International
festival
of investigative
journalism
Eleventh edition
24-28 September
2025
Modena
Targets
full programme
This page shows only the events held English language: switch to the Italian page for the full programme. From September 24 to 28, 2025, DIG brings to Modena the best of international investigative journalism. Over 100 events and just as many guests from around the world: talks, debates, film screenings, awards, academy, concerts, and exhibitions. A festival that is almost entirely free, open to everyone. The DIG Watchdog 2025 are designed by Atak and DEM. Support DIG's crowdfunding campaign, the festival, and the association's activities by making a donation here.
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Events in English
Inauguration of the exhibition “Occupied Territories. Stories from The West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon»
With photojournalist Fabio Bucciarelli
«TRAP_OS – The Surveillance Game». Audiovisual performance on algorithmic control
Project developed within the “The Watched World” program, promoted by Centro Musica Modena. With SYNCTRL
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«Still Leben» by ATAK e «Oltremondi» by DEM. A double exhibition
A very special double retrospective of the two artists who illustrated the DIG Watchdogs 2025
🎞️ «THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN»
Introduction and Q&A with director Eugene Jarecki
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DIG Pitch “Matteo Scanni” 2025. The truth still burns
With Susanne Reber, Valerio Bassan, Alberto Nerazzini
🎞️ «24 hours in Gaza»; «How 4 days of revenge took over Syria»; «India's Opioid Kings»; «Songs from Inside»; «The Ransom of War»
Screening of the finalists in the «Short» category
🎞️ «Blood Parliament»; «Dirty money, cartels and underground banks»; «The Chilling Story of Serbia's Human Slaughterhouse»; «The Minister's Millions»; «The Rare but Debilitating Side Effects of Finasteride for Hair Loss»
Screening of the finalists in the «Investigative Medium» category
🎞️ «Gaza. Ceasefire»; «Hong Kong: Law and Order»; «Myanmar. A Country in Ruins»; «Storms to Survive in America»; «Tigray: Rape as a Weapon».»
Screening of the finalists in the «Reportage Medium» category
“TESTIMONI/01” – Exhibition Opening
Exhibition of works created by the students of the Illustration for Publishing course, promoted by the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Curated by Stefano Ricci.
Eco crimes and Earth's cry: the power of environmental storytelling
With Marta Frigerio, Suzana Miceva, Rocio Periago, Jelena Matić
Everyone wants a piece of the Arctic: reporting on neocolonialism and resistance
With Ilia Shumanov, Erin Rizzato Devlin, Hannah Thulé, Rima Abu Zaalan, Davide Del Monte
🎞️ «The Night Won't End»
Screening of the finalist in the Investigative Long category. Q&A with director Kavitha Chekuru
🎞️ «In the Belly of AI»
Screening of the finalist in the Reportage Long category. Q&A with director Henri Poulain
🎞️ «Lost Cells»
Screening of the documentary in the presence of directors Valeria Mazzucchi and Antoine Harari
🎞️ «Frantz Fanon. True Chronicles of the Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital».»
Introduction by Pierpaolo Ascari, Luca Negrogno, and Francesca Coin
🎞️ «Gaza»
Screening of the finalist in the Investigative Long category. Q&A with director Richard Sanders
Calibro 35 + A Bad Day. An exclusive concert in the church
A unique evening inside the evocative Baroque setting of San Carlo Church in Modena
🎞️ «Louis Theroux: The Settlers»
Screening of the documentary with introduction and Q&A with director Louis Theroux
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🎞️ «Gaza. Ceasefire»; «Hong Kong: Law and Order»; «Myanmar. A Country in Ruins»; «Storms to Survive in America»; «Tigray: Rape as a Weapon».»
Screening of the finalists in the «Reportage Medium» category
Investigating the inaccessible: new frontiers of conflict reporting
With Joe Sinclair, Gabriela Manuli, Suzanne Vanhooymissen, Francesca Fattori
🎞️ «Blood Parliament»; «Dirty Money, Cartels and Underground Banks»; «The Chilling Story of Serbia's Human Slaughterhouse»; «The Minister's Millions»; «The Rare but Debilitating Side Effects of Finasteride for Hair Loss»
Screening of the finalists in the «Investigative Medium» category
The art of the audio investigation. Meet the authors of the DIG Awards 2025 podcasts
With Susanne Reber, Dan Ashby, James Bargent, Michela Chimenti, Jonathan Zenti, Kevin Hirten
🎞️ «24 Hours in Gaza»; «How 4 Days of Revenge Took over Syria»; «India's Opioid Kings»; «Songs from Inside»; «The Ransom of War»
Screening of the finalists in the «Short» category
🎞️ «Surviving Syria's Prisons»
Screening of the finalist in the Investigative Long category. Q&A with directors Sasha Joelle-Achilli and Sara Obeidat
🎞️ «The Lundin Case. Silence Every Witness».»
Screening of the finalist in the Investigative Long category. Q&A with authors Carolina Jemsby and Lovisa Thuresson
«Images of Genocide». Lecture by Damir Šagolj
With Damir Šagolj e Fabio Bucciarelli
🎞️ «Green is the New Red»
Screening of the finalist in the Reportage Long category. Q&A with director Anna Recalde Miranda
From the economy of occupation to the economy of genocide
With Francesca Albanese, Louis Theroux, Duccio Facchini, Alberto Nerazzini
Is every journalist an undercover journalist?
With Luigi Scarano, Sacha Biazzo, James Kleinfeld, Ulla Sätereie, Valentina
🎞️ «Deserted. Europe's Deadly Migration Policy».»
Screening of the finalist in the Investigative Long category. Q&A with director Philipp Grüll
Silencing Gaza: the war against journalists and freedom of information
With Manisha Ganguly, Donatella Della Ratta, Hoda Osman, Sylke Gruhnwald, Mohammed Abed, Jonathan Dagher
🎞️ «Antidote»
Screening of the finalist in the Reportage Long category. Q&A with director James Jones
🎞️ «War on Women. The New Battle for Abortion in America».»
Screening of the finalist in the Reportage Long category. Q&A with director Cyril Denvers
The sound of investigative reporting. Journalistic podcasting in Italy, France, and Spain
With Silvia Cruz Lapeña, Adele Humbert, Giulia Nucci, Angelo Miotto
🎞️ «Haiti: the Iron Grip of the Gangs»
Screening of the finalist in the Reportage Long category. Q&A with director Roméo Langlois
DIG Awards 2025: «Targets». Awards ceremony
With Valerio Bassan, Philip di Salvo, Alberto Nerazzini
🎞️ «Louis Theroux: The Settlers»
Screening of the out of competition documentary
DIG Party. Diggin’ deeper into the night
The DIG Festival 2025. From 11 p.m. until Notte Fonda
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The art of the uncomfortable interview: techniques and secrets from the investigative desk of Swedish Television
With Axel Björklund, Alberto Nerazzini
🎞️🏆 The DIG Awards 2025 Winners: «Short», «Reportage Medium» & «Investigative Medium»
Screening of the winning films of the 2025 DIG Awards. Introduction with the authors
🎞️🏆 The DIG Awards 2025 Winner: «Investigative Long»
Screening of the winning film in the Investigative Long category
Chronicles from Massafer Yatta. Report on the Israeli occupation with a phone
With Mohammad Hureini
🎞️🏆 The DIG Awards 2025 Winner: «Reportage Long»
Screening of the winning film of the 2025 DIG Award in the Reportage Long category
How Italy spies journalists: the Paragon scandal and the limits of democracy
With Francesco Cancellato, Riccardo Coluccini, John Scott-Railton, Ilia Siatitsa, Philip Di Salvo
🎞️ «Special Operation»
Introduction and Q&A with producer Lyuba Knorozok and Marco Grasso
🎞️ All Eyes on Palestine. «Inside Gaza», «Holy Redemption», «Settlements Above the Law», «Shrinking Space»
With Hélène Lam Trong, Mohammed Abed, Aslıhan Eker Çakmak, Operazione Colomba
DIG Festival 2025: SCIOPERO! / STACHKA! Screening and live performance
Live soundtrack of the film “SCIOPERO!” by S. M. Ėjzenštejn, with: Jacopo Battaglia, Luca Cavina, Giuseppe Franchellucci, Ramon Moro, Stefano Pilia and Paolo Spaccamonti
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