The Health for All Film Festival (HAFF)

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Films are a powerful way to raise awareness, improve understanding, and encourage positive behavior changes.

This is the reason why the Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) 
recruits year after year a new generation of film & video innovators
to champion and promote health issues. 

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Let’s chat, screen and film, while waiting for our 6th HAFF edition!

Our film festival contributes to an ongoing activity by all those who wish to use the power of audiovisual storytelling for health promotion!

While waiting for the launch of our 6th call for short films towards the next edition of the Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) in 2025, we invite health activists to join the conversations in our LinkedIn group supporting the impact of film on health.

Anyone can share an experience about such an impact, and many WHO teams also continue to use our previous award-winning films throughout the year in their events about various public health issues. You can look for inspiration about that on our dedicated webpage about “Films for Health Impact”.

If you are a film producer or know film makers who could create a short story about your solutions for better health: get ready for our next call! Among many other ways to spread your #Film4Health.

 

Health for All Film Festival 2024

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Winners and awardees 2024


Awards Ceremonies and other HAFF events around the world

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The Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) has its online awards ceremony every year between May and June. It is an opportunity to meet the winners and converse with the film producers, our HAFF jury, and global health experts. This dialogue continues throughout the years with more precise panel discussions recorded and available for health promotion and health education activities.

In-person screenings of some of our winning and selected films have been organized by various WHO Offices and by several of our HAFF institutional partners from a growing network. These events represent additional opportunities for this educational dialogue between filmmakers and health experts, building up our global movement for positive behavior changes through films.

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How to create an event in your country?

The Health for All Film Festival is an initiative to connect people joining the movement for health promotion through films. To obtain one or several short films relevant to your future event, you first have to identify the stories in our official selection that are relevant to your planned event on a specific health issue, and/or for a specific in-person audience for raising more awareness. Then, send your request to the HAFF team at filmfestival@who.int to obtain our contact with the film producers.

Your request should be sent at least three months before your screening event. Thanks for informing us in your message about your planned event, its goal, and its location. Our team will check the agreement with the film producer(s) and could help liaise with a health expert in case you would like to organize a panel discussion after the film screening.

If your request can be achieved, you can discuss it directly with the film producers for finalizing a screening agreement. After obtaining it, our team might also help if you need specific linguistic versions of the films (to be obtained under certain conditions).




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Join the movement for health impact through film: Let's Comment, Watch and Share! 

Share your experiences using #Film4Health

Many thanks to all the supporters, institutions, and social media influencers supporting the promotion of the Health for All Film Festival. If you need further assistance or have any inquiries, please contact us at filmfestival@who.int.

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About the Health for All Film Festival