Festival Awards 2025

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
 
 
CROSSING EUROPE Audience Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 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
 
The Competition Documentary comprises documentary films with outstanding socio-political relevance. The Jury Competition Documentary gives out the award.
 

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.

 
CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award - Local Artist
€ 2.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur und Linz Kultur

LINA
Remo Rauscher, AT 2025, 18 min
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.


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.


 

All Crossing Europe Award Winners 2004 - 2024