It is time to book the flights to Linz, Austria for all the avid cinema lovers, as the Crossing Europe Film Festival opens in the city, in the last week of April 2014. Linz, the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria, will be hosting the 11th year of this enigmatic festival from 25th April to 30th April 2014.
Ursulinen Saal, the ostentatiously magnificent auditorium in the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter is posing as headquarter to the festival along with the two recognized film festival cinemas, Moviemento and City Kino.
The cinematic geniuses to be displayed on big screens include all four exceptional Austrian premieres along with two world premieres. The glimpses are as under:
• Visually Spectacular Sci-Fi thriller “Under the Skin” by Jonathan Glazer starring Scarlett Johanson in lead role
• The delightful tragic-comedy “Un Chateau en Italie/A Castle in Italy” by Valeria Bruni Tedeshi
• The documentary about the replica of Hallstatt built in China “Double Happiness” by two time “Local Artist Award” winner Ella Raidel
• The influential documentary “L’escale/Stop – Over” by Swiss Director of Iranian origin, Kaveh Bakhtiari
Ursulinen Saal, the ostentatiously magnificent auditorium in the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter is posing as headquarter to the festival along with the two recognized film festival cinemas, Moviemento and City Kino.
The cinematic geniuses to be displayed on big screens include all four exceptional Austrian premieres along with two world premieres. The glimpses are as under:
• Visually Spectacular Sci-Fi thriller “Under the Skin” by Jonathan Glazer starring Scarlett Johanson in lead role
• The delightful tragic-comedy “Un Chateau en Italie/A Castle in Italy” by Valeria Bruni Tedeshi
• The documentary about the replica of Hallstatt built in China “Double Happiness” by two time “Local Artist Award” winner Ella Raidel
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| Image Courtsey blogs.indiewire.com |
Other attractions include:
• Diwter Strauch’s “Texta- In & Out”. A film portrait of the legendary Linz hip-hop formation, Texta.
• Night section will see its opening by the Spanish horror-comedy “Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi /Witching and Bitching” by none other than Alex de la Iglesia.
Known for its devotion towards intractable, contemporary and socio-political distinctive cinema from Europe, this festival is not to be missed by all who are passionate about cinema. It offers its international guests from all across the globe and the local audiences, a good mix of 150 extraordinary feature films, documentaries and short-films in an assortment of genres such as Animation, Art-house, Drama, Experimental, Independent and Thriller.
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| Image courtsey : shortfilmfestival.com |
The festival also invites competition for the Central Tracks of the program, Europe Panorama and Europe Cinema Competition, with the prize money amounting to 10,000 Euros. Nights are dedicated to horror flicks and some unconventional musical live acts.
This year, in 2014, the audiences will get a chance to choose the winner for a special category called “Audience Prize”. Another distinction will be presented to an outstanding regional film or video work and it is known as “Crossing Europe Award Local Artist”. Both the recognitions will get a total prize amount of 7,000 Euros.
This year, in 2014, the audiences will get a chance to choose the winner for a special category called “Audience Prize”. Another distinction will be presented to an outstanding regional film or video work and it is known as “Crossing Europe Award Local Artist”. Both the recognitions will get a total prize amount of 7,000 Euros.
Award Categories are as under:
• CROSSING EUROPE AWARD European Competition (EURO 10,000)
• AUDIENCE AWARD
• CROSSING EUROPE AWARD Local Artist (EURO 7,000)
• FEDEORA Award for European Documentaries
• CROSSING EUROPE Award Local Artist Atelierpreis powered by Atelierhaus Salzamt
• CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award
• CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award – Residency
Crossing Europe Film Festival is a remarkable attempt to bring together the creative potential of filmmakers and music creators from the all over the world. The accomplices of the event will have a prospect to present themselves and their work to a plethora of film goers, critiques and filmmakers. They will also get ample opportunity to create one-to-one connections with an objective to develop some innovative cinema projects together.
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