Here you can find details about the Crossing Europe awards in 2025.
Competition Fiction
CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film€ 5.000,- powered by Linz Kultur
ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST / THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME
Bogdan Mureșanu, RO/RS 2024, 138 min
Special Mention:
DRIE DAGEN VIS / THREE DAYS OF FISH
Peter Hoogendoorn, NL/BE 2024, 85 min
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur
HOLY ROSITA
Wannes Destoop, BE 2024, 91 min
The Competition Fiction comprises first and second European feature-length fiction films. The Jury Competition Fiction gives out the award Best Fiction Film, the audience chooses the Audience Award.
Competition Documentary
CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary Film€ 5.000,- powered by Gutenberg-Werbering and Crossing Europe
THE FLATS
Alessandra Celesia, FR/BE/IE/GB 2024, 114 min
Special Mention:
KOROLEVY RADOSTI / QUEENS OF JOY
Olga Gibelinda, UA/FR/CZ 2024, 90 min
YAAAS! Competition
CROSSING EUROPE Award – YAAAS! Jugendjury€ 3.000,- powered by VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden
LA STORIA DEL FRANK E DELLA NINA / THE STORY OF FRANK AND NINA
Paola Randi, IT/CH 2024, 105 min
Special Mention:
ZEČJI NASIP / SANDBAG DAM
Čejen Černić Čanak, HR/LT/SI 2025, 88 min
The YAAAS! Competition comprises European feature fiction films selected by the YAAAS! Young Programmers. The YAAAS! Youth Jury gives out the award.
MIOB New Vision Award
MIOB New Vision Award€ 3.000,- powered by MIOB | Moving Images Open Borders
KADA JE ZAZVONIO TELEFON / WHEN THE PHONE RANG
Iva Radivojević, RS/US 2024, 73 min
The members of the festival network Moving Images – Open Borders award the prize annually to an innovative European first or second feature-length film.
Competition Local Artists
CROSSING EUROPE Award - Local Artist€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur
€ 2.000,- voucher by The Grand Post – Postproduction Houses
EIN LEBEN IN FARBE / A LIFE IN COLOR
Axel Stasny, AT 2025, 71 min
CALLAS, DARLING
Julia Windischbauer, AT/AL/DE 2025, 89 min
The Competition Local Artists comprises short and feature-length films from Upper Austria. The Jury Competition Local Artists gives out the awards.
CROSSING EUROPE Award Local Artist - Young Talent
€ 3.000,- powered by FH Oberösterreich
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 2025, 87 min
The Jury Competition Local Artists jury gives out the award to one of the works by students or people in training that are presented in the Competition Local Artists program section.
€ 2.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur und Linz Kultur
The Jury Competition Local Artists will present the award to one of the works within the spectrum of animation art presented in the Competition Local Artists.LINA
Remo Rauscher, AT 2025, 18 min
CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award
€ 1.500,- powered by Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria
WORLD'S END – MAVI PHOENIX
Dominik Galleya, Amanda Burzić, AT 2024, 3 min
The Jury Competition Local Artists gives out the award to one of the music videos in the Competition Local Artists.
