CROSSING EUROPE Filmfestival Linz

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CROSSING EUROPE Filmfestival Linz

Film festival based in Austria, dedicated to willful, contemporary and socio-political auteur cinema.

Since 2004, the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz has devoted its program each year in April to idiosyncratic, contemporary and socio-political auteur cinema from Europe. Over the six days of the festival, CROSSING EUROPE offers international film and press representatives and guests of the film industry (nearly 700 accredited festival participants) and the local cinema audience a program with ap

proximately 160 outstanding, hand-picked films, documentaries and short films. With the program selection festival director Christine Dollhofer seeks to do justice to the diversity of European cinema (and consequently to that of the continent of Europe). The Linz festival audience has an opportunity to see high-quality European productions and cinematic highlights of the past festival season (from A-festivals like the Berlinale, Cannes and Venice) suitably presented on the screen. Despite changes in media consumption and reception behavior, film festivals still play an important role: in bringing new positions and developments in film art to a wider public for discussion, curating programs and films that, all too often and despite international festival success, have no place in cinemas for economic reasons, and giving them an audience. This also includes presenting films from a young generation of directors. CROSSING EUROPE is an attractive and communicative platform for young filmmakers, cineasts and representatives of the film industry, a festival of manageable size, which centers around experiencing film in a relaxed atmosphere. In short: “CROSSING EUROPE - for all of seven days it is actually something like the Austrian living room for European film.” (Kurier Vienna, 20.04.2009)

08/07/2026

Crossing Europe goes…

KARLSkino 2026
VOLXkino

KARAVAN/ CARAVAN
Zuzana Kirchnerová, CZ/IT/SK 2025, 102 min

12.7, 21:00

KDYBY SE HOLUBI PROMĚNILI VE ZLATO/ IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD
Pepa Lubojacki, CZ/SK 2026, 110 min

13.7, 21:00

www.volxkino.at/karlskino

03/07/2026

Crossing Europe goes...

KINO WIE NOCH NIE – FILMARCHIV AUSTRIA
Filmarchiv Austria

Crossing Europe Local Artists 2026 Selected Shorts

6.7, 21:30, Augartenspitz, Wien

www.filmarchiv.at

05/06/2026

Das 23. Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz ging am 3. Mai zu Ende - hier ein letzter Rückblick!

Mit 14.000 Besucher*innen, 500 akkreditierten Fachgästem und 133 Spiel-, Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmen aus 39 Ländern blicken wir auf erfolgreiche Festivaltage zurück!
Die oberösterreichische Landeshauptstadt wurde einmal mehr zum Schauplatz von Gegenwart, Vergangenheit und Zukunft des europäischen Kinos - wir freuen uns auf nächstes Jahr! 💚

Photo ©️ .at

💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

11/05/2026

AWARDS CEREMONY 2026 🏆

A short glimpse into the award ceremony of crossing europe 2026 - congratulations to this years award winners! 🌟💚
And a sincere thank you to all our sponsors, supporters & jury - we couldn’t do this without you!

🎬 You can find more details on the winning films and filmmakers on our website!

Hosted by: Miriam Hie
Photos by: .at

💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

06/05/2026

After six sunny, dynamic festival days, the 23rd Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz came to a successful close on May 3.

The capital of Upper Austria once again became a showcase for the present, past, and future of European cinema, featuring 133 feature films, documentaries, and short films from 39 countries, including 13 world premieres and 68 Austrian premieres!
Around 80 film guests personally presented their latest works at the festival cinemas Moviemento, City-Kino, and Central, engaging in direct dialogue with the audience, which once again proved to be exceptionally interested, engaged, and open-minded.

Our team says THANK YOU! 💚
We‘re now taking a short a break,
we‘ll be back on Monday, May 11.

💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

03/05/2026

COMPETITION LOCAL ARTISTS
SPECIAL MENTION:

HERZBLUTWIESE STADTWERKSTATT
Claudia Dworschak, Tanja Brandmayr, AT 2026

- 28 April – 3 May 2026 –
💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

02/05/2026

CROSSING EUROPE INNOVATION AWARD - LOCAL ARTISTS

🏆 CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award - Local Artist initiated by .at / ANIMA PLUS - Verein zur Förderung der Animationskunst € 2.000,- powered by Kultur und Kultur goes to:

FROM SOMETHING TO NOTHING
Michael Heindl, AT 2026

- 28 April – 3 May 2026 –
💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

02/05/2026

CROSSING EUROPE AWARD - LOCAL ARTISTS

🏆 CROSSING EUROPE Award - Local Artist € 2.000 Gutschein .grand.post / The Grand Post - Post Production Houses goes to:

DIE NOCH UNBEKANNTEN TAGE / DAYS YET UNKNOWN
Jola Wieczorek, AT 2026

- 28 April – 3 May 2026 –
💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

02/05/2026

CROSSING EUROPE AWARD - LOCAL ARTISTS

🏆 CROSSING EUROPE Award - Local Artist
€ 5.000, - powered by Kultur goes to:

GAY BY NATURE
Isa Schieche, Helen Weber, AT 2025

- 28 April – 3 May 2026 –
💚 www.crossingeurope.at 💚

Adresse

Graben 30
Linz
4020

Telefon

+43 (0) 732 785700

Webseite

http://www.crossingeurope.at/

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