With this award, our network members highlights European art house films with an outstanding cinematic approach and artistic handwriting, deserving wider international recognition. Beyond celebrating creativity, we also explores new ways of promoting European cinema in the digital age.
The winner will receive a cash prize of 3,000 euros and will be screened at MIOB network festivals.
The award will be presented at the 23rd Crossing Europe Film Festival (28 April – 3 May 2026) in Linz, Austria.
➤ Here are the nominees (two per festival within the MIOB network)
Trieste Film Festival (Italy):
𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 – Directed by Kukla
𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 – Directed by Stefan Djordjevic
FilmFestival Cottbus(Germany):
𝗜𝗗𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 – Directed by Ester Ivakič
𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 – Directed by Goran Stanković
Crossing Europe Film Festival (Austria):
𝗜𝗳 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 – Directed by Pepa Lubojacki
𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 / 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 – Directed by Manoël Dupont
European Film Festival Scanorama (Lithuania):
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – Directed by Oleksiy Radynski
𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁 – Directed by John Skoog
European Film Festival Palić (Serbia):
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 – Directed by Bálint Dániel Sós
𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 – Directed by Urška Djukić
Les Arcs Film Festival (France):
𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 – Directed by Lauri-Matti Parppei
𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮 – Directed by Janicke Askevold
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5th edition｜2025
The award ceremony for the 5th edition took place on the 22nd Crossing Europe Film Festival (29 april - 4 may 2025) in Linz, Austria.
With this award, our network members highlights European art house films with an outstanding cinematic approach and artistic handwriting, deserving wider international recognition. Beyond celebrating creativity, we also explores new ways of promoting European cinema in the digital age.
Discover all about this year's jury and the nominated films:
➤ Meet the 5th edition jury
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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (CH)
Film programmer/curator, Consultant -
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮 (PL)
Journalist -
𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 (GB/AT)
Film Critic, Film Programmer
Learn more about the jury members here.
➤ Looking at the twelve films nominated by the MIOB network
Les Arcs Film Festival (France):
- 𝗞𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 – Directed by Rich PEPPIATT
- 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 – Directed by Lilja INGOLFSDOTTIR
Trieste Film Festival (Italy):
- 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 – Directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė
- 78 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 – Directed by Emilija Gašić
FilmFestival Cottbus (Germany):
- 𝗨 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 – Directed by Pavlo Ostrikov
- 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴 – Directed by Iva Radivojević ⬅ Winner
Crossing Europe Film Festival (Austria):
- 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮 – Directed by Paula Tomás Marques
- 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗸 – Directed by Justine Bauer
European Film Festival Scanorama (Lithuania):
- 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘄 - Directed by Louise Courvoisier
- 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 - Directed by Oksana Karpovych
European Film Festival Palić (Serbia):
- 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 - Directed by George Sikharulidze
- 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - Directed by Bruno Anković
Learn more about the films here.
