Nearly 800 film makers from 106 countries have submitted short films for the 4th edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival, on themes ranging from the trauma of war to living with COVID-19. Some 90 films have been chosen for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and development leaders, before the announcement of the winners in June 2023.
“The Health for All Film Festival gathers powerful stories on many health issues from all over the world, bringing emotion and a human face to WHO’s scientific work,” says WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Film has great potential to raise awareness of lesser-known health issues and improve understanding of people’s experiences with health – these are important ways to advance towards Health for All.”
The following distinguished professionals, artists and activists, joined by WHO senior experts, comprise this year’s festival jury: Sharon Stone (actor from the USA); Alfonso Herrera (actor from Mexico); Ricky Kej (musician from India); Melissa Fleming (United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications); Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health from South Africa); Sherrie Silver (dance choreographer from Rwanda), Sophia Kianni (Iranian-American climate activist ); and Adelle Onyango (media personality and podcaster from Kenya).
The 90 shortlisted films are available on WHO’s YouTube channel in six playlists, one for each of the competition categories: Universal health coverage, Health emergencies, Better health and well-being, Climate change and health, Sexual and reproductive health and rights and Very short films.
A wide range of topics are covered by this year’s selection: trauma of war; diseases, including COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, mental health issues; disability; as well as environmental and social factors of health, including gender-based violence. The public is encouraged to view and comment on their favourite shortlisted films and champion them on social media using the hashtag #Film4Health.
In the coming weeks, jurors will review the shortlisted films and recommend winners to the WHO Director-General, who will make the final decision. Three “GRAND PRIX” and four special prizes will be announced in June at the online Awards Ceremony followed by a series of discussions with winners and jurors.
Since the festival launched in 2020, almost 4300 films have been submitted by patients, health workers, activists, students and professional film makers.
DP x DC HC that Stephanie Brown and Dash Baxter are cousins. (Moms are sisters)
*walking to a WE meeting room where all the Waynes are sitting*
Dash: I can't believe you talked me into this!
Steph: Come on! It will be funny. It will probably work too!
Dash: He doesn't like rich people.
Steph: Neither does Jason.
Dash: Didn't you say the oldest grew up in a circus?! Danny's not a fan of the Circus.
Steph: No, you said he doesn't like clowns. Dick is an Acrobat. Totally different. And! This entire family, heck the entire city absolutely LOATHES clowns. He'll fit right in.
Dash: But!
Steph: Nope! *shoves Dash into room* Go get 'em Tiger! *barricades door shut*
Bruce: You had a proposal for us, Mr. Baxter? *gestures to his family*
Dash: *gulps* Ah. Uh. Yes. *clicks on the projector where 'WHY YOU SHOULD ADOPT DANNY FENTON' with a picture of Black-Haired Blue-Eyed Danny front and center flashes onto the screen*
Wayne Family: o.o
Dash: *clears throat* So, there's this orphan in my hometown...
So I don't have a proper screenshot, so this is just taken from the transcript. But at the end of the first day of Damien Tenma's trial, Blackquill says he can't trust you not to forge evidence, and then says this.
Did he just invite Apollo to have a sleepover with him?? Are they going to paint their nails and talk about their crushes?
Anyway here's what I think would have happened if Apollo wasn't a coward
thinking about how hokuto is chill with yuzuru, loves tori a lot, hates eichi deeply and won't pick up the phone in case it's him calling (he is his boss and this has led to trouble), and has whatever it is that he has going on w wataru
In case anyone is unsure how to get their writeblr dash more active...
People get busy. Life happens, and we can’t always be super active on our blogs in the ways we want to be (this is where I am currently). These are some things I like to do after I feel like I’ve been away from my blog for a while that also help the community and other writeblrs out. ♡
♡ Look through the latest writeblr introduction/active writeblrs/looking for active writeblrs/creative writing/etc. tags and make it a priority to r e b l o g everyone's intros and latest wips and such. This helps introduce yourself to others as well as helping everyone else out in the community by giving active blogs more attention and interaction.
♡ Follow and interact with the people you see in the tags! We are the lifeblood that keeps this community alive and without us the writeblr community wouldn’t exist on Tumblr. Use that to your advantage!
♡ Write a writeblr reintroduction! Let people know you’re still alive and kicking and looking to be more involved in the community. Make posts that reintroduce your WIPs, characters, and more.
♡ Don’t be afraid to message writers and ask them about their WIPs and characters, as well as asking for others to look over your WIPs and see what they think of them. I can’t speak for others but my inbox is always open and I love chatting with other writers and hyping each other up! It’s the best.
♡ Participate in writeblr tag games and get to know the fellow writers in your community and what kind of genres they like to write in, what their writing styles are like, how often they like to write, what their favorite tropes are, etc.
♡ Reblog. Reblog. REBLOG. It’s great to receive a like on your writeblr posts but reblogging is what keeps our community thriving and helps others get more eyes on their work. It’s a great way for writers to support other writers, and really, that’s what the community is for. :)
Feel free to pm me or add more if you’ve got any tips. :)
Begging and pleading with people to stop infantilizing women in kink and BDSM. I don't know how to explain to you people that women aren't fragile, innocent darlings who need the anti-kink, sex negative crowd to be our knights in shining armour. Some of us engage in the stuff because we genuinely enjoy it, not because we were "brainwashed by porn" into liking it.