The 16th Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz (25-30 April) handed out its awards at a ceremony last night in the Ursulinensaal festival venue in the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter.

In the Fiction Competition, dedicated to first and second films, the main Award for Best Fiction Film, worth €10,000, went to the Russian-Estonian-French co-production The Man Who Surprised Everyone [+lire aussi :
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The jury, comprising filmmakers Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun (Turkey) and Ana Lungu (Romania), and founder of the Locarno Critics’ Week and former Visions du Réel director Jean Perret, also gave out two Special Mentions: one to Dutch director Rosanne Pel for Light as Feathers [+lire aussi :
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Thomas Heise's monumental 218-minute documentary Heimat Is a Space in Time [+lire aussi :
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In the newly established YAAAS! Competition, aimed at and curated by young people, the Youth Jury awarded the €2,000 prize to Consequences [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Slovenia's Darko Štante. Finally, the Audience Award, worth €1,000, went to Nadejda Koseva's Irina [+lire aussi :
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Here is the full list of Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz award winners:

Competition – Fiction

Best Fiction Film
The Man Who Surprised Everyone [+lire aussi :
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Special Mentions
Light as Feathers [+lire aussi :
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interview : Rosanne Pel
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Zejhun Demirov for his role in Oray [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
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Competition – Documentary

Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary
Heimat Is a Space in Time [+lire aussi :
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Special Mentions
Srbenka [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nebojša Slijepčević
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Transnistra [+lire aussi :
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YAAAS! Competition Jury Award
Consequences [+lire aussi :
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interview : Darko Štante
interview : Timon Sturbej
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Audience Award
Irina [+lire aussi :
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interview : Martina Apostolova
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Competition – Local Artist

Money Prize (€5,000)
Movements of a Nearby Mountain [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sebastian Brameshuber
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Material Prize (post-production services from The Grand Post, worth €2,000)
Fleischwochen - Joachim Iseni (Austria) 

Innovative Award – Local Artist
Animistica - Nikki Schuster (Austria/Mexico/Germany) 

Creative Region Music Video Award
Fahrvergnügen by Chris Imler - Dagmar Schürrer (Austria)