Festival Awards 2026

Here you can find details about the Crossing Europe awards in 2026.

Competition Fiction

CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Linz Kultur

Shared to € 2.500 each:
 
RENOVACIJA / RENOVATION
Gabrielė Urbonaitė, LT/BE/LV 2025
 
SVEČIAS / THE VISITOR
Vytautas Katkus, LT/NO/SE 2025
 
Special Mention:
 
L'ENGLOUTIE / THE GIRL IN THE SNOW
Louise Hémon, FR 2025
 
CROSSING EUROPE Audience Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur

KARAVAN / CARAVAN
Zuzana Kirchnerová, CZ/SK/IT 2025

The Competition Fiction comprises first and second European feature-length fiction films. The Jury Competition Fiction gives out the award Best Fiction Film, the audience chooses the Audience Award.
 

Competition Documentary

CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Gutenberg-Werbering and Crossing Europe

KDYBY SE HOLUBI PROMĚNILI VE ZLATO / IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD
Pepa Lubojacki, CZ/SK 2026

Special Mention:
 
IMAGO
Déni Oumar Pitsaev, FR/BE 2025
 
The Competition Documentary comprises documentary films with outstanding socio-political relevance. The Jury Competition Documentary gives out the award.
 

YAAAS! Competition

CROSSING EUROPE Award – YAAAS! Jugendjury
€ 3.000,- powered by VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden

LES IMMORTELLES / STEREO GIRLS
Caroline Deruas Peano, FR/CA 2025
 
The YAAAS! Competition comprises European feature fiction films selected by the YAAAS! Young Programmers. The YAAAS! Youth Jury gives out the award.
 

MIOB New Vision Award

MIOB New Vision Award 
€ 3.000,- powered by MIOB | Moving Images Open Borders

VETRE, PRIČAJ SA MNOM / WIND, TALK TO ME
Stefan Djordjevic, SR/SI/HR 2025
 
The members of the festival network Moving Images – Open Borders award the prize annually to an innovative European first or second feature-length film.
 

Competition Local Artists

CROSSING EUROPE Award - Local Artist
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur

GAY BY NATURE
Isa Schieche, Helen Weber, AT 2025
 
€ 2.000,- voucher by The Grand Post – Postproduction Houses

DIE NOCH UNBEKANNTEN TAGE / DAYS YET UNKNOWN
Jola Wieczorek, AT 2026

Special Mention:
 
HERZBLUTWIESE STADTWERKSTATT
Claudia Dworschak, Tanja Brandmayr, AT 2026
 
The Competition Local Artists comprises short and feature-length films from Upper Austria. The Jury Competition Local Artists gives out the awards.
 
CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award - Local Artist
Initiated by ANIMA PLUS – Verein zur Förderung der Animationskunst
€ 2.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur und Linz Kultur

FROM SOMETHING TO NOTHING
Michael Heindl, AT 2026
The Jury Competition Local Artists will present the award to one of the works within the spectrum of animation art presented in the Competition Local Artists.

 

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