The 16th Beldur Barik video contest is underway to show young people's attitude to male violence
Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, recalled at a hearing at the Lauaizeta School in San Sebastián that the aim of the programme is to prevent male violence among young people, "helping to empower girls and help boys reflect on the need for equality, with participation for a more egalitarian society".
The 2025 Beldur Barik audiovisual competition began on Monday with an initiative at Lauaizeta School in San Sebastian to encourage young people to show their attitude to male violence.
The Beldur Barik programme, promoted by the Basque Women's Institute, together with the Deputies of Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa and the Association of Basque Municipalities, Eudel, is a broad initiative promoted by the public institutions of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (CAV), with the aim of preventing and encouraging reflection and debate among young people.
As part of the workshop for young people at the Lauaizeta School, Mira Lanz and Oihana Llorente of the Parean Association have given a lecture on situations and ways of dealing with male violence, as well as sharing the details of the Beldur Barik project.
Next, Anepe Acedo, a content creator, has given students a practical course to create short videos in POV (Point Of View) format for social media publication. In this way, young people have received "reflection and training to take advantage of social media in a conscious and feminist way."
One of the novelties of the 2025 Beldur Barik contest is that young people can also present short POV videos, so widespread on social networks. The aim is to adapt the contest to the video formats that young people usually upload to the networks. This format seeks young people to express their point of view or response to a situation of male violence.
As Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, recalled at a hearing at the Donostia school, the program aims to prevent male violence among young people, "helping to empower girls and helping boys reflect on the need for equality, with participation for a more egalitarian society."
To this end, the project, which promotes the participation and creativity of young people, offers them a space for reflection. "The creation process itself becomes an opportunity to reflect and discuss violence against women among young people together. And that is the goal: for young people to discuss stereotypes, beauty canons, partner control, male violence, etc.," explains Elgarresta.
Details of participation
The Beldur Barik competition is open to the participation of young people aged 12 to 20, individually or collectively, in two categories: 12-16 years (born between 2009 and 2013) and 17-20 years (born between 2005 and 2008).
The audio-visual presented must reflectthe critical, constructive and committed attitude of young people towards male violence, that is, "to express the Beldur Barik Attitude, with attitudes that express parity, freedom and autonomy, solidarity and the firm rejection of male violence".
Young people can present their work or on their own initiative through schools, gaztelekus, leisure groups, associations or women's houses. The basis of the contest can be consulted on the program's website, as well as material that can help create videos.
Participation will be open until 9 Novemberand registration will be made through the web. Among the awards are 650 euros for groups and 200 euros for individual works, as well as the public prize (300 euros) and the award for the best audiovisual work (300 euros). The award-winning works will be announced at the Beldur Barik Meeting on 28 November, an event that will become a meeting point for young people fighting gender-based violence.
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