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FMX – Film & Media Exchange (April 23-26, 2024)
FMX is one of the world’s most influential conferences for the creative industries and a magnet for international media and entertainment artists and producers. Running parallel to the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), FMX is returning to four days on site from April 23 to 26, exploring the latest in Animation, Visual Effects, Interactive and Immersive Media. Most of the content will be available on demand from April 27 all through May.
FMX 2024: Connecting Ideas
This year’s FMX theme CONNECTING IDEAS revolves around the question: Is the Media & Entertainment community moving closer together? A growing number of sharing platforms, open standards and other initiatives have emerged recently, aiming to increase the ease, efficiency and creativity of how people cooperate.
FMX 2024 is dedicating a special focus to the connective issues between people collaborating across platforms, pipelines and distances – from interoperability to the disruptions shaking up film production.
FMX Program Highlights
Around 300 speakers will talk about animated features and shorts like NIMONA and WAR IS OVER!, feature films like THE CREATOR, POOR THINGS und THE MARVELS, episodic productions like PERCY JACKSON, LOKI 2 and DOCTOR WHO, and many more. On top of that, there will be panel discussions, workshops, and exhibition rooms filled with the latest and greatest in VFX, animation, XR, recruitment, hard- and software, education, and more. Other hot topics at FMX are Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, and Diversity, Equity& Inclusion.
FMX is organized by the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.
See you at FMX 2024 in Stuttgart and online!
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Animation Production Days 2024
Business Platform for the International Animation Industry
Animation Production Days (APD) is the only German co-production and financing marketplace event which is focused exclusively on animation. It is taking place as part of the 31th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and the FMX – Film & Media Exchange. At APD, German and international producers present their films, series, games and cross-media projects to potential co-production partners, broadcasters, streamers, distributors, sales agents, funders and investors in a series of fruitful one-to-one meetings.
Separate accreditation is required for participation in APD.
L-Bank Rotunde
APD Conference (Tue, 23 April, 13:45 – 16:30)
The APD Conference is an integral part of the programme and focuses on discussing trends and challenges in the industry. The first part of the conference will delve into the current state of AI in the animation industry. In the second part of the conference producers will discuss the benefits and challenges of collaborating across multiple European countries and will share valuable insights into the coproduction process of their award-winning European animated films.
The APD Conference is open to APD, FMX and ITFS Professional accredited attendees.
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Stadt Stuttgart
Germany lies at the heart of Europe and is one of the most important and largest consumer markets in the European Union. The Stuttgart region is one of the best high-tech locations of the continent and is one of the economically strongest metropolitan regions in Germany.
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The Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation
The Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH or ‘WRS’) sees itself as a central contact for companies in the City of Stuttgart and the five neighbouring districts. Through its work, WRS raises awareness of the qualities the Stuttgart Region offers and uses numerous projects and offerings to promote the location’s economic development. WRS was founded in 1995. It is a publicly owned corporation that is a subsidiary of Verband Region Stuttgart and also has other shareholders.
Our project-based work calls for intensive cooperation with companies, research institutes, universities, municipal economic developers, chambers and other relevant stakeholders. We aim to develop and use new instruments for economic development, identify topics of relevance for the future at an early stage and examine these from the perspective of the regional economy.
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Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
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Stadt Ludwigsburg
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We thank our partners, sponsors and prize donors
L-Bank – Staatsbank für Baden-Württemberg
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SHIMANO
Vor 100 Jahren entwickelte Shozaburo Shimano ein Freilaufritzel, das den Werdegang des Fahrrads maßgeblich prägte. Der Beginn einer Erfolgsgeschichte – denn seitdem gilt SHIMANO als Inbegriff für Qualität, Zuverlässigkeit und Performance und ist als weltweiter Technologieführer aus der Branche nicht mehr wegzudenken. Von der DURA-ACE, über das Di2-Schaltsystem bis hin zum STEPS E-Bike-Antrieb – zahlreiche dieser Meilensteine eröffneten verbesserte oder neue Möglichkeiten des Radfahrens. Seit 56 Jahren wird diese Erfolgsgeschichte durch die Paul Lange & Co. OHG maßgeblich weitergeschrieben, denn als Generalvertretung von SHIMANO bringt das Unternehmen aus Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt die renommierten Produkte der Marke zu Fahrradfahrern in ganz Deutschland.
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Hitradio antenne 1
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Stadtwerke Stuttgart
Stadtwerke Stuttgart (SWS) is the driving force behind the energy transition in the state capital. Stuttgart aims to become carbon neutral by 2035! The Stadtwerke Stuttgart Group plays a key role as an implementation partner in the transformation of electricity, heating and transportation. Stadtwerke Stuttgart provides Stuttgart’s citizens and businesses with 100% green electricity and invests in a decentralized renewable energy supply. SWS offers energy-efficient heating solutions and positions itself as an important player in the sustainable expansion of electromobility. Stuttgart Netze lays the groundwork for all this by reliably operating the electricity grid, making it fit for the future and guaranteeing a high level of supply security for both the citizens and the economic hub of Stuttgart.
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Creative Europe Media
The MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe programme supports the European film and audiovisual industries to develop, distribute and promote European works, taking into account today’s digital environment.
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Zeitgeist Irland 24
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Culture Ireland
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Botschaft Irland von Deutschland
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MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg
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Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg is Germany’s top location in the field of visual effects and animation. The AMCRS network, initiated by the media and film production industry, consists of more than 35 VFX service providers, animation studios, games and interactive studios, as well as 6 universities.The Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart (AMCRS) promote the development of IP (Intellectual Property) as well as the establishment of technical and organizational structures in order to offer international film production companies the region’s bundled capacity. By creating a suitable framework for potential clients, reliability and quality for attractive major projects are guaranteed.
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Landesanstalt für Kommunikation
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The Walt Disney Company Germany
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Warner Bros. Discovery
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Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
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4 Motoren für Europa
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Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg
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Part of THE LÄND
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Kindermedienland Baden-Württemberg
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Volkshochschule Stuttgart
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Volkshochschule Stuttgart
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Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
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Verband Region Stuttgart
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Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS)
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Studio 100 International
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Staatsoper Stuttgart
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Europa-Park
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Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus
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Südwestrundfunk
SWR – We give impulses, reflect, accompany, and enrich the lives of people in the southwest. Information, education, advice, entertainment and culture: as a public broadcasting corporation, we offer valuable contents on all platforms. We stand for regional focus and currency, and supply high-quality and independent programming for Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate on SWR1, SWR2, SWR3, SWR4, SWR DASDING, SWR Kultur and SWR Fernsehen. In addition, we are strongly involved in the ARD community offers.
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Stuttgart Marketing
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SportRegion Stuttgart
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Pink Parrot Media
PINK PARROT MEDIA is an international sales company set up in 2018 by Marie Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha. We specialize in animation and live-action family entertainment. The company is active in distribution, acquisitions, packaging and financing projects as well as co-production opportunities.
Our main focus is high quality CGI animation feature films with a strong story telling element, adventure, emotions and of course fun, and aimed at the whole family. We are also very keen on good and high quality 2D animation feature length projects, as well as animated TV series. The live action for family we are interested in are big adventures, with fantasy and/or magic elements, and good humor.
The purpose of this company, the reason why it was born, is to give producers a valued and comprehensive opportunity where they feel comfortable and convinced that their projects are well considered, promoted with passion and always handled on a personal basis. We can say that we are a boutique in the family entertainment business.
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NaturVision Filmfestival
The NaturVision film festival provides a forum for nature and environmental films with socio-political aspirations: it aims to inform, encourage people to rethink and inspire enthusiasm for nature and the environment with special films. The Central Filmtheater in Ludwigsburg is home to the international competition for nature, animal, and environmental films.
The festival also serves as an industry meeting for film and TV professionals.
A special meeting place during the festival is the Open Air: films are shown here free to the public, joined by a colourful children’s programme and a large market of perspectives with sustainable products, information stands and regional gastronomy.
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Many thanks to numerous other supporters of the ITFS 2024
