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The 16th festival edition

18.12.2018 // After the successful anniversary edition last April that was host to almost 23,000 festival guests, the CROSSING EUROPE once more places its programmatic focus on the continent of Europe. The festival sees itself as a decidedly pro-European...

Festival Trailer 2019

14.12.2018 // For the new festival trailer, CROSSING EUROPE was able to bring the young film maker from Wels Leni Gruber (*1991) on board. The two-time CROSSING EUROPE award winner – 2018 for her short film SCHNEEMANN (AT 2018) and 2016 for her music video...

New in 2019: YAAAS! Youth Program

23.10.2018 // To call out YAAAS! means to euphorically say “yes” - “yes” to a program that does not only aim to present finished content, but rather invites young people to actively receive, curate, assess, produce, and present films.

Save the Date!

23.10.2018 // In six months the CROSSING EUROPE film festival Linz will take place for the 16th time. Once again in the coming spring, the cinematographic continent of Europe will stand in the center of Austria’s second largest international film festival....

Film Submission 2019

03.09.2018 // Filmmakers are invited once again to enter their current work for the coming edition of the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz, which will take place April 25 – 30, 2019. Here you find conditions for entry, rules, information about the...

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European Networking – Moving Images Open Borders

23.10.2018 // Around two years ago Christine Dollhofer and a few colleagues from other film festivals with a European focus came up with the idea to professionalize the network between various festivals that had up to that point only been based on informal...

Media Response 2018

13.09.2018 // „For the 15th time Crossing Europe in Linz proved itself to be a beguiling kaleidoscope of European stories and viewpoints.” – This year’s media response is now online.

Film Screening @ Central

21.05.2018 // Since the beginning of CROSSING EUROPE, the festival has always presented films with a strong stance on social issues throughout all of its programs. One award in particular – sponsored by the gfk Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik OÖ – focuses on...

Anniversary Edition With Nearly 23,000 Visitors

01.05.2018 // Yesterday the anniversary edition (15 Years!) of the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz came to a successful conclusion. Nearly 23,000 festivalvisitors were counted over the past six days at 182 screenings and 21 supporting programs. This...

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FESTIVAL AWARDS 2018

29.04.2018 // The Awards Presentation for the fifteenth CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz took place on April 29 in the Ursulinensaal of the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter. CROSSING EUROPE Competition - Fiction CROSSING EUROPE Award – Best Fiction Film€...

Crossing Moments

30.04.2018 // The best festival impressions and most beautiful pictures can be found on the CROSSING EUROPE photo gallery on flickr (powered by our long-term media partner subtext.at).

Our Guests

23.04.2018 // This year the cinematic map of CROSSING EUROPE ranges from Iceland to Calabria and from the Atlantic to the Urals. For film discussions, talks and masterclasses, around 140 film guests from all over Europe are expected. Here is our guest...

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