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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Opening Films 2019
10.04.2019
As is tradition, CROSSING EUROPE will open with multiple films this year that stand for the great variety of contemporary European cinema, and also offer a cross section of this year’s program.
As is tradition, CROSSING EUROPE will open with multiple films this year that stand for the great variety of contemporary European cinema, and also offer a cross section of this year’s program.
Closing Film: GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA (MK/BE/SI/HR/FR 2019)
28.03.2019
CROSSING EUROPE has been connected to the Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska since the very beginning. At the very first edition of the festival in 2004, her feature film debut KAKO UBIV SVETEC / HOW I KILLED A SAINT (MZ/SI/FR 2004) was awarded the CROSSING EUROPE Award – Competition fiction. Ever since then, all her films have been presented in Linz as Austrian premiers. For this reason, we are very happy to announce that her new feature film, which had its world premiere at the Berlinale and was awarded with two awards (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Gilde film prize) will be this year’s closing film.
CROSSING EUROPE has been connected to the Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska since the very beginning. At the very first edition of the festival in 2004, her feature film debut KAKO UBIV SVETEC / HOW I KILLED A SAINT (MZ/SI/FR 2004) was awarded the CROSSING EUROPE Award – Competition fiction. Ever since then, all her films have been presented in Linz as Austrian premiers. For this reason, we are very happy to announce that her new feature film, which had its world premiere at the Berlinale and was awarded with two awards (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Gilde film prize) will be this year’s closing film.
First Film Highlights
28.03.2019
In this year’s program selection you will find many CROSSING EUROPE guests and award winners from the previous editions who will be returning to Linz with their current productions – significant films in this year’s edition made by directors who have been connected to the festival for many years, thereby also shaping the festival.
In this year’s program selection you will find many CROSSING EUROPE guests and award winners from the previous editions who will be returning to Linz with their current productions – significant films in this year’s edition made by directors who have been connected to the festival for many years, thereby also shaping the festival.
YAAAS! Competition: Complete Line-Up
28.03.2019
The YAAAS! Competition is a part of the new YAAAS! Youth Program at CROSSING EUROPE, that offers a holistic program of film education, acquisition of media competencies and DIY-video production. Taking place for the first time this year, the YAAAS! Competition is the fourth competition section, in which the winner of the CROSSING EUROPE Award – Youth Jury, endowed with 2000€ is selected.
The YAAAS! Competition is a part of the new YAAAS! Youth Program at CROSSING EUROPE, that offers a holistic program of film education, acquisition of media competencies and DIY-video production. Taking place for the first time this year, the YAAAS! Competition is the fourth competition section, in which the winner of the CROSSING EUROPE Award – Youth Jury, endowed with 2000€ is selected.
CROSSING EUROPE VoD-Collection on FLIMMIT
28.03.2019
For two years now, the festival has been cooperating with FLIMMIT (flimmit.com), the Video-on-Demand platform of the Austrian broadcasting service. Thousands of productions (mostly Austrian and European) can be viewed, including many highlights of the European film festival.
For two years now, the festival has been cooperating with FLIMMIT (flimmit.com), the Video-on-Demand platform of the Austrian broadcasting service. Thousands of productions (mostly Austrian and European) can be viewed, including many highlights of the European film festival.
Cinema Next Europe Club
25.03.2019
CROSSING EUROPE and Cinema Next are presenting the so-called Cinema Next Europe Club for the first time. The club is expanding the Cinema Next Europe program strand to include a campus for ten young filmmakers, who will be invited to Linz for four days. The call for entries should attract young filmmakers from Austria who work in the field of documentary films.
CROSSING EUROPE and Cinema Next are presenting the so-called Cinema Next Europe Club for the first time. The club is expanding the Cinema Next Europe program strand to include a campus for ten young filmmakers, who will be invited to Linz for four days. The call for entries should attract young filmmakers from Austria who work in the field of documentary films.
Festival Opening 2019
26.02.2019
One of this year’s opening films is dedicated to the renowned Austrian Photographer Elfie Semotan, the director Joerg Burger dedicated a multi-layered cinematographic homage to her with the film ELFIE SEMOTAN, PHOTOGRAPHER - Preview (AT 2019; production: Navigator Film), that will celebrate its world premiere at the opening of CROSSING EUROPE (April 25). Additionally, the solo exhibition STANDING, WAITING (2007/2019) with works by Elfie Semotan, will open at the OK Offenes Kulturhaus – a revival of the eponymous project for the OK exhibition SCHAURAUSCH in the year 2007, that was a precursor to Linz09 and brought art into display windows, shops, and malls in Linz.