The finalists of the DIG Awards 2025
DIG Festival 2025 hosts the eleventh edition of the DIG Awards, the prizes that each year the international jury of DIG assigns to the best international journalistic productions, both audio and video, selected from over 300 submissions.
From 24 to 28 September 2025, in Modena, DIG Festival will welcome into its programme the 25 documentaries and 5 podcasts that will compete in the six competition categories.
Below are all the finalists in each category.
Finalists
Investigative long
The category is reserved for investigative documentaries with a minimum duration of 40 minutes. The selected works use original sources and investigative techniques to bring out new elements in relation to the subject matter.
Finalists
Reportage Long
The category is reserved for video reportages with a minimum duration of 40 minutes. The selected works analyse and narrate socially relevant issues using original points of view and journalistic cuts.
Finalists
Investigative Medium
The category is reserved for investigative documentaries between 15 and 40 minutes in length. The selected works use original sources and investigative techniques to bring out new elements in relation to the subject matter.
Finalists
Reportage Medium
The category is reserved for video reportages lasting between 15 and 40 minutes. The selected works analyse and report on socially relevant issues using original points of view and journalistic cuts.
Finalists
Short
The category is reserved for published and unpublished investigations and video reports of a maximum duration of 15 minutes.
Finalists
Podcast
The category is reserved for journalistic products in audio format (podcasts, audio dramas, radio programmes) that address and narrate current issues with an investigative approach, using investigative techniques and a novel slant.
