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From the Science Park of Universitat de València (FPCUV) we inform about the opening of the new edition of the scientific video contest Media100cia, an initiative framed in Exociència that invites the pre-university students to approach the science through audiovisual language.

The contest proposes the creation of short films up to 100 seconds in length, in video or animation format in which the science is the central axis of the story. In 2026 edition also focuses on how science contributes to the cafe of people, society and the planet, in line with the Expociència: “Cuidar con ciencia también es comunicarla” ("Taking care of science is also communicating it.").

The pieces would be able to address multiple approaches: from scientific experiments carried out in the educational environment to fictional proposals, reflections or activities related to science. The main requirement is that the content be original and produced entirely by the participating students. 

This initiative is based on the idea that children and young people communicate and relate to their environment through images, especially in the today´s digital context. Media100cia seeks to channel the expressive capacity towards scientific dissemination, encouraging young people to ¨write¨ science through short and creative audiovisual formats.  

The deadline for participation in Media100cia 2026 will be open until April 30, with scientific videos of up to 100 seconds in vertical format

Participation norms 

The contest is addressed to estudets of primar education, secundary educaton and bachilllerato (High School) and training cycles, always within a non-professional field.The projects  can be presented individually or in group with or without the help of the teaching staff, and must not have been awarded prizes or be under any other valuation 

As for technical requirements, videos should have a maximum duration of 100 seconds (including titles and credits), be made in vertical format and presented in standard formats such as AVI, MPEG, MPEG-4 or MOV. They can be made in Valencian, Spanish or English.

The deadline for submitting papers will be open until 5 May 2026, and submission must be made through the Consigna platform of the Universitat de València, also attaching the following registration form.

La edición de este año invita al alumnado preuniversitario a crear piezas audiovisuales sobre cómo la ciencia contribuye al cuidado de las personas y del planeta (This year’s edition invites pre-university students to create audiovisual pieces about how science contributes to the care of people and the planet)

Criteria to be evaluated

The jury will elavuate the projects according to aspects such as originality and creativity, quality of audiovisual production, use of narrative resources and capacity for scientific dissemination.

It will be composed of professionals in the audiovisual field, teaching staff from the Universitat de València, research staff from the Scientific Park and communication managers from the FPCUV.

Prizes and mentions 

The award ceremony will be held during the celebration of Expociència, on May 9 2026, in the Scientific Park of the Universitat de València.

Up to three winning videos will be selected, whose authors will receive a batch of three books from the Fundació Hortensia Roig Literary Prize, an initiative that promotes scientific vocations among the youngest. In addition, certificates of participation will be issued to all submitted works.

The competition is co-sponsored by Premios Literarios Hornetsia Roig, an initiative to encourage an interest in science among the young audience through reading. These awards promote stories that bring scientific knowledge closer in the accessible and attractive way, with the aim of awakening scientific vocations and contributing to a more educated and committed society towards science. 

For more information, you can contact via email of the Expociència (expociencia@uv.es) and you can consult the contest rules.