Animation from a St. Kitts-based NGO has been selected for the WHO Film Festival.
Originally Posted on Zizonline
The World Health Organization (WHO) Health for All Film Festival has shortlisted Meet the Willbuts, a short animation portraying how sugar-sweetened beverages and an unhealthy diet affect a typical Caribbean family.
The WHO Health for All Film Festival is presented every year to show how creative media can be used to promote and educate people about their health. Patients, health workers, health activists, NGOs, public institutions, and professional filmmakers are invited to submit short films on a variety of health-related topics, such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental health, disability, and communicable diseases, as well as environmental and social determinants of health, such as gender-based violence, road safety, and pollution.
Lake Health and Wellbeing, a public health NGO in St. Kitts and Nevis, submitted Meet the Willbuts. For expressing themes about NCDs and the need for families to alter their diets for improved health outcomes, the animation was selected in the very short film category. Lake Health and Wellbeing’s proposal was chosen from over 1000 entries from 110 countries, a significant accomplishment that elevates St. Kitts and Nevis to the forefront of global health promotion and education.
The winners will be announced in May, but in the meantime, WHO is urging the public to participate by choosing a film to support and then commenting on its story or issue until May 10, 2022. Comments can be made on social media using the hashtag #Film4Health or on the festival’s website via the WHO’s YouTube playlists. During the virtual awards ceremony for the Health for All Film Festival in mid-May, some public comments will be featured.
Meet the Willbuts was created as part of Lake Health and Wellbeing’s You’re Sweet Enough initiative, which aims to reduce the high rate of non-communicable diseases in the community and area by encouraging people to live healthier lifestyles. The initiative aims to encourage people to drink less sugar-sweetened beverages and more water instead.
Visit the campaign website, www.youaresweetenough.com, to see Meet the Willbuts and learn more about the You’re Sweet Enough campaign.
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