Great news for journalists and documentarians! The submission deadline for the DIG Awards 2025 has been extended to 8 June 2025 at 8:00 PM (CEST) for all Video and Audio categories.

The DIG Awards are prestigious international accolades recognizing excellence in investigative journalism and reportage in both documentary and podcast formats. An international jury at the annual DIG Festival presents these awards.

For full details and participation guidelines, please consult the official DIG Awards 2025 call for entries, available in both English and Italian.

The DIG Pitch is dedicated to documentaries in development, with the winning project receiving up to €15.000 in funding. The submission window for the DIG Pitch is open until 10 June.

Selected projects will compete live in Modena, presenting their ideas to a jury. Since last year, the DIG Pitch has been named in honor of Matteo Scanni, founder and president of DIG until 2022

The next edition of the festival will take place in Modena from September 24 to 28, 2025.

All information is available in our call for entries.