Festival Awards 2025

Here you can find details about the Crossing Europe awards in 2025.

Competition Fiction

The Competition Fiction comprises first and second European feature-length fiction films. The Jury Competition Fiction gives out the award Best Fiction Film, the audience chooses the Audience Award.

CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Linz Kultur

ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST / THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME
Bogdan Mureșanu, RO/RS 2024, 138 min

Special Mention:  
DRIE DAGEN VIS / THREE DAYS OF FISH
Peter Hoogendoorn, NL/BE 2024, 85 min
 
 
CROSSING EUROPE Audience Award - Best Fiction Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur

HOLY ROSITA
Wannes Destoop, BE 2024, 91 min
 

Competition Documentary

The Competition Documentary comprises documentary films with outstanding socio-political relevance. The Jury Competition Documentary gives out the award.

CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary Film
€ 5.000,- powered by Gutenberg-Werbering and Crossing Europe

THE FLATS
Alessandra Celesia, FR/BE/IE/GB 2024, 114 min

Special Mention:  
KOROLEVY RADOSTI / QUEENS OF JOY
Olga Gibelinda, UA/FR/CZ 2024, 90 min
 

YAAAS! Competition

The YAAAS! Competition comprises European feature fiction films selected by the YAAAS! Young Programmers. The YAAAS! Youth Jury gives out the award.

CROSSING EUROPE Award – YAAAS! Jugendjury
€ 3.000,- powered by VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden

LA STORIA DEL FRANK E DELLA NINA / THE STORY OF FRANK AND NINA
Paola Randi, IT/CH 2024, 105 min
 
Special Mention: 
ZEČJI NASIP / SANDBAG DAM
Čejen Černić Čanak, HR/LT/SI 2025, 88 min
 

MIOB New Vision Award

The members of the festival network Moving Images – Open Borders award the prize annually to an innovative European first or second feature-length film.

MIOB New Vision Award 
€ 3.000,- powered by MIOB | Moving Images Open Borders

KADA JE ZAZVONIO TELEFON / WHEN THE PHONE RANG
Iva Radivojević, RS/US 2024, 73 min
 

Competition Local Artists

The Competition Local Artists comprises short and feature-length films from Upper Austria. The Jury Competition Local Artists gives out the awards.

CROSSING EUROPE Award - Local Artist
€ 5.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur
€ 2.000,- voucher by The Grand Post – Postproduction Houses

EIN LEBEN IN FARBE / A LIFE IN COLOR
Axel Stasny, AT 2025, 71 min

CALLAS, DARLING
Julia Windischbauer, AT/AL/DE 2025, 89 min


CROSSING EUROPE Award Local Artist - Young Talent
€ 3.000,- powered by FH Oberösterreich

The Jury Competition Local Artists jury gives out the award to one of the works by students or people in training that are presented in the Competition Local Artists program section.

WENN DU ANGST HAST NIMMST DU DEIN HERZ IN DEN MUND UND LÄCHELST / IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE
Marie Luise Lehner, AT 2025, 87 min

 
CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award - Local Artist
Initiated by ANIMA PLUS – Verein zur Förderung der Animationskunst
€ 2.000,- powered by Land Oberösterreich Kultur und Linz Kultur

The Jury Competition Local Artists will present the award to one of the works within the spectrum of animation art presented in the Competition Local Artists.

LINA
Remo Rauscher, AT 2025, 18 min


CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award 
€ 1.500,- powered by Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria

The Jury Competition Local Artists gives out the award to one of the music videos in the Competition Local Artists.

WORLD'S END – MAVI PHOENIX
Dominik Galleya, Amanda Burzić, AT 2024, 3 min

 

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