The World Health Organisation invites independent filmmakers, production companies, NGOs, communities, students and film schools from around the world to submit their original short films to the 2Nd Health Festival for All.
Application deadline: 30 January 2021.
About the Award: Launched in 2020, the festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion global health issues.
The 2019/2020 Health for All Festival accepted 1,300 short film submissions from more than 110 countries.
"Storytelling is as old as human civilisation. It helps us understand our problems and heal ourselves. WHO is proud to announce the second Health for All Festival to cultivate visual stories about public health," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO. "We look forward to receiving creative entries inspired by WHO's mission to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable."
This year's competition categories will be aligned with the WHO's global public health goals.
- Universal health coverage (UHC): films on mental health, non-communicable diseases and other UHC stories linked to communicable diseases that are not part of emergencies;
- Health emergencies: films on health emergencies such as COVID-19, Ebola, as well as health responses in the context of humanitarian crises and in conflict-affected environments;
- Better health and well-being: films on environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition, sanitation, pollution and/or films on health promotion or health education.
Type: Competitions
Selection:
- For each of these three categories of great prizes, the judges will accept short documentaries or fiction films (3 to 8 minutes long), short videos for social media or animated films (1 to 5 minutes long).
- Another three prizes will be awarded for a film produced by students, an educational health film aimed at young people and a short video designed exclusively for social media platforms.
- After submissions close, critically acclaimed artists from the film and music industries will review the selected films with WHO experts and recommend winners to the WHO Director-General, who will make the final decision. The composition of the jury will be announced in January 2021.
Eligible countries: All
Number of awards: 6
How to apply: Sign up here
- It is important to go through all the entry requirements on the Award Page (see Link below) before applying.
https://www.who.int/news/item/21-10-2020-call-for-entries-2nd-who-health-for-all-film-festival
