The New Year That Never Came and The Flats crowned at Crossing Europe
- The films by Bogdan Mureşanu and Alessandra Celesia respectively triumphed in the fiction and documentary competitions, while Wannes Destoop won the hearts of the audience with Holy Rosita
The 22nd edition of Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz came to a close with an awards ceremony that took place on Saturday, 3 May at Ursulinesaal. This year’s edition, which ran from 29 April to 4 May 4, showcased 142 films of various types and formats from 42 countries, across 12 sections. According to preliminary data, this year’s attendance figure is around 14,500 visitors.
Bogdan Mureşanu’s film The New Year That Never Came [+see also:
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interview: Peter Hoogendoorn
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The jury of the documentary competition, consisting of Romanian editor Cătălin Cristuţiu, Swedish-Austrian researcher, lecturer and curator Doris Posch, as well as Swiss filmmaker and co-director of the Lugano Human Rights Film Festival Antonio Prata, also selected this year’s winners. The main Crossing Europe Social Awareness Award, along with the €5,000 prize provided by Gutenberg-Werbering and Crossing Europe went to Alessandra Celesia’s The Flats [+see also:
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interview: Alessandra Celesia
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The youth jury decided the fate of the competitors in YAAAS! Section, aimed at teenage audiences, awarding the prize to The Story of Frank and Nina [+see also:
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interview: Čejen Černić Čanak
film profile]. Two of the main awards in the Local Artists competition went to Alex Stasny’s A Life in Color, and Julia Windischbauer’s Callas, Darling [+see also:
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Finally, Iva Radivojević’s When the Phone Rang [+see also:
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The full list of award winners:
Fiction Competition
Crossing Europe Award – Best Fiction Film
The New Year That Never Came [+see also:
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interview: Bogdan Mureşanu
film profile] – Bogdan Mureşanu (Romania/Serbia)
Special Mention
Three Days of Fish [+see also:
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interview: Peter Hoogendoorn
film profile] – Peter Hoogendoorn (Netherlands/Belgium)
Crossing Europe Audience Award
Holy Rosita [+see also:
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film profile] – Wannes Destoop (Belgium)
Documentary Competition
Crossing Europe Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary Film
The Flats [+see also:
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interview: Alessandra Celesia
film profile] – Alessandra Celesia (France/Ireland/Belgium/UK)
Special Mention
Queens of Joy – Olga Gibelinda (Ukraine/France/Czech Republic)
YAAS! Competition
Crossing Europe Award – Youth Jury
The Story of Frank and Nina [+see also:
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film profile] – Paola Randi (Italy/Switzerland)
Special Mention
Sandbag Dam [+see also:
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interview: Čejen Černić Čanak
film profile] – Čejen Černić Čanak (Croatia/Slovenia/Lithuania)
Local Artists Competition
Crossing Europe Award – Local Artist
A Life in Color – Alex Stasny (Austria)
Callas, Darling [+see also:
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film profile] – Julia Windischbauer (Austria)
Crossing Europe Award Local Artist – Young Talent
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile [+see also:
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film profile] – Marie Luise Lehner (Austria)
Crossing Europe Innovation Award – Local Artist
Lina – Remo Rauscher (Austria) (short film)
Creative Region Music Video Award
World’s End – Mavi Phoenix – Dominik Galleya, Amanda Burzić (Austria) (music video)
Other awards
MIOB New Vision Award
When the Phone Rang [+see also:
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interview: Iva Radivojević
film profile] – Iva Radivojević (Serbia/USA)
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