Award winners 2023
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) "Grand Prix": “Jonathan’s Miracle Feet”
Sierra Leone / Disability, clubfoot / Documentary
Directed by Mamihasina Raminosoa and Nantenaina Rakotondranivo (Madagascar) for the NGO Miracle Feet
Health Emergencies "Grand Prix": “Nurses facing Covid / Na Lihna de Frente”
Brazil / COVID-19 and access to care / Documentary
Directed by Klimt Publicidade and the institution Conselho Federal de Enfermagem – Cofen (Brazil)
Better Health and Well-being "Grand Prix": “One in 36 Million: Story of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Bangladesh”
Bangladesh / Environmental health / Documentary
Directed by Arifur Rahman and Mitali Das (Bangladesh) for the NGO Pure Earth Bangladesh
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Special Prize - Climate Change and Health: "When climate change turns violent”
Global / Gender-based Violence and Climate Change / Documentary
Directed by Vandita Sariya (India)
Special Prize - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: “Vulvo and Dynia”
Israel / Vulvodynia / Fiction
Directed by Dina Stescovich (Israel)
Special Prize - Very Short Film: “Mirrors”
Sweden / Mental health, depression / Fiction
Directed by Paul Jerndal (Sweden)
Student Film Prize: “Gasping for life”
Germany / Mental health, screen addiction, anxiety, depression / Animation
Directed by Su Hyun Hong (Germany)
Special mentions
Health Emergencies Special Mention:
"My roots: Mayas during Covid-19" – Guatemala / COVID-19
Directed by Ángela Lucrecia Chiquin (Guatemala) / Documentary
Better Health and Well-being Special Mention:
“Love Shades” – Sweden / Mental health, depression and empathy
Produced and Directed by Stephanie Stan (USA) and Pratick Paudel (Nepal)
Climate Change and Health Special Mention:
“Freedom to breathe: a child’s right to breath clean air” – Global / Asthma and air pollution
Directed by Georgette Thomas (United Kingdom)
Very Short Films Special Mention:
“I am naked / Je suis nue” – France / Violation of privacy, mental health, emotional violence against women
Directed by Alexandra Mignien (France)
