The ON ZIENTZIA video competition, organized annually by Elhuyar and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in the framework of the Teknopolis television programme, aims to produce and broadcast short and original videos on science and technology, aimed at all audiences. This year’s awards, the fifteenth edition of the competition, have been held today in Tabakalera.

This year a total of 94 works have been received, most of them in Basque. But there are also videos in Spanish and in English, as the origin of the participants extends to the whole world. Despite the fact that most of the works have been presented from Euskal Herria, several videos have also been received from Peru or the Philippines, among others. All participating videos are visible on the contest website: www.onzientzia.tv

The jury has decided to award the following works in each category:

The jury has decided to award the best video of dissemination (€3,000) ex aequo to two works in Basque and Spanish. On the one hand, the Cantabrian brothers Isadora, Renata and Leonel Virosta Gutierrez have been the winners of the main prize for the video "How do babies really train?". The jury stressed that “the video is able to explain very effectively the complexity of life through handicrafts and very well combined resources”. For its part, the main prize has also been for andoaindarra Unai García López, for his video "Etorkizuna gaur". In the opinion of the jury, “this is a very well thought story, with well-used images and that makes us reflect on a topic that is on everyone’s lips”.

Asteasuarra Joseba Zabala was the winner of the prize for the best video in Basque (2,000 €), for the work “Ezkutuko erraldoiaren eragina”. According to the jury, “besides being very aesthetically nice, the video shows the value of the discarded hypotheses; it is a nice video that explains how science progresses”.

The Young Prize (€1,000) was for the Donostiarra student Ubay Moll Ruiz, for his work “Platano erradioaktiboak”. In the words of the jury, “this is a video that explains different concepts well and is aesthetically consistent from start to finish.”

This year, moreover, as the United Nations Organization has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the jury has also awarded an extraordinary prize: The BasQ award for the best video on quantum (500 €). The award was awarded to Barcelonan physicist Enric Ponce de León for the work “Quantum Café”. In the words of the jury, “this is an original video that knows how to explain a very abstract and difficult concept through the things that happen in a cafeteria”.

The awards were given by Adolfo Morais Ezquerro, Vice Advisor for Science and Innovation; Jon Abril Olaetxea, Elhuyar General Coordinator; Aran García Lekue, Director of strategic projects of the DIPC; Marian Iriarte Ormazabal, Vice-Rector of the UPV/EHU and Member.

As for the jury responsible for the evaluation of the videos, he has been made up of Marian Iriarte Ormazabal, vice chancellor of Institutional Relations and Culture of the UPV/EHU; Jon Mattin Matxain, dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the UPV/EHU and associate of the DIASO; Itxgomentapolis technical Communication,

The ceremony will be broadcast on a special Teknopolis television programme, along with the award-winning works and statements of the award-winning people. The programme will be visible on 7 June at 13:30 in ETB1, and on 8 June at 13:30 in ETB2.