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Call for Films

13.09.2019 // From now on we’ll accept film submissions for the upcoming festival edition (from 21 to 26 April, 2020). Please bear in mind that ONLY feature-length films will be accepted for the European program strands (films over 60 minutes).

Media Response 2019

12.09.2019 // „Austria’s most intriguing film festival. 149 films for new ways of seeing – once more, for five days Linz becomes the Mecca for cineasts who venture off the beaten path.” This year’s media response is now online.

Photos Awards Ceremony & Festival Impressions

28.04.2019 // The best festival impressions and most beautiful pictures can be found on the CROSSING EUROPE photo gallery on flickr (powered by our long-time media partner subtext.at). Here you can find the best of Awards Ceremony 2019.

TCHELOVEK KOTORIJ UDIVIL VSEH / THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE // Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, RU/EE/FR 2018

FESTIVAL AWARDS 2019

29.04.2019 // The Awards Presentation for the sixteenth CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz took place on April 29 in the Ursulinensaal of the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter. Following awards were presented: CROSSING EUROPE Competition - Fiction CROSSING...

YAAAS! Youth Program

29.04.2019 // To call out YAAAS! means to euphorically say “Yes!” - “YES!” to the new program section aimed specifically at young audiences. Last Tuesday, the presentation of the YAAAS! Video Project as well as the YAAAS! Workshop Rally took place.

The CROSSING EUROPE Selection on DAFilms.com

29.04.2019 // For the first time this year, the festival cooperated with the VoD-platform Doc Alliance. The CROSSING EUROPE Selection was curated by the festival team over the past few weeks and consists of ten noteworthy contributions in the documentary...

Talks, Talks, Talks

25.04.2019 // Various discussion formats, networking events and a masterclass offer the audience a place for active exchange, to get to know each other, and to deal with the films in a discursive manner.

Films and so much more…

12.04.2019 // Additionally to the hand-picked film program, a number of discussion and networking events will offer a platform for exchange and discussion. The framework program is completed with talks, installations, the musical Nightline and more.

Onward toward Europe!

12.04.2019 // From April 25 to 30 we want to invite the festival audience to join us on a virtual journey all across Europe. The cinephile path stretches from the Arctic down the Black Sea, on it 149 current European feature films and documentaries.

CROSSING EUROPE VoD-Collection on FLIMMIT

28.03.2019 // For two years now, the festival has been cooperating with FLIMMIT (flimmit.com), the Video-on-Demand platform of the Austrian broadcasting service. Thousands of productions (mostly Austrian and European) can be viewed, including many...

YAAAS! Competition: Complete Line-Up

28.03.2019 // The YAAAS! Competition is a part of the new YAAAS! Youth Program at CROSSING EUROPE, that offers a holistic program of film education, acquisition of media competencies and DIY-video production. Taking place for the first time this year, the...

THE SOUVENIR; photo: Protagonist Picture

First Film Highlights

28.03.2019 // In this year’s program selection you will find many CROSSING EUROPE guests and award winners from the previous editions who will be returning to Linz with their current productions – significant films in this year’s edition made by directors...

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