The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) awarded its third Healthy Workplaces Film Award on work-related topics to Carmen Losmann of Germany for her film Work Hard - Play Hard. The award was presented at the 54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.

The third Healthy Workplaces Film Award was granted to Carmen Losmann of Germany for her film Work Hard - Play Hard, an exploration of modern theories of work organisation and management. The prize has been granted to the best documentary on work-related topics. According to the jury, the film inspires audiences to discuss one of the most important issues of our time - the individuality and personality of today’s workforce. Part of EU-OSHA’s pan-European Healthy Workplaces Campaign, the award is endowed with an €8,000 prize fund. The first time this prize was awarded was in 2009, to the 'A Blooming Business' film.

The Director of EU-OSHA, Dr Christa Sedlatschek, highlighted that the Healthy Workplaces Film Award wants to promote the importance of workplace health and safety across Europe by challenging and encouraging filmmakers to create and showcase documentaries on the issue. She also added that Work Hard – Play Hard is a worthy winner, reflecting on key questions in today’s modern working world.

Ten films from international filmmakers were nominated, showing working conditions in a range of industries including construction, production, finance and health. The films documented both the physical, psychological and economic consequences of unfavourable working conditions. The jury also gave special mention to Brazil’s Caio Cavechini and Carlos Juliano Barros for their courageous film To The Bone, which explored working conditions in Brazil’s meat processing factories.