Crossing Europe

Crossing Europe is an international film festival in Linz, Austria, that takes place every year in April since 2004.[1] It defines itself as a platform for young European film makers. The focus of the film selection lies on sociopolitical and youth cultural topics. Every year, about 180 films from more than 30 European countries are chosen to be shown on this six days long festival. Besides Viennale and Diagonale, Crossing Europe is the third biggest film festival of Austria with about 20.000 visitors every year.[2]

The festival centre and Moviemento cinema, based in the O.K. cultural centre.

Festival juries give away awards in several categories to European fictional and documentary films as well as to locally produced films. For the award competition, only the first or second film made by a director can be qualified. The main prize, the Crossing Europe Award, is endowed with €10,000.

The next date of the festival is from April 25 to 30, 2017.

Awards

Following program sections[3] and awards[4] are part of the festival:

Jury awards
Category Donator Since Remuneration
(in euros, 2015)
Crossing Europe Award – Best Fiction Film Linz Culture, Federal Government of Upper Austria 2004 10.000
Crossing Europe Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary Film Federal Government of Upper Austria 2014 5.000
Crossing Europe Award – Local Artist Federal Government of Upper Austria, Synchro Film 2004 7.000
Crossing Europe Social Awareness Award – Local Artist Federal Government of Upper Austria 2014 4.000
audience awards
Category Donator Since Remuneration
Crossing Europe Audience Award – Best Fiction Film Crossing Europe 2006 1.000
Creative Region Music Video Audience Award Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria (2013 as jury award) 2013 1.500
other awards
Category Donator Since Remuneration
Crossing Europe Award – Local Artist Drehort Tabakfabrik Tabakfabrik Linz 2015 –
Crossing Europe Award – Local Artist Atelierpreis Atelierhaus Salzamt Linz 2010 –
former awards
Category Donator Since Remuneration
Crossing Europe Award European Documentary ORF 2010–2011 non-cash prize: TV broadcasting
FEDEORA Award for European Documentaries 2012–2014
New Vision Award Silhouette 2011–2012 5.000

Notes
  1. About us, crossingeurope.at (pageview on May 2nd, 2016)
  2. Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine on festivalfocus.org (pageview on May 2nd, 2016)
  3. "About the program sections Archived 2016-06-11 at the Wayback Machine", crossingeurope.at (pageview on May 2nd, 2016)
  4. Award winners 2004-2016 Archived 2016-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, crossingeurope.at (pageview on May 2nd 2016)
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