PHX Selects Health in Focus Film Festival Winners.
PHX Selects Health in Focus Film Festival Winners
Population Health Exchange (PHX) has selected the winners of the first annual Health In Focus Film Festival, which screened 3 featured films and selected 21 short films from a large pool of submissions. The 2022 Health In Focus Film Festival winners are:
Best Short Film: The Panola Project directed by Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy Levine.
Overview: The Panola Project highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination center from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Today, nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. The Panola Project illuminates how an often-overlooked rural Black community comes together in creative ways to survive.
Emerging Filmmaker Award: Time Sick directed by Emily Pulcastro.
Overview: In Time Sick, Aesha, a doctor during the COVID-19 Pandemic, wants to put in her resignation as work becomes a nightmare. When Aesha’s typewriter mysteriously starts to type she is provided wisdom from her great grandmother Joan who was a nurse during the 1918 Flu Pandemic. With her new knowledge, Aesha must decide whether to resign or continue saving lives.
Audience Favorite Award: A Donation Conversation directed by Andy Adkins.
Overview: A Donation Conversation is a documentary that explores many sides of transplant and donation. It offers a glimpse into the lives of the people involved in the process: those waiting for a life-saving transplant, families grieving lost loved ones who became donors, and the professionals making the process work every day. The film highlights the lasting impact donation has on their lives.