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.
The Awards are open for submissions from 29 November 2024 and will close on Wednesday 22 January 2025.
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.
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