3rd official selection for Special Prizes 2022
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Special Prizes are attributed to some short-listed videos not receiving a GRAND PRIX. In 2022, the special prizes include:
Special Prize on Health Innovation – films presenting one or more innovative solutions with a proven positive impact on the health and well-being of people. These can include social innovations (e.g. new or improved approaches or ways of working); digital solutions; and new technological solutions – or a combination thereof – that promote health and wellbeing. You can find more information about WHO’s work on Health Innovation.
Special Prize on Rehabilitation – films telling stories about the life-changing impact that rehabilitation has on people’s lives. Rehabilitation addresses the impact of a health condition on a person’s everyday life and ensures that people remain as independent as possible while continuing to participate in education, work, and meaningful life roles. You can find more information about WHO’s work and advice on rehabilitation.
Very short Film Prize – films between one to two minutes and 30 seconds (1'00" to 2'30") about any health-related topic previously described in the three main competition categories including topics like health innovation and rehabilitation.
The public was encouraged to choose one of the films they would like to champion and comment about its story/topic, before the 10th of May 2022. Comments can be posted on their social media using #Film4health or through the comment section in the YouTube playlists. Some comments from the public will be featured during the HAFF virtual Awards Ceremony in mid-May.
Important note: the films in this official selection of our festival are independent creative works and do not represent the views of the World Health Organization.
Special Prize on Health Innovation
(3-8 minutes long)
Australia - Disability / Technological innovation for better rehabilitation
/ Documentary
Equal Access - Inclusion for Everyone
Directed by Elizabeth Kendall (Australia)
Brazil / French Guiana / Suriname - Malaria / Access to diagnosis and care in remote areas / Documentary
Malakit
Directed by Maylis Douine (French Guiana)
Côte d'Ivoire - Noncommunicable diseases / Cervical cancer diagnosis / Documentary
A Simple Test for Cervical Cancer
Directed by Clélia Bénard (France)
Egypt - Noncommunicable diseases / Arts helping to heal cancer / Documentary
Art is Life
Directed by Haisam Abdelhamed (Egypt)
France - Mental health / Physical challenge to recover from depression and suicide attempt / Documentary
4,000 Meters Above Pain
Directed by Christophe Blot and Thibault Ras (France)
India - Gender equity & Environmental Health / Reforestation based on better consideration for girls / Documentary
For Every Girl, a Forest
Directed by Jose Corbella (Argentina)
Nepal - Reproductive health / Gender stigmatization due to menstruation / Documentary
Nepal's Menstrual Movement: Tackling Taboos
Directed by Sami Pande (Nepal)
Sierra Leone - Disability / Prostheses created with 3D printing/ Documentary
Improving Lives in Three Dimensions: 3D-Printed Prostheses in Sierra Leone
Directed by Merel van der Stelt (The Netherlands)
Tanzania - Gender-Based Violence / Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
/ Documentary
A Safe Haven in Tanzania for Girls Escaping FGM
Directed by Liz and Alex Clark (USA)
Special Prize on Rehabilitation
(3-8 minutes long)
Australia - Disability and healthy ageing/ Physical activity / Documentary
Pacing the Pool
Directed by Radheya Jegatheva (Australia)
Bangladesh - Disability / Physiotherapy / Documentary
Urmi's Success Story
Directed by the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)
Brazil / Disability / Clubfoot - Access to care and family support
/ Documentary
The 5%: A Family's Perspective on Complex Clubfoot, Ten Years Later
Directed by Rachel Vianna (USA)
Egypt - Children's health / Down's Syndrome / Documentary
Nour
Directed by Haisam Mohamed Taha Abdelhamed (Egypt)
India - Substance abuse / Recovery from drug addiction / Fiction
Heal
Directed by Aiswarya V S (India)
Mexico - Road safety / Disability and care after road accident / Documentary
Berenice
Directed by Iris Edlyn Ornelas Figueroa (Mexico)
Nepal - COVID-19 / Post Covid care / Documentary
Development of a Model One-Stop Approach to Post-COVID-19 and other Rehabilitation Conditions
Directed by Puspanjali Adhikari (Nepal)
Spain - Noncommunicable diseases / Brain injury recovery / Animation
SIM-PATIA
Directed by Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado
United Kingdom - Noncommunicable diseases / Cancer and physical activity / Documentary
Move Dance Feel
Directed by Emily Jenkins and Move Dance Feel (United Kingdom)
USA - COVID-19 / Long term affection / Documentary
Long Haul: WHO Version
Directed by Noah Greenspan and the Pulmonary Wellness Foundation (USA)
Very Short Film Prize
(1-2:30 minutes long)
Brazil - COVID-19 / Artistic vision about worldwide contamination / Poetic creation
ChaOsVID
Directed by Alessandro Driê de Paiva Melo (Brazil)
Cameroon - COVID-19 / Gender equity, LGBT rights and access to health services during lockdown / Documentary
Kiki’s Story: Defending Transgender Rights during COVID-19 in Cameroon
Directed by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global)
Egypt - Gender-Based Violence / Sexual harassment / Animation
Raise Your Voice
Directed by Toka Ashraf Hussein (Egypt)
Israel - Mental health / Rehabilitation through handicraft / Documentary
Creating Connections
Directed by Jonathan Hauerstock (Israel)
Italy - COVID-19 / Mental health during lockdown / Animation
New Eyes
Directed by Valeria Degli Agostini (Italy)
Kenya - Gender-Based Violence / Moral harrassment / Fiction
Glamming My Wounds
Directed by Terry Adhiambo Ombaka (Kenya)
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Rwanda - COVID-19 / Preventive measures / Artistic creation
Eradicating COVID-19 (Awareness)
Directed by Cyubahiro Karangwa Verite (Rwanda)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Noncommunicable diseases / Unhealthy food consumption as a risk factor / Animation
Meet the Willbuts
Directed by Oyehmi Begho and Lake Health and Wellbeing (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Switzerland - Mental health / Physical activity as a way to fight depression
/ Documentary
Stand
Directed by Jonathan Moy de Vitry (Switzerland)
Turkey - Mental health / Autism / Fiction
Plus One
Directed by Abdullah Şahin (Turkey)