We are very proud to announce the results of the 2nd edition of the International Public Health Film Competition.
This year over 550 films from 72 countries, and in total 189 hours of footage was submitted.
We would like to thank everyone who put their films forward for consideration, and the film judging committee below for their time and contribution to the competition.
Dr Uy Hoang, President, Public Health Film Society and Chair of the UK Faculty of Public Health Specialist Interest Group in Film
Linda Bergonzi-King, Chair of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Global Public Health Film Festival, Producer/ Director/ Consultant at TriBella Productions
Patrick Russell, Senior Curator (Non-Fiction), British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive
Professor John Middleton, President of the UK Faculty of Public Health and Honorary Professor of Public Health, University of Wolverhampton
Dr Pam Luna, co-Chair for featured sessions at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Global Health Film Festival, Senior Consultant and Trainer, RAND Corporation & Researcher, ICF International
Angela Baker, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England (South East)
Dr Alison Kahn, Director of the Oxford Documentary Film Institute, Research and Tutorial Fellow, Stanford University
Dr Olena Seminog, Vice-President, Public Health Film Society and Researcher at Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
This year’s winning films are
Buddy Joe from JPL Films
Budh (Awakening) from God’s Own Motion Pictures
Lucy: Breaking the Silence from Fact Not Fiction Films
Tayiya Kanasu by Munmun Dhalaria
Hidden from Shift.ms
#HEAR ME by Olga Arlauskas and Svetlana Gorlo
Lifelines from Curious Cat Productions
Morte e Vida by Milosz Zmijewski and Yves Itzek