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EU-OSHA sets the scene for safe and healthy workplaces with its third Healthy Workplaces Film Award

News release - 19.05.2011

For the third consecutive year, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is putting the spotlight on safe and healthy working conditions with its Healthy Workplaces Film Award. Entries to the award are now open, with a prize fund of 8,000 Euro at stake for the best documentary on work-related topics. The winner will be announced at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (DOK Leipzig) in October.

“Through sponsoring the award, we are looking to promote the importance of safe and healthy workplaces across Europe in a thought-provoking way,” says EU-OSHA Director, Jukka Takala. “By challenging and encouraging filmmakers to create and showcase documentaries on the topic, we are bringing these key messages to a wider audience through an informative, yet imaginative means. The films highlight the importance of workplace safety through, documenting real-life experiences.”

Previous entries have covered a range of work-related topics, including the physical, psychological and economic consequences of unfavourable working conditions. The 2010 award was presented to Czech Director Tomáš Kudrna for his film about a Kyrgyzstan goldmine, All That Glitters. Accepting the prize, Tomas Kudrna said: “The film shows the importance of strict safety precautions when working at altitude with dangerous chemicals to extract gold from rock. It was a great honour to receive the award to bring this topic to the fore.”

Part of EU-OSHA’s pan-European Healthy Workplaces Campaign, the award is endowed with an 8,000 Euro prize fund. As an added reward, 1,000 copies of the winning film will also be produced in 22 EU languages, plus Norwegian and Icelandic, by EU-OSHA and distributed across Europe.

Directors are invited to submit their films by 10 July 2011(*) for their chance at the prize. The winning film will be selected by an international jury, comprising leading film professionals and OSH experts, during the DOK Leipzig festival.

For more information on the award, the submission criteria and how to enter, please visit our web section or go to http://www.dok-leipzig.de.

(*)Productions completed before 1 May 2011, must be submitted by 31 May 2011.

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