Now in its fourth year, the Planetary Health Film Lab is an interdisciplinary program featuring a week-long intensive workshop designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools to make short documentary films for the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2023 edition of the Planetary Health Film Lab is an intensive program designed for Indigenous youth from Costa Rica and Belize who have a story to tell about climate change and planetary health and want to do so through film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a week-long, in-person workshop to take place in Costa Rica at a site soon to be announced from August 14 to 18, 2023, participants will learn to effectively tell stories from their communities that communicate data, research, and life experiences related to global and planetary health. The workshop teaches specific theories, techniques, and modes of social issue filmmaking and provides hands-on experience with new digital technologies and platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participants\u2019 documentary short films will be featured on the websites of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, and the Youth Climate Report<\/a>\u2014an influential platform used as a resource by policymakers. The films will also be presented at this year\u2019s UN climate summit, COP28, to be held in Dubai November 30 to December 12, 2023. A series of press conferences and side events will highlight the films, which will directly contribute to progressive policy creation on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about the Planetary Health Film Lab here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n