School of Global Health

Programme

Programme Global Health Film Days 2026

14 Apr. 2026, 16:45-19:00

Shot in the arm / Health misinformation

This documentary explores public mistrust in vaccines both historically and in the presence of modern pandemics.

14 Apr. 2026, 19:00-21:45

Desert Angel / Migrant search and rescue

This critically acclaimed documentary follows Rafael Larraenza, who has spent over 25 years searching for and rescuing people lost while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

15 Apr. 2026, 16:30-18:30

The Spirit Who Swims / Indigenous food sovereignty

This documentary explores the Indigenous practice of ‘life as ceremony’ through the annual migration of Salmon along the Fraser River in Canada.

16 Apr. 2026, 16:30-18:30

Climate Refugees: A Global Challenge / Climate justice

Climate change is no longer a distant environmental threat, it is a powerful driver of human displacement.

17 Apr. 2026, 16:30-19:15

There Was, There Was Not / Voices of resilience

The first line of every Armenian fairy tale, There Was, There Was Not, tells the collective myth of a homeland lost forever – and four women’s resistance to that loss.

18 Apr. 2026, 16:30-19:00

Cuba & Alaska / Women on the frontline in Ukraine

Code named Cuba and Alaska, two field medics serving in the Ukrainian army, regard the absurdity of war with a combination of grit, humor and hope.

19 Apr. 2026, 16:30-18:30

Spillover / The next pandemic threat

Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, COVID-19, and now avian flu – the list of deadly viruses jumping from animals to humans keeps on growing.