This year the awards prize is supported by satellite image provider Planet, whose services have proven crucial to the success of many open source investigations. The winning teams will be offered a one-year starter subscription access to Planet satellite imagery, along with the highly coveted CIR G.O.A.T. (“Greatest Of All Time”) trophy!
The awards ceremony, along with a networking event, will be held at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia on 9-13 April 2025.
Submissions for the CIR Open Source Film Awards 2025 are now closed.
The CIR Open Source Film Awards set out to celebrate the use of OSINV techniques in investigative journalism, to encourage innovation in visual OSINV storytelling and to support a creative community among OSINV-focused journalists.