Presentations&Workshops

“Just like the movies” – the making of a graphic novel

WED, 25.04., Metropol 3, 10 am

For many years, illustrator Tim Dinter and author Thomas Pletzinger have worked together on their graphic novel BLÅVAND, which will be awarded with the Comic Book Award of Berthold Leibinger Stiftung in Stuttgart on April 23. The cooperative work stages and processes for such a book are not unlike the making of a film. Dinter and Pletzinger present their book and give an account of research, script, storyboard,  location scouting, set design, editing and colour correction – for their book.

Short presentation in German, discussion in German and English

Presented by: Tim Dinter and Thomas Pletzinger in cooperation with Berthold Leibinger Stiftung.

Loving Vincent: How to animate 65.000 oil paintings into an Oscar-nominated feature

THU, 26.04., Metropol 3, 10 am

The first fully oil-painted feature film in film history originated from an idea for a short film. Ten years and 65,000 paintings later, the Polish-British co-production has won the European Film Award and been nominated for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Oscar. The homage to Vincent van Gogh was directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, and created in painstaking handiwork with the help of 125 artists. Producer Sean Bobbitt describes the journey from idea to prize-winning film.

PRESENTED BY: Sean Bobbitt

In Cooperation with Creative Europe Desks aus München, Frankreich und Polen

Animated Documentaries in Virtual Reality

FRI, 27.04. Metropol 3, 10 am

ANIDOX:LAB has been home to the development and production of animated documentaries for the past five years, supporting both short and long formats. As of this year the lab also has a focus on storytelling in virtual reality. In this workshop we will showcase the latest works by the lab and a case study of “Nothing happens” – a virtual reality installation presented at ITFS 2018.

Presented by: Uri Kranot

From actual event to animation screenplay – “The Journey of the Elephant Soliman”

SAT, 28.04., Metropol 3, 10 am

When Soliman the elephant crossed the Alps in 1550, he had already travelled around the world. Born in Sri Lanka, shipped to Portugal, he was a gift for the Austrian Emperor. Soliman died in Vienna just a year after his arrival. People were touched by his story told in books, exhibitions and stage plays. And in a feature film? This is where our journey begins:  How to fictionalize an adventurous life for an animated film, and how Soliman’s character was created.

PRESENTED BY: Juliette Alfonsi, Matthias Drescher (winner of the German Animation Screenplay Award 2017)

“Manou The Swift” – From Idea to Screenplay

SUN, 29.04., Metropol 3, 10 am

Axel Melzener has worked on numerous scripts for film and TV in the past, but “Manou, der Mauersegler” was the first screenplay for an animated film he worked on as an author. The unfamiliar medium posed new challenges and sparked many a light-bulb moment. Based on his experiences with the project, in this workshop he talks about the differences between live-action and animated film with regard to story concept and scene composition, of how to take advantage of the strengths of the animation format, and about how to avoid potential pitfalls.

PRESENTED BY: Axel Melzener

BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE „ISLE OF DOGS“ PRODUCTION

WED, 25.04. Cinema, 4 pm

Angela Poschet will give you a look behind the scenes of the stop-motion animation film “Isle of Dogs“ by Wes Anderson, from her perspective as Production Supervisor.

In this position she has been involved in the “Isle of Dogs“ production from a very early stage: she was one of the first people to read the script in February 2015. Angela Poschet was in charge of running the production, by getting everything done on time and within budget.

“Isle of Dogs“ was the opening movie of and had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and is quite unique: This was the first time ever that a puppet animation opened a “regular “ live-action – film festival and won the “Silver Bear for Best Director”!

Presented by: Angela Poschet

Animated Film in the Bundesfilmarchiv (Federal Film Archive): Film and Discussion with Doris Hackbarth

WED, 25.04. Metropol 3, 5 pm

Each animated film needs a home with its name on the door. The German Federal Archive – Film Archive retains innumerable treasures from German animated film history. They would be useless and unable to be found without indexing. The woman who has probably seen and indexed the most animated films in the Federal Archive and the previous State Film Archive in the GDR during her 40 years of service is Doris Hackbarth. Together with Manfred Lichtenstein, she published the inventory “Deutsche Trickfilme (1909-1945)” (German Animated Film (1909-1945)) and throughout the years has set up an information archive on the topic of German animated film – invaluable sources for research and festivals. They are even more important because West German animated film in the 1950s and 1960s was made up of a confusing archipelago of difficult-to-find pearls by very small producers: Highly entertaining advertising films from “German Disneys”, surprising animated film attempts for new political circumstances, and initial, superb ventures by German and East European author-filmmakers toward animated film art. With a great sense of gratitude for her incredibly important and passionate work, we talk with Doris Hackbarth about her long-time experience in the archive and present some of her personal archive highlights. André Eckardt

Presented by: André Eckardt & Doris Hackbarth

• Serenade
  Heinz Kaskeline, Germany 1954, 1:30 min.
• Alles für alle
  Hans Fischerkoesen, Germany 1955, 3:30 min.
• Die Licht-Biennale
  Hans Fischerkoesen, Germany 1956, 2:00 min.
• Keine Experimente!
  Hans Held , Germany 1957, 3:00 min.
• Die Pistole
  Wolfgang Urchs, Germany 1963, 10:00 min.

„ANIMATING THE STONE AGE“ – BEHIND THE SCENES OF „EARLY MAN“

FRI, 27.04., Metropol 2, 6 pm

Join Aardman Animation Director Will Becher for a look behind-thescenes at Nick Park‘s new caveman adventure “Early Man“. Leading a team of animators to realise Park‘s latest creation, Will Becher offers an insight into the craft and fusion of old and new techniques that went into making the studio‘s most ambitious feature film to date.

Will Becher – Film-maker, Animation Director, “Early Man”.

Since his first paid job making plasticine wings for “Chicken Run”, Will Becher has worked as animator, director and creative at Aardman for over a decade on projects such as “Creature Comforts”, “The Pirates” and “Wallace and Gromit”. Will Becher co-directed “Shaun the Sheep” Series 5 before becoming Animation Director for Nick Park‘s „Early Man“ (2018).

Presented by: Will Becher

Panel AG Animationsfilm (Association of Animated Film): Committed to diversity? Talking about animation on German television

WED, 25.04., Games-Pavillon, 1 pm

Every broadcaster in Germany, regardless whether public or private, must adhere to legal guidelines for the promotion of information and diversity; and diversity applies to animation, too. Animation is one of the crowd pullers on television – attracting not only children and youths – and can offer a wide range of formats and genres. But producers in Germany complain about a lack of orders and timeslots as well as tight budgets. How does that tally?

So what is the true status of animation on television? Do broadcasters meet their viewers’ needs, and do they follow the guidelines?

Representatives of media policy discuss the broadcasters’ mandate and the possibilities of animation. Another issue for discussion is the impact on the industry.

The discussion group marks a new study by AG Animationsfilm (Association of Animated Film ) on the situation of animation on television due to be published in time for ITFS 2018.

#fairspeech – Because Hate is not an Opinion

WED, 25.04., BMZ, 10 am – 4pm

Workshop on the Topic Hate Speech on the Internet

The one-day workshop #fairspeech offers an intensive look at the topic of hate speech using the example of sexism in video games.

In the first learning module “Understanding”, you will gain insights into the structure and creation of hate comments and the reasons and consequences for those affected.

In the second module “Reacting”, we look at concrete ways to react to hate speech both online and from a legal perspective.

The workshop is meant for people interested in disseminating this in their teaching and for members of regional higher education institutions – both students and employees.

The #fairspeech workshop is a cooperation project between the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS) with the Internationaler Bund (IB), which has assisted the Festival as its exclusive partner in the area of social and educational work for many years.

With almost 14,000 employees, the Internationaler Bund (IB) is one of the largest service providers in the area of youth, social and educational work in Germany. Its motto is “Strengthening Being Human”.

The workshop is free for registered participants

Cartoon Network meets Hochschule Luzern

SAT, 28.04., Gloria 2, 5 pm

The Cooperation

 Idents are an ideal challenge for animation students: A precise task, a manageable length and a defined deadline provide clear conditions for the students to give free rein to their fantasies. Cartoon Network and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences – Art and Design have cooperated for eight years and the participants are as enthusiastic now as they were in the beginning. The newly created idents are a part of the programme, as are the award-winning BA and MA Film theses and current series highlights from Cartoon Network.

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences – Art and Design


In a programme unique in Switzerland, the Bachelor of Arts in Film/Animation offers an theoretical and practical education in all essential areas of animated film. The students are free in their choice of technology and medium which allows them to create their own visual language in addition to learning the necessary professional, technical and manual skills of the trade. The Master of Arts in Design/Animation builds on this and optimizes future chances on the job market. For the implementation of the Master’s project, the goal is for students to join in a co-production project with external production companies.

Cartoon Saloon (Dublin)

WED, 25.04., Metropol 2, 2 pm

The presentation of the Studio of Cartoon Saloon will be presented by Jeremy Purcell. A long time employee of the company, he has worked with the studio on and off since 1999. Starting out as Head of Special Effects for the feature film in development, “The Secret of Kells”, he has held many roles in the studio to date. He is currently a Creative Director of the studio and the Cartoon Saloon Supervising Director of the TV Series “Pete the Cat”. His long time collaboration with the studio makes him an ideal candidate to lead the story from the humble beginnings through to one of Ireland‘s most successful animation studios.

The presentation will look at the early days of Cartoon Saloon, working on three different Oscar nominated features, as well as the creativity and collaborations of the TV Series “Puffin Rock”, the current growth in the studio and the making of Kilkenny as a centre of animation excellence in Ireland.

Presented by: Jeremy Purcell

Excerpts from:

• BRENDAN ET LE SECRET DE KELLS
  Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, Frankreich, Irland, Belgien France,
  Ireland, Belgium 2008, 75 min.
• SONG OF THE SEA
  Tomm Moore, Irland, Luxemburg, Belgien, Frankreich, Dänemark
  Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Denmark 2014, 93 min.
• THE BREADWINNER
  Nora Twomey, Irland, Kanada, Luxemburg Ireland, Canada,
  Luxembourg 2017, 94 min.
• SKUNK FU! (TV-Serie tv series)
• PUFFIN ROCK (TV-Serie tv series)

Country Focus Baltic States: Baltic Studios

WED, 25.04., Metropol 2, 4 pm

Qvisten Animation (Oslo)

THU, 26.04., Metropol 2, 2 pm

Founded in 1994, Qvisten is today the largest animation studios in Scandinavia. Complete with in-house directors, a full animation crew and studio facilities, Qvisten provides a wide range of high quality animation from classical 2D to stop motion, 3D, VFX and motion graphics.

As a co-producer, Qvisten has delievered award winning animation in blockbusters such as the stop motion trilogy about Louis & Luca, the 3D films “Anchors Up” and “Two Buddies and a badger” and short films such as Tribeca winner “Odd Is An Egg”. In 2016 we premiered our first feature production as major producer – “In The Forest of Huckybucky” – one of the biggest blockbusters of 2017 in Norway, as well as an international festival success with screenings in both Annecy and Shanghai and solid international sales. Qvisten’s goal is to further develop the role as main producer with two features currently in production – “Cattle Hill” (premiere fall 2018) and “Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (fall 2019), but also to look for international co-productions both as minor and major producer.

Features:

• CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH AND THE MAGIC DIAMOND (IN PRODUCTION)
  Norwegen Norway 2019
• CATTLE HILL (IN PRODUCTION)
  Norwegen Norway 2018
• LOUIS AND LUCA: MISSION TO THE MOON (Excerpt)
  NORWEGEN Norway 2018
• ANCHORS UP (Excerpt)
  Norwegen Norway 2017
• IN THE FOREST OF HUCKYBUCKY (Excerpt)
  Norwegen Norway 2016
• LOUIS AND LUCA: THE BIG CHEESE RACE (Excerpt)
  Norwegen Norway 2015
• KNUTSEN & LUDVIGSEN OG DEN FÆLE RASPUTIN (Excerpt)
  Norwegen Norway 2015
• LOUIS AND LUCA: THE SNOW MACHINE (Excerpt)
  Norwegen Norway 2013

PRESENTED BY: Will Ashurst, Eirik Smidesang Slåen

SUPERPROD (Paris)

THU, 26.04., Metropol 2, 4 pm

SUPERPROD teams up with producers, artists and talents from all around the world to bring to the screens a diversity of films and series. SP has its headquarters in Paris and operates its own animation studio in Angoulême, in the heart of the Cognac Valley. SUPERPROD just delivered the CGI animation feature film “White Fang”, based on Jack London‘s novel, in coproduction with Bidibul Productions and Big Beach. The film was selected at Sundance Film Festival, in Toronto for the Tiff Kids and in New York for the Children’s Film Festival. SP co-produced the animation film ”Song of the Sea”, by Tomm Moore, with Cartoon Saloon, Melusine, Big Farm, Norlum. ”Song of the Sea” was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the OSCAR and CÉSAR, and won many awards including the Best Animated Film Award of the European Film Academy. On the TV side, SUPERPROD produced the animation series “Lassie” (two seasons) for TF1, ZDF and Dreamworks Animation, and the animation series KIKA & BOB 2 for Canal +. SUPERPROD just completed a new season of “Geronimo Stilton” with Atlantyca, based on the best selling book property (+100 million copies), and just delivered the animation series “Pat the Dog”, sold in over 180 countries (including to Disney USA, Canal +, Rai, Discovery,…), and pre-school series “Helen’s Little School” for France Televisions, BBC Kids, Téléquébec.

www.superprod.net

Presented by: Jérémie Fajner

Amongst others excerpts from:

• SONG OF THE SEA
  Tomm Moore, Irland, Luxemburg, Belgien, Frankreich, Dänemark 2014, 93 min.
• PAF LE CHIEN PAT THE DOG
  Charles Vaucelle, Frankreich 2017, TV-Serie

foam Studio (Berlin)

FRI, 27.04., Metropol 2, 2 pm

foam Studio was founded in 2016 as a visual trend lab that continues the conceptual image work as a commercial service that ZEITGUISED pursued from 2001 on. Since then, ZEITGUISED had risen to international fame as an influential, award winning Studio in the areas of innovative CGI and digital form. Presently ZEITGUISED established itself artistically as an independent experimental brand. Together foam and ZEITGUISED work hand in hand as a tandem studio. foam Studio is a set of international designers, directors, art directors and artists with diverse backgrounds that include working at and with the world’s leading studios such as Man vs Machine, Sehsucht and Color and the Kids. The collective cultivates distinct design approaches to explore and develop an image of a brand. It aspires to an autonomous digital design language that challenges our conception and definition of what we call „real“.

Presented by: Julius Steinhauser

LAVAlabs Moving Images & Lightshape (Stuttgart)

FRI, 27.04., Metropol 2, 4 pm

LAVAlabs moving images is an innovative and creative studio for film, visual effects, animation and motion graphics with offices in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin. We offer state-of-the-art VFX, 3D animation, motion design and product visualization for feature films, digital media and interactive installations. We have a broad network with agile, innovative and inter-disciplinary teams. Every project challenge is different – our solutions are just as unique.
Our service portfolio ranges from visual effect developments, to motion captures in our inhouse MoCap studio, upto interactive, augmented and virtual reality uses.

The service portfolio of the Lightshape GmbH & Co. KG ranges from computer generated pictures and animations over VR, AR and web applications to guidance on how to use new media and technologies.

All that includes individual interactive applications that enable the user to experience other worlds or learn complex contents in a playful way. That can be the inside of a packaging machine or the motor compartment of a sportscar or something totally different. We produce high quality interactive solutions which inspire and offer completely new ways for marketing as well as research and development.

Animated Films by LAIKA employees! (Portland)

Metropol 2, SAT, 28.04., 4 pm

Fuelled by the vision of its owner, Nike co-founder and former Chairman Philip H. Knight, and its President & CEO Travis Knight, feature film animation studio LAIKA was founded in 2005.  Located just outside of Portland, Oregon, LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar plaque in recognition of its innovation in 3D printing in 2016.  Each of LAIKA’s four films: “Coraline” (2009), “ParaNorman” (2012), “The Boxtrolls” (2014) and “Kubo and the Two Strings” (2016) were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; “Kubo and the Two Strings” also won the BAFTA for Best Animated Film and received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

PRESENTED BY: Mark Shapiro

Excerpts from:

• Taking the Plunge
• Alive
• Heavy as a Hill
• The Mouse That Soared
• Aria for a Cow
• IQ 552
• The Box Game
• To Have & to Hold
• Pinched
• Scrap Metal
• Lady and the Frog
• The Horror in the Clay
• Funkyframe

Leading universities will present their students’ current animated works. These presentations are worth visiting especially for young people considering working in the animation and film business.

Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)

WED, 25.04., Metropol 3, 3 pm

The Animation programme in the Photography and Media Arts Department of Vilnius Academy of Arts is to educate artists to be able to make deep insights into methods of animation expression and use them in various artistic strategies. It is the only university type bachelor programme in Lithuania that helps integrate a wide spectre of animation art forms, techniques and technologies into artistic creation.

The programme is oriented towards art culture, when changes for animated film language are sought by considering innovative technologies and contemporary art tendencies.

Students gain knowledge of the history and theory of art, understanding of contemporary media and animation art context, learn to define the field of their creative interests, formulate artistic goals and reasonably choose the mediums to implement the ideas. Animation artists have the options of creating in traditional areas, as well as experimenting in interdisciplinary space or contemporary art culture.

Presented by: Gintare Brazauskiene
Supported by Lithuanian Film Centre

• TILTAS
  Ieva Miškinytė,  Lithuania 2007, 3:59 min.
• PO
  Reda Toming Bartkutė,Lithuania 2010, 3:25 min.
• GALIM SUSITIKTI, GALIM NESUSITIKTI
  Skirmantė Jakaitė, Lithuania 2011, 7:45 min.
• KAI
  Pijus Balkaitis, Lithuania 2015, 4:52 min.
• POKALBIAI
  Emilija Juzeliūnaitė, Lithuania 2016, 2:09 min.
• NEVAIKAS
  Eglė Girskaitė, Lithuania 2016, 1:53 min.
• ŠVENTA RUTINA
  Pijus Čeikauskas, Lithuania 2017, 11:00 min.
• GIMIMAS
  Eglė Mameniškytė, Lithuania 2017, 3:19 min.
• MONO NO AWARE
  Emilija Juzeliūnaitė, Lithuania 2017, 6:11 min.

Tomáš Baťa University Zlín (Czech Republic)

THU, 26.04., Metropol 3, 5 pm

We breathe (with) animation… breathe with us:

The Department of Animation of The Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín has been educating animators for twenty years now. Their movies have been in the competitions of many “A” festivals and in foreign TV/cinema distribution. But how to get from the first animation of a bouncing ball to the diploma project?

Discover what is is like to learn animation in Zlín and look at student exercises, term and graduate projects.

Head of Department Lukáš Gregor comments on the programme.

• TAK DALEKO, TAK BLÍZKO (EXCERPT)
  Mikkel Odehnal, 2017
• ZOO STORY
  Veronika Zacharova, 2015
• THE BEARYTALES
  Veronika Zacharova, 2015
• ERWIN (EXCERPT)
  Petr Jindra, 2015
• THE DATE
  Jachym Nadvornik, 2017
• VESELKA (EXCERPT)
  Zuzana Čupová, 2017
• CUKROVINKY, CIGARETY (EXCERPT)
  Vladimir Datka, 2015
• FUNERAL
  Filip Diviak, 2015
• JEDLÍCI BRAMBOR
  Martin Kukal, 2014
• OCTOBER 2050
  Alzbeta Gobelova, 2015
• WANDERING BONDY
  Veronika Zacharova, 2017
• OFF
  Martin Nabelek, 2016
• KRKAV Í MATKA (EXCERPT)
  Noemi Valentíny, 2015
• DOMEK THE HOUSE (EXCERPT)
  Veronika Zacharová, 2016
• PREBÚDZAČ (EXCERPT)
  Filip Diviak, 2017
• THE REWARD (EXCERPT)
  Martin Kukal, 2013
• DOMOV (EXCERPT)
  Aliona Baranova, 2016
• HAM STORY (EXCERPT)
  Elisky Chytkova, 2012
• PŘÍPAD (EXCERPT)
  Martin Zivocky, 2011
• FEEDBACK (EXCERPT)
  Filip Javora, 2016

ESMA (France)

FRI, 27.04., Metropol 3, 3 pm

The ESMA CG School offers a professional animation training in Montpellier, Toulouse, Nantes and Lyon. Recognized as “one of the two premier schools” for animation by Shelley Page (Dreamworks) ESMA is well-known all over the world. To enable the participation at CG courses for everyone ESMA has launched an English version of its training on the campus in Lyon. Every year the students‘ placement rate at ESMA is pretty impressive: 90% only 6 months after graduation.

The rich curriculum ensures professional success and includes the different steps of the production of an animated short film: the pre-production (model design, storyboard, layout, scenario…), the production (modelling, rigging, animation…) and finally the post-production (lighting, rendering and special effects). This curriculum leads to many work perspectives: 3D animator, character designer, 3D generalist, 3D designer, artistic director, or director as well.

Presented by: Gérard Raucoules, Yann Pannetier, Julien Duval

• Amongst others:
  MÉCANIQUE
  Julia Baurens, Sofia Bernardo, Naiti Escot, Nicolas Jacomet, Ariane Lissajoux, Antoine Verney-Carron, Frankreich France 2017,6:39 min.
• PETITE FAIM
  Valentine Arlès, Lisa Dor, Benjamin Duval, Baptiste Galtier, Keyvan Leriche, Charlotte Mangin, Frankreich France 2017, 6:30 min.
• ACHOO
  Lucas Boutrot, Elise Carret, Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux, Frankreich France 2017, 6:35 min.
• MADE IN FRANCE
  Lamia Akhabbar, Robin Cioffi, Brice Duble, Stanislas Gruenais, Maxime Guerry, Alexia Portal, Frankreich France 2017, 6:31 min.

Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK)

FRI, 27.04., Metropol 3, 5 pm

Unbelievable and The Ballad of Worms and Evil Nightingales:

Animated films of the 3rd and 4th semester students of communications design at Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK Stuttgart).

In the 3rd and 4th semester, the students learn how to deal with dramaturgy, rhythm and composition in motion by developing an animated narrative film. Based on a specific given topic, the students develop their own film plots.

From two classes, exemplary films were selected for the ITFS, their topics being  “Unbelievable” (10 shorts, 2016) and “The Ballad of Worms and Evil Nightingales – English Poems” (10 shorts, 2017), respectively.

Project monitoring: Prof. Gerwin Schmidt; Joachim Löhmann (workshop supervisor, audiovisual and video); Peter Jacobi (animation); Martin Härtlein (after effects); Ralf Bohde (flash animation).

Presented by: Joachim Löhmann, Tobias Kopp

• HIDDEN
  Jasmina Begovic, 2016, 3:00 min.
• FRIENDLY FLOATES
  Abdelhamid Ameur, 2016, 3:34 min.
• OMEN
  Katrin Mentz, 2016, 3:22 min.
• INFINITE REALITY
  Raphael Siegfried Fiorino Berg, 2016, 2:13 min.
• REFLECTION
  Sandra Süsser, 2016, 6:18 min.
• EXAGGERATED EXPEDITIONS
  Nikolas Wiest, 2016, 3:58 min.
• TIMELOOPS
  Mathias Krebser, 2016, 4:07 min.
• HASTE MAKES WASTE
  Malena Kronschnabl, 2016, 2:21 min.
• ONCE IN THE NIGHT
  Olena Zhuravytska, 2016, 2:59 min.
• UNBELIEVABLE
  Laura Szafranek, 2016, 3:29 min.
• ADLER ETHON
  Jonas Schneider, 2016, 6:38 min.
• UNBELIEVABLE
  Nina Michelle Flaitz, 2016, 2:11 min.
• SONNET 43
  René Appel, 2017, 1:30 min.
• THE CONQUEROR WORM
  Anna Breit, 2017, 3:00 min.
• ROBERT FROST
  Jens Wagner, 2017, 3:24 min.
• SWEENEY AMONG THE NIGHTINGALE
  Alexa Gladyschuk, 2017, 1:54 min.
• BRIDAL BALLAD
  Vivian Reiff, 2017, 3:00 min.
• A COOKING EGG
  Niklas Berlec, 2017, 2:14 min.
• THE SECOND COMING
  Marie Pattberg, 2017, 2:17 min.
• IN TARAS HALLS
  Christian Angele, 2017, 1:38 min.
• HOW SOON THE SERVANT SUN
  Tobias Kopp, 2017, 3:33 min.
• MESSAGE_BY HAROLD PINTER
  Mike Razniewski, 2017, 1:20 min.
• THE BEARER OF EVIL TIDINGS
  Valentin Kopka, 2017, 2:04 min.

Stuttgart Media University (HDM)

SAT, 28.04., Metropol 3, 5 pm

Hochschule der Medien (HdM, Stuttgart Media University) will show a selection of student works that were produced in the last months. The movies shown are projects of one semester called “studio production”. They cover areas such as computeranimation, visual effects (VFX) or film and will give you an impression of the education at the HdM. At the end of the screening you will have the chance to take part in a discussion with the faculty members of the HdM, who are looking forward to an interesting exchange.

Presented by: Prof Bernd Eberhardt

• VIDEO 3000
  Marc Schleiss, Jörg Edelmann, Jörn Großhans, Jochen Haussecker, Simon Schleidt, 2006, 5:00 min.
• FIN THE FLAMINGO
  Nadine Görmar, Florian Kempf, Inge Langwieser, Lisa Pollmann, Christian Stern, Marcel Unkauf, 2016, 2:52 min.
• RECHARGED
  Antonia Hayler, Patricia Birnfeld, Elisa Wendt, Denise Hauck, Maria Gatti, 2017, 1:28 min.
• DIVE
  Magnus Kaffenberger, Florian Graf, Eduardo Chacon, Antony Nghiem, Yannic Schoof, Viktoria Rucker, Lisa Kinzel, Jiayan Chen, Alexander Breitfeld, Markus Draxler, 2016, 2:42 min.
• BROKEN CASES
  Yannic Schoof, Otto Kopp, Jiayan Chen, Viviana Schaller, 2015, 1:40 min.
• BLACKBOX
  Johann Dick, Peter Jäger, Matthis Kimmich, Dominik Schulz, Sebastian Wakan, Yannik Weber, 2017, 3:07 min.
• HIDDEN WORLDS
  Janik Otterbach, Viviana Schaller, Lisa-Marie Stückle, Anna Schäfer, Florian Graf, Elias Mayer, Eftychia Peftitsi, 2017, 2:29 min.
• ONIGAMI
  Sophie Fink, Jonathan Dilger, Lisa Dietrich, Julian Vitt, 2017, 1:31 min.
• CHANGES
  Jan Adamczyk, Andreas Frickinger, Steffen Hornung, Jan Fees, Clemens Schmid, Nicole Wagner, Marc Frandel, Yuan Bo, Ya Xu, Christina Kauß, Thomas Biller, Philipp Nägelsbach,
  Jennifer Günther, 2006, 3:10 min
• EYLENDA
  Florian Nick, Marcus Sies, Moritz Hoffmann, 2015, 6:45 min.
• VERSTAUBT
  Frank Rosenkränzer, Steffen Kuderer, 2011, 3:11 min.
• 0711 TOKYO
  Frederike Glemser, Nils Haala, Maximilian Hartstang, Diana Manolova, Julian Niesner, 2018, 3:00 min.
• DIFFLUENCE
  Emil Pfeifer, Anna Schäfer, Jamie Barker, Jérôme Farzamfar, Boris Katrev, Marie Veweger, Bianca Volz, 2015, 2:30 min.
• FORTUNE FADED
  Christoph Bachmann, Rainer Bez, Benjamin Dongus, Thomas Drexel, Daniel Galiard, Alexander Heringer, Bianca Jürgens, Andreas Krausser, Johannes Krieger, Achim Lenz, Felix Schwarz, Rosario Squillace, Johannes Wünsch, Michael Wünsch,
  2012, 3:45 min.
• EIN LETZTER TANZ
  Lisa Dietrich, Jonathan Dilger, Sophie Fink, Daniel Pavelka, Julian Vitt, Nadine Indlekofer, 2018, 2:05 min.
• LOSING TRACK
  Balázs Böröcz, Verena Dengler, Tobias Hauck, Katharina Leicht, Andreas Lott, 2014, 3:30 min.

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

SUN, 29.04., Gloria 2, 2 pm

At the ITFS, you have an exclusive opportunity to see the newest Film Academy projects spanning the entire spectrum of animation from all stages of education – from Film Design 1 and 2 up to the third-year and diploma projects by students at the Animation Institut with the central focus Animation and Interactive Media or the Film Academy’s focus Motion Design. All animation varieties and techniques are represented.

We warmly invite you to experience the Film Academy’s projects on the big screen and get to know the filmmakers in person. The afternoon is moderated by Christian Müller.

Additional information: www.filmakademie.de/en/ https://animationsinstitut.de/en/

CINEMATIC EXPERIMENTATION 1 & 2

Cinematic Experimentation is a subject at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg that is open to all students during their basic studies – as a requirement in the first year and as an elective in the second. Experimenting is not only allowed here, it’s expressly encouraged. Without the typical guidelines and limits of the market, the cinematic experimentation course conveys the approaches and methods of contemporary media. The students develop short films in unusual and unique narratives while taking into consideration many formal – often underrepresented – approaches. They apply both animation-technical real scenes and experimental types of games in mixed forms. Under these conditions, every year a series of filmatic jewels are created which impress the audience by virtue of their individual expressive forms.

FILMGESTALTUNG Cinematic Experimentation 1
PRESENTED BY: Prof. Jochen Kuhn & Nils Knoblich
(suitable for spectators aged 12 and older)

• NACHTGEWÄCHS
  Jana Briesner, 2017, 3:00 min.
• FOLLOWER
  Jonathan Behr, Simon Schulz, Bo-Christian Riedel-Petzold, Jonas Sticherling, 2018, 10:00 min.
• DAS MÄDCHEN, DAS KEIN VAMPIR SEIN WOLLTE
  Isabelle Caps-Kuhn, 2017, 5:34 min.
• IM FALSCHEN LICHT
  Laura Staab, Christopher Schmier, Junus Baker, 2017, 4:30 min.
• ANTS
  Victor Haselmayer, Felix Karte, 2017, 4:30 min.
• BELMONT
  Christian Kaufmann, Linda Krauss, Verena Nomura, Jonas Sticherling, 2017, 3:46 min.

FILMGESTALTUNG Cinematic Experimentation 2
PRESENTED BY: Verena Fels & Martin Schmidt

• MILKY THOUGHTS
  Ihab Al-Azzam (R), Merle-Lola Millingen (P), 2018, 5:00 min.
  suitable for spectators aged 16 and older
• LA JONGCTION
  Laura Staab (P, R), Oscar Bittner (P, R), 2018, 5:00 min.
• AUSGELIEFERT
  Christopher Schmier (R), Ludwig Meck (P), 2018, 5:00 min.
• POOKY
  Mariia Prokopenko (R), Ela Duca (P), 2018, 3:07 min.
• NÖ!
  Christian Kaufmann (R), Esther Busch (P), Nicola Pantzke (P),
  2018, 5:15 min.
• KLEINER GROSSER BÄR
  Sarah Schulz (P, R), 2018, 4:55 min.

MOTION DESIGN 

The postgraduate program in Motion Design qualifies designers for management positions in agencies and studios as well as with production, broadcasting and other creative companies. The design of motion graphics, interactive and game design, screen promotion, trailer producing, and digital and spatial staging of festivals or cultural and music events is a key element of audio-visual media productions.

At the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, in addition to realising their own freely-designed productions, motion designers have the possibility to work closely with authors, directors, producers, animators, set designers, sound designers and composers – from the planning phase to the final product. Each year, the Film Academy awards diplomas to MEDIA and MOTION DESIGNERS who then successfully make their way in professional careers.

PRESENTED BY: Jürgen Klozenbücher

•  AFTER SILENCE
  Marvin Marte (P), Henning Himmelreich (R/Motion Design), Jan Brett (Sounddesign), 2018, 4:00 min.
• DEEP WATER LANDS
  Dimosthenis Gkantzos (P), Maria Krämer (Motion Design), Klara Finck (Musik), 2018, 3:00 min.
• ZERO ZERO
  Moril Gnoyke (R/P/Motion Design), Marco Schnebel (Sounddesign), Roben X (Artist), 2018, 2:00 min.

Animation Institute

If you want to make your own animated film, create breath-taking visual effects or develop an interactive experience, you’re in good hands at the Animation Institute. The Institute offers students who specialise in Animation and Interactive Media subject-specific training and individual content supervision with state-of-the-art software and hardware technology. The two-year basic study period is the same for students of all subjects in the area of Film + Media. After the basic study period, the Institute’s students can concentrate on their third-year and diploma projects during the 2.5-year project period. Interdisciplinary team work is a primary focus of these projects.

The Animation Institute views itself as an educational institution oriented on the practice. That is why the curriculum is part of a constantly expanding network of internationally renowned guest instructors, partners from the private sector, leading national and international film academies, and speakers from the FMX, International Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media, all of which offer students important networking and career opportunities.

The Animation Institute’s alumni are in high demand – even their diploma projects have had great success at large festivals. After completing their degree, graduates have been hired by renowned studios in Germany and abroad or have founded their own companies.

https://animationsinstitut.de/en/

www.filmakademie.de/en/

Subject Area Interactive Media
PRESENTED BY: Prof. Inga von Staden & Marc Lutz

Once again this year, the subject area Interactive Media presents an exciting selection of its experiences. Come find out what we have to offer.

Subject Area Animation
PRESENTED BY: Prof. Andreas Hykade (Animation)

• CREATURE PINUP
  Juliane Walther (P), Christian Leitner (R), Marcel Ruegenberg, 2017, 1:04 min.
• FUSE
  Stefan Michel (P), Malaeke Farhang Adib (R), 2018, 6:56 min.
• EINSTEIN: WORLD FORMULA
  Christian Müller (P), Volker Helzle (P), Leszek Plichta (R), Kai Götz, 2017, 0:56 min.
• SWIM
  Malte Stehr (P), Maike Koller (R), Lena Beck, 2018, 3:01 min.
• WALL OF DEATH
  Helge Forler (P/R), Dominik Schön, Felix Zehender, 2017, 2:23 min.
• EINSTEIN: SMART PHONE
  Christian Müller (P), Volker Helzle (P), Leszek Plichta (R), Kai Götz, 2017, 0:49 min.
• A PRIORI
  Yuan Wang (P), Maïté Schmitt (R), 2017, 5:40 min.
• MOODY BOOTY
  Mareike Keller (P), Lena-Carolin Lohfink (P), Kathrin Kuhnert (R), 2017, 3:02 min.
• BOOXZE
  Nina Schwarz (P), Till Sander-Titgemeyer (R), Diego Hauenstein (R), 2018, 5:34 min.
• EINSTEIN: HUMAN BEING
  Christian Müller (P), Volker Helzle (P), Leszek Plichta (R), Kai Götz, 2017, 0:37 min.
• AUGENBLICKE
  Mareike Keller (P), Malte Stehr (P), Kiana Naghshineh (R), 2017, 3:45 min.
  empfohlen ab 16 Jahren suitable for spectators aged 16 and older
• BOWIE – I΄M COMIN΄ HOME
  Philipp Obländer (P), Nadine Schwenk (R), 2017, 3:24 min.

AniTrailer / AniPlay

In the winter semester of the third year of studying at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Animation Institute, in cooperation with the Stuttgart Media University (HdM) and the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK), students developed a cross-media concept (Intellectual Property) which gave rise to short films and an interactive experience.  As third-year projects, these technologically innovative and stylistically very different animated short films and games had only four months of production time.

Additional information about the productions:
www.animationsinstitut.de/AniTrailerAniPlay

PRESENTED BY: Johannes Weiland, Julian Jungel & Yannick Petzold

SAT, 28.04., Metropol 3, 3 pm

Work in Progress 2018

The section “Work in Progress” allows producers and directors to present their animated feature length film projects in front of animation professionals from all over the globe, who in turn have the opportunity to be among the first to see new and interesting productions.

Three quality projects, ranging from the state of “in concept” to “in production”, will be presented in 30 minutes slots (including a Q&A session). In their presentations the producers and directors will not only talk about their productions, but also show first footage and trailers of their film projects.

Supported by National Film Centre of Latvia

APPLE PIE, THE KING AND I

(in production / fantasy, adventure / 4 – 6 years)
Reinis Kalnaellis (production: Rija Films (Latvia), Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg))

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LA TRAVERSÉE

(in production / drama / adults)
Florence Miailhe (production: Les Films de L´Arlequin (France), Balance Film (Germany), Maurfilm (Czech Republic), Xbo Films (France))

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JASON AND THE NUCLEONAUTS

(in concept / Science Fiction, adventure, comedy / family)
Moritz Mayerhofer, Daniel Wichterich (production: spintop entertainment (Germany), studioNICE (Germany))

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