Stories in Motion aims to empower young people from diverse cultural, social, and educational backgrounds to explore videography as a digital competence for active citizenship. In today’s world, where young people are surrounded by digital content but often lack the tools to critically analyze or produce it, the project creates space for them to move from being passive consumers of media to becoming active creators and storytellers. From a youth work perspective, the project is designed as a non-formal learning journey where participants learn by doing, reflecting, and co-creating. Youth work is about creating safe, supportive, and inspiring environments where young people can experiment, find their voices, and build skills that formal education rarely provides. By using filmmaking and storytelling, Stories in Motion offers an innovative way for participants to develop both technical skills (framing, editing, sound, digital tools) and transversal competences such as teamwork, creativity, empathy, and intercultural collaboration. The specific objectives (SO) are to: SO1: Foster intercultural collaboration, inclusion and empowerment by engaging 25 young people from 5 countries in structured team-building and co-creation activities during the 7-day exchange, encouraging underrepresented voices to share their perspectives and ensuring that at least one-third of participants are youth with fewer opportunities (gender balance respected) (DigComp: Communication & Collaboration – 2.3). SO2: Promote critical thinking and media literacy, enabling young people to recognize bias and question how narratives are framed, by participating in sessions on framing, sound, color, and media bias, enabling them to critically analyze digital narratives and recognize misinformation (DigComp: Information & Data Literacy – 1.2). SO3: Boost active citizenship and youth participation, by showing how films can be powerful tools for advocacy, social change, and community engagement, and empowering underrepresented voices through storytelling by guiding participants to design and produce at least 5 short films that reflect diverse perspectives, fostering inclusion and promoting active citizenship at both local and European levels (DigComp: Communication & Collaboration – 2.3). SO4: Support intercultural learning and solidarity, as participants work in constantly changing groups, building trust and empathy while discovering both the differences and commonalities that connect them as Europeans. SO5: Strengthen digital content creation skills by providing practical training in the fundamentals of videography (framing, ISO, editing, color grading), ensuring that 100% of participants apply these skills in the co-production of their short films (DigComp: Digital Content Creation – 3). SO6: Enable personal growth by providing opportunities for young people to gain confidence, practice responsibility, and experience the sense of ownership that comes from creating and sharing something meaningful. SO7: Ensure lasting impact and dissemination by having each national group organize at least one local screening or online dissemination activity within 2 months after the exchange, reaching peers and community members across partner countries (DigComp: Communication & Dissemination – cross-cutting). In short, the project uses videography as a youth work tool: a way to combine creativity, digital skills, and civic engagement. By the end of the process, participants will not only know how to make a short film, but also how to tell stories that matter, challenge stereotypes, and inspire others—becoming better prepared for the digital present and future, and more motivated to take an active role in shaping society. For the partner organisations, Stories in Motion also serves as a platform to expand their youth work practices, integrate videography and digital storytelling into their existing programmes, and strengthen their capacity to address the digital and civic challenges faced by young people today. By collaborating in an international consortium, partners aim to exchange creative methodologies, learn from each other’s expertise, and co-develop tools that can be replicated in local youth work. The project also has the objective of reinforcing long-term cooperation between organisations, reviving past partnerships, building new ones, and creating a sustainable network that connects youth work with the cultural and creative sector. In this way, Stories in Motion supports not only the growth of young participants but also the innovation, sustainability, and future readiness of the organisations themselves.