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.
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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.
Antigua and Barbuda / NCDs - Stroke / Documentary
A Second Chance
Directed by Juniella Jarvis (Antigua and Barbuda)
Australia / NCDs - Cancer / Documentary
A Patient's Perspective
Directed by Kim Devery (Australia)
Australia / Disabilities ; Spinal cord injury ; Rehabilitation / Documentary
Sharing the Journey
Directed by Hugh Fenton-White (Australia)
Austria / Mental health ; Depression ; Anxiety / Documentary
Hey! How Are You?
Directed by Franziska Ebner (Austria)
Canada / Pain awareness ; Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) / Animation
I've Got Pains
Directed by Argerie Tsimicalis, Sofia Addab (Canada)
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)
India / Mental health ; Depression / Fiction
The Room Within
Directed by Aswin P A (India)
Indonesia / Disabilities ; Blindness / Documentary
The Visionary Women of Indonesia
Directed by Nalin Narang from The Fred Hollows Foundation (Australia)
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)
Mexico / Mental health ; Depression ; Access to Medicines / Documentary
Puppets and shortage of medicines (Títeres y desabasto de medicamentos)
Directed by Moisés Montiel Carmona (Mexico)
Malawi / Health workforce ; Community / Documentary
Beyond The Last Mile - The Story of Rose Magayi
Directed by Carlo Lechea - VillageReach (African region)
Nepal / Rehabilitation ; Leprosy ; Lymphatic filariasis / Documentary
Self Help Group for RehabilitationDirected by FAIRMED Foundation Nepal (Nepal)
Pakistan / Polio vaccination ; Immunization Data / Documentary
Digital innovation to finish the fight on polio in Pakistan
Directed by Fraser Gibson (Pakistan)
Uganda / Maternal health ; Obstetric fistula / Documentary
Fistula: A Film to Promote Better Maternal Health Care Globally Directed by Dearbhla Glynn (Uganda)
United Kingdom / Child health ; Newborn health / Fiction
A Rare Find
Directed by John Lee Taggart (United Kingdom)
United States of America / NCDs - Stroke ; Rehabilitation / Documentary
My stroke Story: I want to tell you my big mistakeDirected 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.
Bolivia / COVID-19 ; Misinformation / Documentary
Irene and the path to health (Irene y la ruta de la salud)
Directed by Nicolás Eduardo Granada (Bolivia)
Colombia / Child health ; Mental health ; Migration / Documentary
Forsaken Childhoods in the Darién Gap
Directed by Lucile Leverrier, Alexis Aubin, Maelys Durrieu (Colombia)
Iraq / Trauma ; War ; Refugees health ; Mental health / Animation
Dalal's Story
Produced by Laundry Lane (Australia)
Lesotho / COVID-19 ; Mental health ; Child health / Documentary
Ke Batla Ho Bua
Directed by Liteboho Molato (Lesotho)
Nigeria / Climate change ; Health workforce ; Forced displacement / Documentary
Nigeria Forced Displacement Video
Directed by Leo Hyde (Nigeria)
Pakistan / Natural disaster ; Mental health ; Internally displaced persons / Documentary
Shadows Beneath the Peaks
Directed by Sapna Zamir (Pakistan)
Republic of Korea / MERS epidemic ; Masks / Fiction
PhobiaDirected by YooSang Han (Republic of Korea)
Sri Lanka / COVID-19 ; Lockdown ; Child health ; Mental health / Fiction
Tanked Fish
Directed by Nadaraja Manivanan (Sri Lanka)
Switzerland / Crimes against migrants / Animation
But I live here
Directed by Leana Hanna Wirth (Switzerland)
Switzerland / Refugees and migrants health ; Ukraine war / Documentary
Migrant health program - Healthcare starts with a warm welcome
Directed by Santini Stéphane (Switzerland)
Türkiye / Drought ; Climate change ; Migration / Documentary
The Island (ADA)
Directed by MAHMUT TAŞ (Türkiye)
Türkiye / Natural disasters ; Earthquake ; Internally displaced persons ; Rehabilitation / Documentary
Journey Beyond the Rubble
Directed by Mumen Sayed Issa, Atheer Salem Bahr (Türkiye)
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)
United Kingdom / Equity and compassion ; Refugees / Documentary
What if...
Directed by Gani Naylor, Lilian Simonsson (United Kingdom)
United States of America / Natural disasters ; Climate change / Documentary
Invisible Impacts of Wildfires
Directed by Chris Logan Harley (United States of America)
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.
China / Healthy ageing ; Urban health ; Physical activity / Documentary
Chinese morning exercises
Directed by Meijiao Zhang (China)
Ethiopia / Maternal health ; Physical activity ; Rehabilitation / Documentary
Physical Therapy for Women: Ethiopia
Directed by Daniel Neville (Ethiopia)
France / Transgender health ; Mental health / Fiction
The First Christmas of Noé
Submitted by Alexis Renou (France)
Georgia / Disabilities ; Tackling stigma / Documentary
Pikria
Directed by Giorgi Mrevlishvili (Georgia)
Germany / Disability ; Blindness ; Physical activity / Fiction
No Limits.
Directed by Kilian Glassner (Germany)
India / Road safety ; Mental health / Documentary
The Silent Epidemic
Directed by Akshat Gupta (India)
Iran / Social determinants of health ; Access to hygiene / Fiction
The Pure
Directed by Masoud Mashouf (Iran)
Italy / Smoking ; Tobacco products / Animation
Life in Smoke - Una Vita in Fumo
Directed by Gianluca Fratellini (Italy)
Malawi / Health impacts of tobacco use ; Environmental health ; Farmers / Documentary
Tobacco Slave
Directed by Roy Maconachie, Simon Wharf (Malawi)
Russian Federation / Mental health ; Burnout ; Women's health / Documentary
Take a Break, You Are Tired!
Directed by Anastasia Tanasevskaya (Russian Federation)
Spain / Desertification ; Healthy ageing / Dance clip
Cinders (Cendres)
Directed by Oskar Luko (Spain)
Spain / Gender equity / Fiction
Color
Directed by Eva Jakubovska (Spain)
Trinidad and Tobago / Nutrition ; Alcohol ; Mental health / Fiction
The Unseen Connection
Directed by Izayah Wesker Gamaliel Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago)
Tanzania / Disabilities ; Road safety / Animation
Najiamini (I Believe In Me)
Directed by Alphonce Haule (Tanzania)
United Kingdom / Healthy ageing ; Physical activity / Documentary
Fit For Life
Produced and Directed by Keith Partridge, Tania Cotton (United Kingdom)
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.
Brazil / Healthy ageing / Music clip
The Invisible
Directed by Guga Lemes, Wagner Almeida, Marcelo Nobre, André Abujamra (Brazil)
Canada / Mental health ; Depression / Fiction
Get Connected
Directed by Sandheep Paravalappil (Canada)
France / Rape ; Violence against women ; Mental health / Fiction
Visceral
Directed by Alexandra Mignien (France)
Global / Mental health ; Stress ; Healthy diet / Animation
Human Being. Handle with CareDirected by
Maya Adam (United States of America)
Hungary / Environmental health ; Health of Indigenous Peoples / Animation
Lost languages
Directed by Ruben Antonio Cadena Pedraza (Mexico)
Jordan / Refugees health ; Trauma ; War / Fiction
When Bombs Stop Falling
Directed by Daniel Benjamin Wheeler (United Kingdom)
Lebanon / Disabilities ; Child health / Documentary
Moonless
Directed by Nour Metwally (Lebanon)
Malawi / HIV ; Adolescent health / Documentary
Innocent’s Story: Putting Children First in the Fight Against HIV
Directed by The Global Fund (Malawi)
Nigeria / Mental health ; Suicide prevention ; Adolescent health / Fiction
Out
Directed by Greygon Efetobor Avwokuruaye (Nigeria)
Spain / Water Sanitation and Health / Animation
The Rebellion of the Drops ("La rebelión de las gotas")
Directed by Lucía Leal - Taller Telekids (Spain)
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)
United Kingdom / Environment ; Climate change and health / Fiction
Cycle Path
Directed by Red Wade (United Kingdom)
United Kingdom / NCDs - Breast cancer / Advocacy
Four X-rays could save your lifeDirected by Roger Appleton (United Kingdom)