Festival Program 2024
19.04.2024
144 feature films, documentaries and short films from 41 countries will open up unconventional, socially critical and artistically ambitious perspectives of the young generation of filmmakers from Europe to the audience at Austria's second largest international film festival.
144 feature films, documentaries and short films from 41 countries will open up unconventional, socially critical and artistically ambitious perspectives of the young generation of filmmakers from Europe to the audience at Austria's second largest international film festival.
Supporting Program 2024
19.04.2024
This year's Crossing Europe supporting program is impressive and well worth a visit. In addition to the multi-layered film program, the festival will be enriched by talks and Q&As with filmmakers from all over Europe, crossover projects and events as part of the YAAAS! Youth Program-
This year's Crossing Europe supporting program is impressive and well worth a visit. In addition to the multi-layered film program, the festival will be enriched by talks and Q&As with filmmakers from all over Europe, crossover projects and events as part of the YAAAS! Youth Program-
Jury 2024
19.04.2024
We are delighted to present the members of our four 2024 juries: All 14 will be present in Linz to judge the competition entries in the Competition Fiction, Competition Documentary, YAAAS! Competition and Competition Local Artists.
We are delighted to present the members of our four 2024 juries: All 14 will be present in Linz to judge the competition entries in the Competition Fiction, Competition Documentary, YAAAS! Competition and Competition Local Artists.
New Festival Award: CROSSING EUROPE Innovation Award – Local Artist
03.04.2024
The awards ceremony this year will be enriched by a new award in the Competition Local Artists context, given out to a work from the field of animation art.
The awards ceremony this year will be enriched by a new award in the Competition Local Artists context, given out to a work from the field of animation art.
MIOB PROJECT: LAB FEMMES DE CINÉMA
03.04.2024
The European film industry may achieve gender parity in 2080 at this pace, the 2023 study by the French think tank Lab Femmes de Cinéma reveals.
The European film industry may achieve gender parity in 2080 at this pace, the 2023 study by the French think tank Lab Femmes de Cinéma reveals.
Opening Films on 30 April & Closing Film on 5 May
01.04.2024
Traditionally, the Crossing Europe Film Festival opens not with one, but with four films, which represent the diversity of the festival program through their thematic and artistic diversity.
Traditionally, the Crossing Europe Film Festival opens not with one, but with four films, which represent the diversity of the festival program through their thematic and artistic diversity.
Tour d’Europe: Swiss Films on an European Journey
01.04.2024
This year, the promotion agency SWISS FILMS is partnering with selected European film festivals to present films and coproductions from Switzerland that have been nominated for or have won a European Film Award.
This year, the promotion agency SWISS FILMS is partnering with selected European film festivals to present films and coproductions from Switzerland that have been nominated for or have won a European Film Award.
YAAAS! School Screenings
20.03.2024
We announce the three films of the YAAAS! Competition, which will be offered as school screenings as part of the YAAAS! Youth Program.
Architecture and Society 2024: Transformation
20.03.2024
The film series Architecture and Society this year carries the title “Transformation” and shines a light on the different realities of life in times of change.
The film series Architecture and Society this year carries the title “Transformation” and shines a light on the different realities of life in times of change.
Tribute 2024: Aliona van der Horst
20.03.2024
Crossing Europe dedicates its 2024 Tribute program section to the Dutch filmmaker Aliona van der Horst, one of the most impressive exponents of European documentary film.
Crossing Europe dedicates its 2024 Tribute program section to the Dutch filmmaker Aliona van der Horst, one of the most impressive exponents of European documentary film.
Working Worlds – Vocation: Change!
08.03.2024
This year’s program section Working Worlds is titled Vocation: Change! and centers on people whose professional activities fluently merge with activist action.
This year’s program section Working Worlds is titled Vocation: Change! and centers on people whose professional activities fluently merge with activist action.
Festival Trailer 2024: RAUSCHFARBEN
08.03.2024
The Crossing Europe festival trailer 2024, titled RAUSCHFARBEN, was created by Linz-born director/screenwriter Lorenz Tröbinger.
The Crossing Europe festival trailer 2024, titled RAUSCHFARBEN, was created by Linz-born director/screenwriter Lorenz Tröbinger.
