Film Submission 2025

15.10.2024
Filmmakers are invited to submit their current films for the next festival edition! Submission is now open for all program sections. The deadline for submissions is 6 January, 2025.

MIOB: Moving Images Open Borders

15.10.2024
The MIOB network unites several European film festivals, each spotlighting diverse, independent cinema. Don't miss the upcoming festivals, which include Scanorama European Film Forum in Lithuania, the Seville European Film Festival in Spain and the Les Arcs International Film Festival. At the upcoming FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany, a selection of short films from all MIOB festivals will be screened and a MIOB in Shorts 2024 award-winning film will be selected.

Media Response 2024

27.08.2024

We are pleased to present excerpts of this year's media response and press coverage on the 21st edition of Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, which can be read here.


Let’s live together!

27.08.2024
Crossing Europe goes Capital of Culture: As part of the European Capital of Culture “Salzkammergut 2024”, LET'S LIVE TOGETHER! COMMUNITIES AND CULTURE ON SCREEN will take place at Kino Ebensee from September 16 to 21. The program includes film screenings with hand-picked feature films and documentaries, film talks, a panel discussion and a concert as well as a video project for around 30 young people from the region.

Crossing Europe goes ...

08.05.2024
In the coming weeks there will be the chance to watch selected films of the 2024 festival program on the big screen again - in Vienna, Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Salzburg and Freistadt.

Festival Résumé: 14,500 Visitors

08.05.2024
After six successful festival days (30.4. – 5.5.) with 144 feature, documentary and short films from 41 countries, the 21st Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz closed its doors on 5 May. 14,500 visitors were proof of the unwavering enthusiasm for European film and the social space that is cinema.

Award Winners 2024

04.05.2024
On Saturday, the Festival Awards of the 21st festival edition were given out in the Ursulinensaal, Miriam Hie led through the atmospheric evening. Entries from the Competition Fiction, Competition Documentary, Competition Local Artists and YAAAS! Competition were awarded with cash and non-cash prizes worth € 29,500, and the MIOB New Vision Award 2024 (€ 3000) was also presented.

Award Winning Films - Screenings on 5 May

04.05.2024
On May 5, three award-winning films of the Crossing Europe Film Festival 2024 will be shown: The special mention of the Crossing Europe Award - YAAAS! Youth Jury, RIVIÈRE from Hugues Hariche will be screened at Moviemento at 18:00. SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, winning film of the MIOB New Vision Award, can be experienced again at 19:45 at City-Kino! Crossing Europe Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary winning film FANNI KERTJE / FAIRY GARDEN von Gergő Somogyvári can be seen at Moviemento at 21:00!

Awards Ceremony

19:30, Ursulinensaal & Livestream
04.05.2024
The Awards Ceremony at Ursulinensaal and via livestream starts today at 19:30. Films in the Competition Fiction, Competition Documentary, Competition Local Artists and YAAAS! Competition sections will be awarded monetary and non-cash prizes worth € 28,500, and the MIOB New Vision Award 2024 (€ 3,000) will also be presented.

YAAAS! Close-Up

16:00, OK Deck & Livestream
03.05.2024
Two young filmakers and participants of this year's Cinema Next Europe Club show their own work and answer all questions about working in the film industry in an open discussion format.

Impressions from the Festival

Photo album on flickr
03.05.2024
The fantastic team from subtext.at is once again in action at the 21st Crossing Europe, capturing the best festival moments. Whether Q&A, talk events or YAAAS! Youth Program, the team of photographers is there live and captures the festival atmosphere for all eternity in our flickr gallery.

Festival Impressions

Photo album on flickr
01.05.2024
The fantastic team from subtext.at is once again in action at the 21st Crossing Europe, capturing the best festival moments. Whether Q&A, talk events or YAAAS! Youth Program, the team of photographers is there live and captures the festival atmosphere for all eternity in our flickr gallery.