WHO’s online awards ceremony of its inaugural Health for All Film Festival happened online on 12 May. It’s a tribute to all champions of health!
This ceremony welcomed some of the critically-acclaimed artists who are part of this festival jury: Angélique Kidjo, Ricky Kej, Wagner Moura, Barbara Miller, for instance. The ceremony happened on the International Nurses Day and one category of this festival competition is a tribute to “2020 – the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”.
Launched last October 2019, this festival received nearly 1300 short films from more than 110 countries. Submissions focused on a wide range of health topics showcased by or about champions of health in communities, health centers, hospitals or at the scientific level. The WHO Director-General announced LIVE five winners out of this diversity of strong stories from the field.
Watch winning films on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ci4qjdTbjkE
and this live show with more info about jury, official selection and winners: www.who.int/film-festival