Festival kick-off in sight

29.01.2020
In not even three months the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival in Linz will kick off its 17th edition.

Tribute 2020: VALIE EXPORT

17.12.2019
This year, CROSSING EUROPE will dedicate its Tribute section to one of the most important representatives of international media, film, and performance art: VALIE EXPORT. She was born in Linz in 1940, where she also grew up.

CROSSING EUROPE will be a GreenEvent

17.12.2019
For the past years, CROSSING EUROPE has increasingly been putting measures into practice that focus on sustainable and environmentally friendly festival work. This year we could implement a bundle of initiatives that allowed for CROSSING EUROPE to be certified as a GreenEvent OÖ by the Climate Alliance Austria (Klimabündnis Österreich). 

Crossing Europe goes Xmas

06.12.2019
For all those who want to give their loved ones a cineastic Christmas present: the popular CrossingMovie card (MovieMember card + festival pass + credit at the Mediathek) is on offer for 75€ for Christmas.

The YAAAS! Youth program in its second year

09.11.2019
In 2019, CROSSING EUROPE presented a holistic program aimed at film education and the development of media competencies and DIY-video production for young people for the first time. 

Call for Films

13.09.2019
Work on the festival program and the program collaborations for 2020 is already underway, which is why filmmakers are invited to send in their current films for the next festival edition.

Media Response 2019

12.09.2019
"Austria’s most intriguing film festival." red / Falter (AT)

The CROSSING EUROPE Selection on DAFilms.com

29.04.2019
For the first time this year, the festival cooperated with the VoD-platform Doc Alliance. The CROSSING EUROPE Selection was curated by the festival team over the past few weeks and consists of ten noteworthy contributions in the documentary sections from the past few festival editions, and can be viewed online from now on. Details HERE.

YAAAS! Youth Program

29.04.2019
To call out YAAAS! means to euphorically say "YES!" - "YES!" to the new program section aimed specifically at young audiences. Last Tuesday, the presentation of the YAAAS! Video Project as well as the YAAAS! Workshop Rally took place.

FESTIVAL AWARDS 2019

29.04.2019
The Awards Presentation for the sixteenth CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz took place on April 29 in the Ursulinensaal of the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter. Following awards were presented:

25.04.2019
Various discussion formats, networking events and a masterclass offer the audience a place for active exchange to get to know each other, and to deal with the films in a discursive manner.

Onward toward Europe!

12.04.2019
From April 25 to 30 we want to invite the festival audience to join us on a virtual journey all across Europe. The cinephile path streches from the Arctic down the Black Sea, on it 149 current European feature films and documentaries.