Abstract
Film has become an integral part of everyday life in the UK, shaping our beliefs, culture and attitudes. Here, Stella Botchway from the Nuffield Department of Population Health, the University of Oxford and Uy Hoang from Kings College London, Public Health Film society and Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford discuss how film can be of interest to the public health community as well as the place for public health in film with reflections on the UK’s first public health film festival.