2025: Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst / If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile , Marie Luise Lehner (AT)
CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Linz Kultur
until 2019: € 10.000,- // powered by Linz Kultur & Land Oberösterreich / Kultur
until 2014: CROSSING EUROPE Award European Competition
2004: Kako ubiv svetec / How I Killed a Saint , Teona Strugar Mitevska (SI / FR / MK)
2005: Demi-tarif / Half Price , Isild Le Besco (FR)
2006: Gisela , Isabelle Stever (DE)
2007: Die Unerzogenen / The Unpolished , Pia Marais (DE)
2008: Charly , Isild Le Besco (FR)
2008: Special Mention - Diorthosi / Correction , Thanos Anastopoulos (GR)
2009: Uzak İhtimal / Wrong Rosary , Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun (TR)
2009: Special Mention - De ofrivilliga / Involuntary , Ruben Östlund (SE)
2010: Crnci / The Blacks , Zvonimir Jurić, Goran Dević (HR)
2011: Caracremada , Lluís Galter (ES)
2011: Im Alter von Ellen / At Ellen's Age , Pia Marais (DE)
2012: Z daleka widok jest piękny / It Looks Pretty From A Distance , Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal (PL)
2013: To Agori Troi To Fagito Tou Pouliou / Boy Eating the Bird's Food , Ektoras Lygizos (GR)
2013: Special Mention - Až do mesta Aš / Made in Ash , Iveta Grófová (SK / CZ)
2014: Les Apaches / Apaches , Thierry de Peretti (FR)
2014: Family Tour , Liliana Torres (ES)
2015: Autoportretul unei fete cuminti / Self-portrait of a Dutiful Daughter , Ana Lungu (RO)
2015: Varvari / Barbarians , Ivan Ikić (RS / ME / SI)
2016: Babai , Visar Morina (DE / XK / MK / FR)
2016: Baden Baden , Rachel Lang (BE / FR)
2017: Ne gledaj mi u pijat / Quit Staring at My Plate , Hana Jušić (HR / DK)
2018: António um dois três / Antonio One Two Three , Leonardo Mouramateus (PT / BR)
2018: Special Mention - Il cratere / Crater , Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino (IT)
2018: Special Mention - Körfez / The Gulf , Emre Yeksan (TR / DE / GR)
2019: Tchelovek kotorij udivil vseh / The Man Who Surprised Everyone , Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov (FR / RU / EE)
2019: Special Mention - Light as Feathers , Rosanne Pel (NL)
2019: Oray , Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (DE)
2020: Due to the Corona-related cancelation of Crossing Europe 2020, the festival prize was not awarded.
2021: Dasatskisi / Beginning , Dea Kulumbegashvili (GE / FR)
2022: Cicha Ziemia / Silent Land , Aga Woszczyńska (PL / IT / CZ)
2023: Chleb i sól / Bread and Salt , Damian Kocur (PL)
2023: Special Mention - Disco Boy , Giacomo Abbruzzese (BE / FR / IT / PL)
2024: Melk / Milk , Stefanie Kolk (NL)
2024: Special Mention - The Human Hibernation , Anna Cornudella Castro (ES)
2025: Anul nou care n-a fost / The New Year That Never Came , Bogdan Mureșanu (RO / RS)
CROSSING EUROPE Audience Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 1.000,- powered by Crossing Europe
2011 to 2014: AUDIENCE AWARD
2011: Pál Adrienn / Adrienn Pal , Ágnes Kocsis (HU / NL / AT / FR)
2012: Weekend , Andrew Haigh (GB)
2013: Animals , Marçal Forés (ES)
2014: 10.000 KM / Long Distance , Carlos Marques-Marcet (ES / US)
2015: Ce Lume Minunată / What a Wonderful World , Anatol Durbală (MD)
2016: Jajda / Thirst , Svetla Tsotsorkova (BG)
2017: Hjartasteinn / Heartstone , Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (DK / IS)
2018: Hva vil folk si / What Will People Say , Iram Haq (NO / DE / SE)
2019: Irina , Nadejda Koseva (BG)
2020: Due to the Corona-related cancelation of Crossing Europe 2020, the festival prize was not awarded.
2021: Mila / Apples , Christos Nikou (GR / PL / SI)
2022: Un monde / Playground , Laura Wandel (BE)
2023: Sigurno mjesto / Safe Place , Juraj Lerotić (HR / SI)
2024: Hypnosen / The Hypnosis , Ernst De Geer (SE / NO / FR)
2025: Holy Rosita , Wannes Destoop (BE)
CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary
€ 5.000,- powered by Gutenberg-Werbering und CROSSING EUROPE
2017 - 2022: € 5.000,- powered by gfk - Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik OÖ
until 2016: € 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich / Soziales
2014: CROSSING EUROPE SOCIAL AWARENESS AWARD for European Documentaries
2014: Special Mention - Kauza Cervanová / Normalization , Robert Kirchhoff (SK / CZ)
2014: Dell'arte Della Guerra / On The Art of War , Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi (IT / US)
2015: Flotel Europa , Vladimir Tomic (DK / RS)
2016: Rio Corgo , Maya Kosa, Sérgio da Costa (CH / PT)
2016: Special Mention - Birobidjan - Le Nid est tombé dans les flammes / Birobidjan - The Nest Has Fallen Into the Flames , Guy-Marc Hinant (BE)
2017: Rodnye / Close Relations , Vitaly Mansky (LV / DE / EE / UA)
2018: A Woman Captured , Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (HU)
2019: Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit / Heimat Is a Space in Time , Thomas Heise (AT / DE)
2019: Special Mention - Transnistra , Anna Eborn (SE / DK / BE)
2020: Due to the Corona-related cancelation of Crossing Europe 2020, the festival prize was not awarded.
2021: Anyáim története / Her Mothers , Asia Dér, Sári Haragonics (HU)
2022: Tvornice radnicima / Factory to the Workers , Srđan Kovačević (HR)
2023: Silent Love , Marek Kozakiewicz (DE / PL)
2023: My ne zgasnemo / We Will Not Fade Away , Alisa Kovalenko (UA / FR / PL / US)
2024: Fanni kertje / Fairy Garden , Gergő Somogyvári (HU / RO / HR)
2025: The Flats , Alessandra Celesia (FR / BE / IE / GB)
CROSSING EUROPE Award - YAAAS! Youth Jury
€ 2.000,- powered by CROSSING EUROPE
2019: Posledice / Consequences , Darko Štante (AT / SI)
2020: Due to the Corona-related cancelation of Crossing Europe 2020, the festival prize was not awarded.
2021: Tottumiskysymys / Force of Habit , Kirsikka Saari, Elli Toivoniemi, Anna Paavilainen, Alli Haapasalo, Reetta Aalto, Jenni Toivoniemi, Miia Tervo (FI)
2022: Youth Topia , Dennis Stormer (CH / DE)
2023: Petites / Little Ones , Julie Lerat-Gersant (FR)
2023: Special Mention - Elaha , Milena Aboyan (DE)
2024: Valoa valoa valoa / Light Light Light , Inari Niemi (FI)
2024: Special Mention - Rivière , Hugues Hariche (CH / FR)
2025: La storia del Frank e della Nina / The Story of Frank and Nina , Paola Randi (IT / CH)
CROSSING EUROPE Award – Local Artist
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich / Kultur
€ 2.000,- Voucher The Grand Post – Audio & Picture Post Production
2021 // € 8.000,- // powered by Land Oberösterreich / Kultur (€ 5.000,-), The Grand Post Audio Post Production for Film & TV (€ 2.000,-) and Forafilm (€ 1.000,-)2016 - 2020 // € 7.000,- // powered by Federal Province of Upper Austria / Department of Culture (€ 5.000,-) and The Grand Post Audio Post Production for Film & TV (€ 2.000,-)
2004 - 2015 // € 7.000,- // powered by Federal Province of Upper Austria / Department of Culture (€ 5.000,-) and Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (€ 2.000,-)
: Ein Leben in Farbe / A Life in Color , Axel Stasny (AT)
: Callas, Darling , Julia Windischbauer (AT / AL / DE)
2004: Jet , Schwentner Michaela (AT)
2004: Special Mention - Blowfeld , Rainer Gamsjäger (AT)
2004: Special Mention - Nix Gscheit's drin , Regina Stefanischitz (AT)
2005: Mirror Mechanics , Siegfried A. Fruhauf (AT)
2005: Special Mention - SW-NÖ 04 , Barbara Musil (AT)
2006: Wir LAWOG-Frauen haben's schön , Gisela Hesser (AT)
2006: Special Mention - Am Hauptplatz, im Wald , Sofie Thorsen (AT)
2006: Special Mention - Fuge 1.6180339887 - Part 2 , Robert Praxmarer (AT)
2007: Bleiben will ich, wo ich nie gewesen bin , Libertad Hackl (AT)
2007: Nach der Eishöhle , Lukas Marxt (AT)
2007: Special Mention - Fatsy , Oliver Stangl, Christian Tod (AT)
2008: Market sentiments , Barbara Musil (AT)
2008: Special Mention - Brachland , Ernst Spiessberger (AT)
2008: Special Mention - Eintritt zum Paradies um 3€20 / Admission to Paradise for 3€20 , Edith Stauber (AT)
2009: Drauf , Martin Music (AT)
2009: Dropping Furniture , Harald Hund, Paul Horn (AT)
2009: Special Mention - Romeo und Julia / Franz und Rosi , HS Steinerkirchen (AT)
2010: Sinister Sisters Slaughterhouse , Michaela Mandel (AT / SE)
2010: Slam Video Maputo , Ella Raidel (MZ / AT)
2011: SUBVERSES China in Mozambique , Ella Raidel (MZ / AT)
2011: Daschka , Ludwig Löckinger (AT)
2012: Die Arbeiterinnen verlassen die Fabrik , Katharina Gruzei (AT)
2012: Nachbehandlung / After Treatment , Edith Stauber (AT)
2013: Humming, fast and slow , Rainer Kohlberger (DE / AT)
2013: Special Mention - Pfitscher , Florian Kofler (AT / IT)
2014: Es war ein Tag wie jeder andere im Frühling oder Sommer. / It was a day just like any other in spring or summer. , Selma Doborac (AT / BA)
2014: Special Mention - Performance , Kornelia Kugler (DE)
2015: Eden's Edge (Three Shorts on the Californian Desert) , O.N.L.S.D., G. Treml, L. Calice O.N.L.S.D., G. Treml, L. Calice (AT)
2015: Farfalla , Felix Huber (AT)
2016: Korida , Siniša Vidović (AT)
2016: Those Shocking Shaking Days , Selma Doborac (AT / BA)
2017: Oderland. Fontane , Bernhard Sallmann (DE)
2017: Kaugummizigaretten / Candy Cigarettes , Marie Luise Lehner (AT)
2018: Schneemann , Leni Gruber (AT)
2018: < common.places 2 > , Fiona Rukschcio (AT)
2019: Bewegungen eines nahen Bergs / Movements of a Nearby Mountain , Sebastian Brameshuber (AT)
2019: Fleischwochen , Joachim Iseni (AT)
2020: Due to the Corona-related cancelation of Crossing Europe 2020, the festival prize was not awarded.
2021: 2551.01 , Norbert Pfaffenbichler (AT)
2021: schweben. / swaying. , Julia Windischbauer, Elena Wolff (AT / SE)
2021: Ankommen / Arriving , Mohammad Reza Rasouli (AT)
2022: Hollywood , Leni Gruber, Alex Reinberg (AT)
2022: Stories from the Sea , Jola Wieczorek (AT)
2023: Cloudy Memories , Isabella Friedl (IT)
2023: De Facto , Selma Doborac (AT / DE)
2023: Special Mention - Cave Painting , Siegfried A. Fruhauf (AT)
2024: The Electric Kiss , Rainer Kohlberger (AT / DE)
2024: Special Mention - Im Traum sind alle Quallen feucht / In their dreams all jellyfish are wet , Marie Luise Lehner (AT)
2024: Marlene , Daniel Kalkhofer (AT)
CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award
€ 1.500,- powered by CREATIVE REGION Linz & Upper Austria
2020: Auto - KLITCLIQUE , Anna Spanlang (AT)
2021: Immigrant - Dacid Go8lin , Mark Gerstorfer (AT)
2022: I Accept - Nnella , Alexander Au Yeong, Nadja Bodlak (AT)
2023: Cruel Hearted / Maybe Someday – Mile & Flip , Clemens Niel (AT)
2024: Don't Worry – Franz Pop Collective , Gloria Gammer (AT)
2025: World's End – Mavi Phoenix , Dominik Galleya, Amanda Burzić (AT)
: Kada je zazvonio telefon / When the Phone Rang , Iva Radivojević (RS / US)
2021: Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre / Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time , Lili Horvát (HU)
2022: Murina , Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (HR / BR / US / SI)
2023: Berdreymi / Beautiful Beings , Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (IS / DK / SE / NL / CZ)
2024: Slow , Marija Kavtaradze (LT / ES / SE)
CROSSING EUROPE Innovative Award - Local Artist
€ 3.500,- powered by OÖ Kulturquartier
2017: Fetish Finger , Susanna Flock (AT)
2018: La sombra de un dios / A God's Shadow , Bernhard Hetzenauer (AT / DE / MX)
2019: animistica , Nikki Schuster (AT / DE / MX)
2020: How to Disappear , Total Refusal (AT)
2020: Special Mention - Stones , Michael Heindl (BO / PE / CL / AT)
2020: Hard-headed Harmony , Michael Heindl (GB / AT)
CREATIVE REGION MUSIC VIDEO Audience Award
€ 1.500,- powered by CREATIVE REGION Linz & Upper Austria
2013: Goodbye - Cherry Sunkist , Karin Fisslthaler (AT)
2014: Meltingsphere - Richard Eigner & Abby Lee Tee , Andreea Săsăran (AT)
2015: Heaven - Felix Schager, Konstantin Diggn , Lukas Jakob Löcker (AT)
2016: Wösside - Wös Rap Rec , Leni Gruber (AT)
2017: Naked Thoughts - Alpine Dweller , Josef Fink, David Haunschmidt (AT)
2018: Soul Fever Blues - Parov Stelar ft. Muddy Waters , Alexej Sigalov (AT)
2019: Fahrvergnügen - Chris Imler , Dagmar Schürrer (AT / DE)
CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award – Local Artist
initiated by ANIMA PLUS – Verein zur Förderung der Animationskunst
€ 2000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur und Linz Kultur
2024: Laute Stille , Lisa Bayr, Lukas Brandstetter, Katharina Arbeithuber (AT)
2025: Lina , Remo Rauscher (AT)
CROSSING EUROPE Award - Youth Jury
€ 1.000,- powered by CROSSING EUROPE
2018: Cobain , Nanouk Leopold (NL / BE / DE)
CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award – Local Artist
€4.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich / Soziales
(2016: powered by Kinder- und Jugendhilfe OÖ)(2014: CROSSING EUROPE SOCIAL AWARENESS AWARD Local Artist)
2014: Private Revolutions , Alexandra Schneider (AT)
2015: Monumenti , Eva Hausberger (AT)
2015: Special Mention - EVDEKI SES - 22m² Österreich , Ufuk Serbest (AT)
2016: Unten , Djordje Čenić, Herman Peseckas (AT)
CROSSING EUROPE Award – Local Artist Atelierpreis
powered by Atelierhaus SALZAMT LINZ (2010 - 2016)
2010: The Law Of The Time - Ritornell , Gloria Gammer, Sigrid Nagele (AT)
2011: The Streets of the Invisibles , Remo Rauscher (AT)
2012: Trying to build a Sentence , Susanna Flock (AT)
2013: 2x10m² Ostseeblick , Miguel José Gonzalez-Gonzalez (AT)
2014: Untended Outskirts , Markus Burgstaller (AT)
2015: Untitled 014 , Vildan Turalić (AT)
2016: Last Supper IV , Maria Czernohorszky (AT)
CROSSING EUROPE Award – Local Artist Drehort Tabakfabrik
powered by Tabakfabrik Linz (2015)
2015: Notes On Mackey , Klaus Pamminger (AT)
CREATIVE REGION MUSIC VIDEO AWARD - RESIDENCY
€ 6.000,- powered by CREATIVE REGION Linz & Upper Austria (2014)
2014: Sleep Sleep - Gospel , Jakob Kubizek (AT)
2014: Selbe Stadt anderer Planet - Kreisky , Jakob Kubizek (AT)
FEDEORA AWARDS for European Documentaries
(2012-2014) 2012: Documentary films by directors under the age of 33 - Ein Brief aus Deutschland / A Letter from Germany , Sebastian Mez (DE)
2012: Special Mention - Hauptfriedhof / Cemetery , Melanie Jilg (DE)
2012: Documentary films by directors over the age of 33 - Vol Spécial / Special Flight , Fernand Melgar (CH)
2012: Special Mention - Entrée du personnel / Staff Entrance , Manuela Frésil (FR)
2013: Vaters Garten - Die Liebe meiner Eltern / Father's Garden - The Love of My Parents , Peter Liechti (CH)
2014: Géographie humaine / Human Geography , Claire Simon (FR)
NEW VISION AWARD
€ 5.000,- powered by Silhouette (2011 - 2012)
2011: Beli beli svet / White White World , Oleg Novković (RS)
2012: Sangue do meu Sangue / Blood of my Blood , João Canijo (PT)
CROSSING EUROPE Award European Documentary
powered by ORF (2010 - 2011)
2010: Videocracy , Erik Gandini (SE)
2011: Into Eternity , Michael Madsen (DK / FI)
ray Publikumspreis
€ 5.000,- powered by ray Filmmagazin (2006 - 2010)
2006: Kontakt / Contact , Sergej Stanojkovski (MK / DE)
2007: Avril / April in Love , Gérald Hustache-Mathieu (FR)
2008: Ljubav i drugi zlocini / Love and Other Crimes , Stefan Arsenijevic (RS / DE / AT / SI)
2009: Unmade Beds , Alexis Dos Santos (GB)
2010: Coeur Animal / Animal Heart , Séverine Cornamusaz (CH / FR)