Anniversary Specials & Open Air at Lentos (21 April)

 
05.04.2023 // To mark the festival anniversary, two highlights from the early years that reflect the spirit of CROSSING EUROPE will be shown again on the big screen: The very first opening film, the 2004 documentary ÜBER EINE STRASSE | ABOUT A STREET by Edith Stauber and Michaela Mair, is a long-term observation of urban life in Linz. The film will not only be shown in the European Panorama Special section, but also as a kick-off prior to the start of the festival, a CROSSING EUROPE open-air film event (free entry) at Lentos Kunstmuseum on 21 April, 8 p.m. The jointly developed omnibus movie LOST AND FOUND (CE05) gathers six directors who back then were considered “new voices” of European cinema, some of whom rank among the award-winning big names of the European film industry today: Stefan Arsenijević, Nadejda Koseva, Mait Laas, Kornél Mundruczó, Cristian Mungiu, and Jasmila Žbanić. The film will also be presented in the European Panorama Special section.
 
Anniversary Pic[k]s:
 
  • ÜBER EINE STRASSE | ABOUT A STREET (AT 2004; opening film CROSSING EUROPE 2004), 94 min, directed by: Edith Stauber, Michaela Mair
    Upfront as Anniversary Open Air on 4/21 and at the festival in the European Panorama section, Guests: Edith Stauber, Michaela Mair

In 2003, Edith Stauber and Michaela Mair Jahr spent one year observing the colorful life in different speeds, in different cultures, in different parallel worlds on Dametzstraße in Linz – a typical throughfare already back in the day.

Anniversary Open Air info: 21 April, 8 p.m., Lentos Freiraum, free entry, bring your own drinks – in cooperation with Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
 

  • LOST AND FOUND (opening film CROSSING EUROPE 2005), overall length: 99 min
    in the European Panorama section
In this omnibus film, six personal “generational stories” meld into a multifaceted stocktaking of the system transformation from communism to capitalism in Eastern Europe.
 
  • GENE+RATIO (Mait Laas, DE/EE 2005)
  • THE RITUAL (Nadejda Koseva, DE/BG 2005)
  • TURKEY GIRL (Cristian Mungiu, DE/RO 2005)
  • BIRTHDAY (Jasmila Žbanić, DE/BA 2005)
  • SHORTLASTING SILENCE (Kornél Mundruczó, DE/HU 2005)
  • FABULOUS VERA (Stefan Arsenijević, DE/CS 2005)