The second edition of the Kos International Health Film Festival, Ippokratis, will take place between September 1 to 6, 2010. This is a film festival dedicated entirely to health issues in an appropriate location – the Greek island of Kos, birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of medicine.
The Kos International Health Film Festival is an initiative of renowned Greek film director Lucia Rikaki and her team, generously endorsed by the Municipality of Kos Island, creating a meeting place for members of the International Health community, artists and the audience, in order to view, discuss and appreciate creative audiovisual works on health and prevention.
The festival is showcasing 100 films from all over the world – 18 feature length, 23 medium length, 31 short length and 28 in the Panorama section.
5 films from Under Construction were selected to be screened in the Panorama section of the festival:
A Healer is Born (Gargi Sen)
Adha Aasman (Samina Mishra)
Born at Home (Sameera Jain)
Bushman’s Secret (Rehad Desai)
Where Healing is a Tradition (Gargi Sen)