YAAAS! Young Programmers 2023

27.01.2023
The YAAAS! Competition will show six current European film productions that were selected by the YAAAS! Young Programmers. The Young Programmers for 2023 have already been selected and have been taking part in an introductory program into the curation process of a film festival.

Festival Anniversary 2023: 19 Successful Years in Figures

16.12.2022

CROSSING EUROPE will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023 as the second-biggest international film festival in Austria (behind Viennale). Over the years, it has become a fixture in the European festival circuit, establishing itself with both filmmakers and the specialized press at home and abroad as a hot spot of European cinema because of its quality and atmosphere.

20th CROSSING EUROPE: Save the Date!

16.12.2022
In April 2023, there will be reason to celebrate: From April 26 to May 1, CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz will be taking place for the 20th time, once again positioning Linz as a cinephile meeting place for European cinema with special attention to the young generation of European filmmakers.

Media Response 2022

02.11.2022
Six months after the end of CROSSING EUROPE 2022, we present excerpts of this year's media response and press coverage, which can be read here.

MIOB in Shorts – Audience Award

17.10.2022
Vote now for the „MIOB in Shorts“ Award 2022! For the Online Audience Award MIOB IN SHORTS (€ 1,000), 14 current European short films, nominated by the members of the European festival network Moving Images Open Borders, have been put to vote online until October 31. The MIOB IN SHORTS winning film will be awarded at FilmFestival Cottbus in November 2022.

Final Call: Film Submission until January 9

07.09.2022
Work on the festival program for the 20th edition is already underway, which is why filmmakers are invited to send in their current films for the next festival edition. The deadline for submission is 9 January 2023. On our website you can find the conditions for entry, as well as the rules and regulations.

Special Screening: SONNE at Moviemento Linz

07.09.2022
After the world premiere at the Berlinale and the opening this year's Diagonale, SONNE (AT 2022) is launching in Austrian cinemas! On September 13 at 8:00 pm there will be a special screening at Moviemento Linz in cooperation with our YAAAS! youth program.

LUX IN LINZ on 8 May

03.05.2022
On May 8, Crossing Europe and Moviemento will present the three nominated films of the LUX Audience Award of the European Parliament at Moviemento Linz. Admission is free. You have the chance to see FLEE (DK/FR/NO/SE 2021, R: Jonas Poher Rasmussen), QUO VADIS, AIDA? (AT/BH/RO/PL/FR/NL/DE 2020, R: Jasmila Žbanić), and GROSSE FREIHEIT (AT/DE 2021, R: Sebastian Meise) on the big screen!

Cinema without Borders - Positive Festival Resume

03.05.2022
For six days, Austria's third-largest film festival - after the Viennale and Diagonale festivals - presented cinemagoers with new perspectives from all over Europe. The program offered 148 hand-picked feature films and documentaries from more than 30 countries, with current socio-political but also artistic and eccentric works, highlights of the festival season and regional filmmaking.

#crossingmoments

01.05.2022
Festival impressions, festival guests, and snapshots from the festival edition 2022 can be viewed HERE. The most beautiful #crossingmoments can be found on our channels: The Crossing Europe Photo Gallery (powered by SUBTEXT.AT) and our Instagram channel artfully set the scene for this year’s festival edition. Enjoy!

And so it begins: get your tickets!

27.04.2022
Tickets can be purchased online on the festival website: simply select the film, click on the desired screening date and you are in the online ticket system. You can also get tickets at Moviemento and City-Kino. Discounts are available for MovieMembers and AK members as well as holders of the Ö1 Club Card, Der Standard Abo-Vorteilscard or the OÖN Card.

Film Guests & Talks

22.04.2022
From April 27 to May 2, we are bringing Europe to the cinema for our audience. In addition to 148 current feature films, documentaries and short films from 34 different countries, around 120 film guests from all over Europe will also be traveling to Linz to present their work in person. On our website you can find info about which guests will be present.