2025-06-20
The Mendi Film Festival grant for the audiovisual promotion of Mountain Culture

Mendi Film and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, announce the 6th edition of the Mendi Film Beka grant, aimed at the creation of documentary film projects whose objective is the audiovisual promotion of Mountain Culture.
Mountain Culture understood from multiple points of view, whether sporting, cultural, social or projects related to sustainability, ecology and/or climate change. The youth of the filmmakers, the projects filmed in Bizkaia, and the local-global nature of the projects will be taken into account. Although none of the three will be excluding factors when it comes to obtaining the grant.
The grant consists of a financial contribution of 10,000 euros and an accompanying programme to develop the selected project. The grant is aimed at filmmakers over the age of 18 living in Spain.
The selection process will consist of two phases. In the first phase, the 4 finalist projects will be selected to move on to the next phase. In the final selection phase, which will take place during the 18th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia, a jury will determine the project awarded the 6th Mendi Film Beka.
The project will premiere at the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia festival in 2026.
The application period runs from 20 June to 30 September 2025. The rules of the call and the application form can be found at www.mendifilmfestival.com.
The theme of the projects submitted must be oriented towards mountain sports (mountaineering, climbing, hiking, skiing, mountain biking, trail-running, kayaking, caving, slack-line, paragliding, and others), adventure, exploration, nature, other cultural, artistic, linguistic, social or economic activities, ecology, sustainability and/or climate change. All of them developed in the mountain environment.
The sponsors of the grant are active agents in these areas:
Provincial Council of Bizkaia
Represents the identity of the territory, promoting its preservation and knowledge.
Mendi Film Association
Spreads the word about Mountain Culture through the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia International Mountain Film Festival and the Mendi Tour circuit. It is a member of the International Alliance for Mountain Film, an entity of great recognition in the industry of this film genre.
The granted films
2025: SUSTRAIAK
2024: PELIGRO. NO ASOMARSE.
2023: OINEZ
2022: LOBOS
2021: TXANGO