5th official selection 2024




A shortlist of 61 films has been selected for the 5th Health for All Film Festival out of 940 entries received. WHO staff from all over the world participated in this preselection.

Please use the buttons below to access the 2024 YouTube playlists. Among the three main categories, one "GRAND PRIX" will be awarded for each list during the Awards Ceremony end of May. Access below to the four playlists related to Special Prizes: Universal Health Coverage (UHC); Emergencies, Migrants and Refugees Health; Better Health and Physical Activity, and Very Short Films. Another Special Prize, Student Film Prize, will be attributed to the overall selection of films for a project made by a student.

The public is encouraged to choose one of the films they would like to champion and comment about its story/topic, before the end of May 2024. Comments can be posted on their social media using #Film4Health or through the posts inserted in those YouTube playlists. Some comments from the public will be featured during the HAFF virtual Awards Ceremony at the end of May.

Important note: the films in this official selection are independent creative works and do not represent the views of the World Health Organization.

 

Category 1: Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

(3 - 8 minutes long)

Films about mental health, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and other UHC stories linked to communicable diseases that are not part of the Health Emergencies category.

A Second Chance

Antigua and Barbuda / NCDs - Stroke / Documentary

A Second Chance

Directed by Juniella Jarvis (Antigua and Barbuda)


The Patient's Perspective

Australia / NCDs - Cancer / Documentary

A Patient's Perspective

Directed by Kim Devery (Australia)


Sharing the Journey

Australia / Disabilities ; Spinal cord injury ; Rehabilitation / Documentary

Sharing the Journey

Directed by Hugh Fenton-White (Australia)


Hey! How Are You

Austria / Mental health ; Depression ; Anxiety / Documentary

Hey! How Are You?

Directed by Franziska Ebner (Austria)


I've Got Pains

Canada / Pain awareness ; Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) / Animation

I've Got Pains

Directed by Argerie Tsimicalis, Sofia Addab (Canada)


Maman, moi

France / NCDs - Cancer ; Mental health / Animation

Mom & Me, and that... (Maman & Moi, et ça...)

Directed by Elisa Tiozzo (France) and produced at Ecole Emile Cohl Lyon (France)


The Room Within

India / Mental health ; Depression / Fiction

The Room Within

Directed by Aswin P A (India)


The Visionary Women of Indonesia

Indonesia / Disabilities ; Blindness / Documentary

The Visionary Women of Indonesia

Directed by Nalin Narang from The Fred Hollows Foundation (Australia)


Let's break the barriers

Lao People's Democratic Republic / Disabilities ; Rehabilitation / Animation

"Let's break the barriers for a more inclusive future."

Directed by Souliya Ounavong (Lao People's Democratic Republic)


Puppet

Mexico / Mental health ; Depression ; Access to Medicines / Documentary

Puppets and shortage of medicines (Títeres y desabasto de medicamentos)

Directed by Moisés Montiel Carmona (Mexico)


Beyond The Last Mile

Malawi / Health workforce ; Community / Documentary

Beyond The Last Mile - The Story of Rose Magayi

Directed by Carlo Lechea - VillageReach (African region)


Self Help Group for Rehabilitation

Nepal / Rehabilitation ; Leprosy ; Lymphatic filariasis / Documentary

Self Help Group for Rehabilitation

Directed by FAIRMED Foundation Nepal (Nepal)


Digital innovation

Pakistan / Polio vaccination ; Immunization Data / Documentary

Digital innovation to finish the fight on polio in Pakistan

Directed by Fraser Gibson (Pakistan)
Fistula

Uganda / Maternal health ; Obstetric fistula / Documentary

Fistula: A Film to Promote Better Maternal Health Care Globally

Directed by Dearbhla Glynn (Uganda)
A Rare Find

United Kingdom / Child health ; Newborn health / Fiction

A Rare Find

Directed by John Lee Taggart (United Kingdom)
My Stroke Story

United States of America / NCDs - Stroke ; Rehabilitation / Documentary

My stroke Story: I want to tell you my big mistake

Directed by Renyu Liu and David Huang (United States of America)

 

Category 2: Emergencies, Migrants and Refugees Health

(3 - 8 minutes long)

Films about health emergencies in the current humanitarian context, for instance, COVID-19, Ebola Virus Disease, disaster relief, and health in war zones. In addition to the main prize, a Special Prize for Refugees and Migrants Health will be awarded.

Proyecto ECO

Bolivia / COVID-19 ; Misinformation / Documentary

Irene and the path to health (Irene y la ruta de la salud)

Directed by Nicolás Eduardo Granada (Bolivia)


Forsaken Childhoods

Colombia / Child health ; Mental health ; Migration / Documentary

Forsaken Childhoods in the Darién Gap

Directed by Lucile Leverrier, Alexis Aubin, Maelys Durrieu (Colombia)


Dalal's Story

Iraq / Trauma ; War ; Refugees health ; Mental health / Animation

Dalal's Story

Produced by Laundry Lane (Australia)


Ke Batla Ho Bua

Lesotho / COVID-19 ; Mental health ; Child health / Documentary

Ke Batla Ho Bua

Directed by Liteboho Molato (Lesotho)


Nigeria Forced Displacement

Nigeria / Climate change ; Health workforce ; Forced displacement / Documentary

Nigeria Forced Displacement Video

Directed by Leo Hyde (Nigeria)


Shadows Beneath the Peaks

Pakistan / Natural disaster ; Mental health ; Internally displaced persons / Documentary

Shadows Beneath the Peaks

Directed by Sapna Zamir (Pakistan)


PHOBIA

Republic of Korea / MERS epidemic ; Masks / Fiction

Phobia

Directed by YooSang Han (Republic of Korea)


Tanked fish

Sri Lanka / COVID-19 ; Lockdown ; Child health ; Mental health / Fiction

Tanked Fish

Directed by Nadaraja Manivanan (Sri Lanka)


I live here

Switzerland / Crimes against migrants / Animation

But I live here

Directed by Leana Hanna Wirth (Switzerland)


Parcours

Switzerland / Refugees and migrants health ; Ukraine war / Documentary

Migrant health program - Healthcare starts with a warm welcome

Directed by Santini Stéphane (Switzerland)


Ada

Türkiye / Drought ; Climate change ; Migration / Documentary

The Island (ADA)

Directed by MAHMUT TAŞ (Türkiye)


Journey Beyond the Rubble

Türkiye / Natural disasters ; Earthquake ; Internally displaced persons ; Rehabilitation / Documentary

Journey Beyond the Rubble

Directed by Mumen Sayed Issa, Atheer Salem Bahr (Türkiye)


African Wave

Ukraine / Mental health ; Anxiety ; War / Documentary

African Wave: Voices Amidst the Ukraine Conflict

Directed by Chukwudum C Okeke, Mukund Desibhatla, and Kelvin Amenyedor (United States of America)
What if

United Kingdom / Equity and compassion ; Refugees / Documentary

What if...

Directed by Gani Naylor, Lilian Simonsson (United Kingdom)
Wildfire

United States of America / Natural disasters ; Climate change / Documentary

Invisible Impacts of Wildfires

Directed by Chris Logan Harley (United States of America)
The kissing bug

United States of America / NTDs - Chagas disease ; Climate change / Documentary

The Kissing Bug Doctors of Florida

Directed by Neil Brandvold (United States of America)

 

Category 3: Better Health and Physical Activity

(3 - 8 minutes long)

Films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition, sanitation, pollution, gender, and/or health promotion, or health education. In addition to the main prize, a Special Prize for Physical Activity and Health will be awarded.

Chinese Morning Exercises

China / Healthy ageing ; Urban health ; Physical activity / Documentary

Chinese morning exercises

Directed by Meijiao Zhang (China)


Physical Therapy for Women

Ethiopia / Maternal health ; Physical activity ; Rehabilitation / Documentary

Physical Therapy for Women: Ethiopia

Directed by Daniel Neville (Ethiopia)


Christmas of Noé

France / Transgender health ; Mental health / Fiction

The First Christmas of Noé

Submitted by Alexis Renou (France)


Pikria

Georgia / Disabilities ; Tackling stigma / Documentary

Pikria

Directed by Giorgi Mrevlishvili (Georgia)


No limits

Germany / Disability ; Blindness ; Physical activity / Fiction

No Limits.

Directed by Kilian Glassner (Germany)


Silent Epidemic

India / Road safety ; Mental health / Documentary

The Silent Epidemic

Directed by Akshat Gupta (India)


The pure

Iran / Social determinants of health ; Access to hygiene / Fiction

The Pure

Directed by Masoud Mashouf (Iran)


Life in Smoke

Italy / Smoking ; Tobacco products / Animation

Life in Smoke - Una Vita in Fumo

Directed by Gianluca Fratellini (Italy)


Tobacco Slave

Malawi / Health impacts of tobacco use ; Environmental health ; Farmers / Documentary

Tobacco Slave

Directed by Roy Maconachie, Simon Wharf (Malawi)


5

Russian Federation / Mental health ; Burnout ; Women's health / Documentary

Take a Break, You Are Tired!

Directed by Anastasia Tanasevskaya (Russian Federation)


Cendres

Spain / Desertification ; Healthy ageing / Dance clip

Cinders (Cendres)

Directed by Oskar Luko (Spain)


Color

Spain / Gender equity / Fiction

Color

Directed by Eva Jakubovska (Spain)


Unseen Connection

Trinidad and Tobago / Nutrition ; Alcohol ; Mental health / Fiction

The Unseen Connection

Directed by Izayah Wesker Gamaliel Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago)
Najiamini

Tanzania / Disabilities ; Road safety / Animation

Najiamini (I Believe In Me)

Directed by Alphonce Haule (Tanzania)
Fit For Life

United Kingdom / Healthy ageing ; Physical activity / Documentary

Fit For Life

Produced and Directed by Keith Partridge, Tania Cotton (United Kingdom)
Ping Pong Parkisons

United States of America / Mental health ; Parkinson ; Physical activity / Documentary

Ping Pong Parkinsons

Directed by Dave Steck (United States of America)

 

Special Prize: Very Short Film

(1 - 3 minutes long)

Videos from 1 minute to 3 minutes long with a story in line with the content of the main three categories and/or the content of other special prizes described above.

The invisible

Brazil / Healthy ageing / Music clip

The Invisible

Directed by Guga Lemes, Wagner Almeida, Marcelo Nobre, André Abujamra (Brazil)


Get Connected

Canada / Mental health ; Depression / Fiction

Get Connected

Directed by Sandheep Paravalappil (Canada)


Viscéral

France / Rape ; Violence against women ; Mental health / Fiction

Visceral

Directed by Alexandra Mignien (France)


Handle with care

Global / Mental health ; Stress ; Healthy diet / Animation

Human Being. Handle with Care

Directed by Maya Adam (United States of America)


Lost languages

Hungary / Environmental health ; Health of Indigenous Peoples / Animation

Lost languages

Directed by Ruben Antonio Cadena Pedraza (Mexico)


When Bombs Stop Falling

Jordan / Refugees health ; Trauma ; War / Fiction

When Bombs Stop Falling

Directed by Daniel Benjamin Wheeler (United Kingdom)


Moonless

Lebanon / Disabilities ; Child health / Documentary

Moonless

Directed by Nour Metwally (Lebanon)


Innocent’s Story

Malawi / HIV ; Adolescent health / Documentary

Innocent’s Story: Putting Children First in the Fight Against HIV

Directed by The Global Fund (Malawi)


Out

Nigeria / Mental health ; Suicide prevention ; Adolescent health / Fiction

Out

Directed by Greygon Efetobor Avwokuruaye (Nigeria)


Rebelión de las gotas

Spain / Water Sanitation and Health / Animation

The Rebellion of the Drops ("La rebelión de las gotas")

Directed by Lucía Leal - Taller Telekids (Spain)


Surviving Amid Crises

Syrian Arab Republic / Mental health ; Trauma ; Earthquake / Documentary

Surviving Amid Crises and Disasters

Directed by Ali Adra - Hand in Hand For Aid and Development (Syrian Arab Republic)


Cycle path

United Kingdom / Environment ; Climate change and health / Fiction

Cycle Path

Directed by Red Wade (United Kingdom)


Four X-rays

United Kingdom / NCDs - Breast cancer / Advocacy

Four X-rays could save your life

Directed by Roger Appleton (United Kingdom)