outcomes. We were beyond excited and in the run-up to the awards ceremony to announce the winners, we launched a mini social media campaign highlighting the key messages of the animation.
Then, on 13th May we settled down to watch the awards ceremony and were so delighted to have received a special mention during the ceremony which you can watch below. We would like to thank WHO for their recognition of our short film and hope that this exposure will lead to the animation’s important health message reaching more people.
We would also like to congratulate the winner in our category, “Glamming my Wounds” by Terry Adhiambo Ombaka (Kenya) which focused on gender-based violence.
Other winners included:
Universal Health Coverage “GRAND PRIX”:
“Pre-eclampsia: Predict Earlier, Prevent Earlier” – Indonesia / Maternal health / Documentary – Duration 7’53’’ / Submitted and directed by Indonesian Prenatal Institute
Health Emergencies “GRAND PRIX”:
“Intensive” – United Kingdom / COVID-19 severe case / Animation – Duration 7’26’’ / Submitted and directed by Oliver John Pratt (United Kingdom)
Better Health and Well-being “GRAND PRIX”:
“Euphoric” – India / Female Genital Mutilation / Artistic creation based on testimony – Duration 4’35’’ / Submitted and directed by Nirmala Choudhary and Roopali Ramesh Kumar (India)
SPECIAL PRIZE Rehabilitation Film:
“Sim-Patia” – Spain – Italy / Brain injury / Animation – Duration 2’42’’ / Submitted and directed by Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado and Rossana Giacomelli
SPECIAL PRIZE Health Innovation film:
“For Every Girl, a Forest” – India / Gender equity / Documentary – Duration 6’24’’ / Submitted and directed by Jose Corbella (Argentina)
STUDENT FILM PRIZE:
“Improving Lives in Three Dimensions: 3D-Printed Prostheses” – Sierra Leone / Disability / Documentary – Duration 5’03’’
Submitted and directed by Merel van der Stelt (The Netherlands)
Films receiving a special mention included:
UHC Special Mention:
“The 5% : A Family’s Perspective on Complex Clubfoot” – Brazil / Disability / Documentary – Duration 5’40’’ / Submitted by MiracleFeet and directed by Rachel Vianna (Brazil)
Health Emergencies Special Mention:
“I was just a child” – Philippines / Natural disasters / Animation – Duration 5’06’’ / Submitted and directed by Breech Asher Harani (Philippines)
Better Health and Well-being Special Mention:
“Autism in China: The Challenges Parents Face Raising Children of the Stars” – China / Documentary – Duration 8’28’’ / Submitted and directed by Andersen Weicong Xia (China)
Rehabilitation Special Mention:
“Move, Dance, Feel” – United Kingdom / Cancer and artistic dancing to support treatment / Documentary – Duration 4’58’’ / Submitted and directed by Emily Jenkins and Move Dance Feel (United Kingdom)
Health Innovation Special Mention:
“Malakit” – Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname / Malaria – Access to diagnosis and care in remote areas / Documentary – Duration 8’54’’ / Submitted and directed by Maylis Douine (French Guiana)
Very Short Films Special Mention:
“Meet the Willbuts” – Saint Kitts and Nevis / NCDs prevention / Animation – Duration 1’23’’ / Submitted and directed by Oyehmi Begho and Lake Health and Wellbeing (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
