The Health for All Film Festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion global health issues, launching its 3rd edition, the festival is opening an invitation to independent film-makers, production companies, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world to submit their original short films about health.
The 3rd call opens from 28 October 2021 until 30 January 2022.
When submitting a short film, the copyright owner of the film has to choose one category of competition among the three described below:
- Universal health coverage (UHC) – films about mental health, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and other UHC stories linked to communicable diseases not part of emergencies;
- Health emergencies – films about health emergencies, such as COVID-19, Ebola, disaster relief and health in conflict-settings;
- Better health and well-being – films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition, sanitation, pollution, gender, and/or about health promotion or health education.
For each of these three GRAND PRIX categories, candidates can submit short documentaries, fiction films or animation films of three to eight minutes in length.
Additionally, some special prizes are attributed to short-listed videos not receiving a GRAND PRIX. In 2022, the three special prizes include:
- Special Prize on Health Innovation – films presenting one or more innovative solutions with a proven positive impact on the health and wellbeing 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.
- 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. Most people will require rehabilitation at some point in their lives, whether they have experienced an injury, disease, illness, or decline in function with age. COVID-19 highlights that rehabilitation is also required in the continuum of care for people with infectious diseases.
- Student film prize – films produced by students who can justify that the films were made during their university studies.
Please visit the film festival site for more information on how to apply.