The Healthy Workplaces Film Award honours the best documentary or animated film focusing on humans in a changing world of work. The winning film should illuminate the impact of political and economic change on the way we work and live or work-related topics such as physical and psychosocial demands or existing and new risks at work.

In addition to the 5,000-euro prize, EU-OSHA also funds the subtitling of the winning film in multiple European languages for use by the director and distribution among EU-OSHA's network of national focal points across the twenty-seven EU Member States and other European countries.

In 2025, the award went to the film "Wishful Filming" by Belgian director Sarah Vanagt. The film centers on a pedestrian, played by the filmmaker herself, who walks through Brussels with a small pocket camera. Along the way, she encounters construction workers of various origins who leave handwritten notes in pillars, walls, and floors of construction sites. The messages contain unspoken wishes intended for future generations. The film raises the question of whether, in urban spaces, we are perhaps walking on the dreams and hopes of those who built them.

The winners from previous years, information on the rules and conditions of entry, and the deadlines for entries can be found on the EU-OSHA and doclisboa websites.

Private showings of the films can be held in Germany on request, subject to certain criteria.
If you are interested in arranging a showing, please contact: holtmann.matthias@baua.bund.de