Austerity Bites

Austerity Bites is a participative project created on behalf of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) for its 18th Annual Conference and General Assembly.

The project is made up of 32 short films created by young people from 8 different countries across Europe.

Through a mixture of live film, animation and other techniques, the shorts give an insight into what austerity policies mean for the young people involved. They can be used individually or in small groups as an education and advocacy resource, and will be available shortly in a range of formats.

About the films

The films show young people creatively responding to economic crisis in a variety of different ways. For example:

• A young man in Marseilles documents the difference between the city tourists see and the one he lives in day to day
• A young woman in The Hauge uses her empty fridge to illustrate how many young people will now go hungry
• A young man in Athens raps about the damage caused to Greece by austerity policies.

Download a PDF of the Austerity Bites brochure, which gives a flavour of all 32 of the project’s films.

We're providing an overview of films from all 8 countries over the coming weeks. Find out about the films produced by young people in:

• France
• Greece
• England
• Flanders, Belgium
• Italy
• Brussels, Belgium
• The Hague, The Netherlands
• Scotland.

The films at ENOC

All 32 films were shown to delegates at the ENOC conference, where they received overwhelmingly positive feedback. They are currently being shown by the Council of Europe at their headquarters in Strasbourg.

Visit the Council of Europe's page on Austerity Bites.