Professionals

All accreditations (professionals, student, press) can be picked up at the information desk in the Gloria-Passage (Königstr. 22, 70173 Stuttgart) during the following opening hours opening hours:

Tuesday, 25.04. from 11:00 am  to 9:00 pm, Wednesday, 26.04. to Sunday, 30.04. from 09:30 am to 9:00 pm.

Please show your ticket PDF, which we have sent to you by e-mail or bring the document printed out with you.

Please note that there is no admission guarantee for some special events on site. You will receive all information about the registration process for the events concerned in an email in time before the festival.

Accreditations (professionals, student, press) are personal and non-transferable. Accreditations must be worn visibly on site and presented to ITFS staff upon request.

No, cancellation and refund is not possible for already purchased accreditaions (professionals, student, press).

In addition to purchasing season tickets (festival pass, accreditations), it is also possible to purchase single tickets, evening tickets and day tickets via the innenstadtkinos from April 5, 2023:

https://www.innenstadtkinos.de/programm/festivals/

The privacy policy (https://www.itfs.de/en/privacy-policy/) as well as the general terms and conditions of the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF) for the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) can be viewed via the link before purchasing the ticket. Ticket holders are obliged to confirm and accept these terms and conditions during the purchase process.

Tips on how to get there and parking options can be found at https://www.itfs.de/en/service/venues/ for more information.

Accreditations (professionals, student, press) grant access to all events on site during the festival week (25.04. – 30.04.2023) subject to availability of free places. For an overview of events, please visit: http://www.itfs.de/tickets/professionals/

A limited number of seats for accreditations will be kept free until 15 min before the start of the event.

Accreditations (professionals, student, press) allows access to the Animated Video Market 2023, which provides a platform for all cinematic entries submitted to the ITFS 2023 competitions and is aimed exclusively at the professional audience entitled to purchase industry accreditation as per 2.

The Animated Video Market 2023 streaming platform will be available from 25.04. – 30.07.2023. Your login details (username and password) will be sent to you in a separate email by the start of the festival. For orders after 25.04.2023, please understand that the receive of the login data can take up to one week.

In order to acquire an accredition professional  and/or student accreditation, you must belong to the professional audience from, for example, the following areas: Production (Film/TV/Video/VFX/Games), Directing (Film/TV/Video/VFX/Games), Other. Film professionals (camera, screenplay, sound design, games publisher), sales agent, distributor/world sales, university, film institute/film association, film funding, festival, cinema or agency.  When acquiring accreditation, proof of current professional activity as a representative of the film industry must be presented (link to social media profile or website as well as details of the activity, area of responsibility or position in the company/university and/or company profile with detailed project listing). If the proof of industry affiliation is invalid, the accreditation can be withdrawn retroactively.

Press accreditation is exclusively for the reporting press. For this purpose, your press card or, alternatively, an order from the editorial office will be accepted. For this purpose, please indicate the medium for which you write / work when purchasing your ticket. In the first step you can register and pre-register for press accreditation. After successful verification, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your ticket. Please note that the process can take up to three business days.

If you would like to attend FMX and ITFS, you may also purchase a COMBI PASS. The ITFS & FMX COMBI PASS allows you to attend both events. All further information and ticket purchase can be found at the following link: https://www.itfs.de/tickets/professionals/