Popular Animated Film Programme on all continents Stuttgart International Festival Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the world’s largest festivals of animated film. This is also reflected in the ITFS Tour programme, which runs in over 30 countries following the festival. Two highlights will be held in October and November, where screening of the…
Animation meets classical music: The new Bechstein Classic Animation Award will be presented for the first time at the 27th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and is aimed at animation students and graduates at international institutions of higher education for film, art and the media and honours the best use / the best…
Six festival days ended successfully with the grand Award Ceremony in Gloria 1 on Sunday evening, May 5. The winner of the Grand Prix, the award for the best animated short film, is called “Bloeistraat 11” by Nienke Deutz. Around 80,000 film fans came to the cinemas, the GameZone, numerous special events and, despite bad…
Germany’s biggest festival of animated film, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), starts its 26th round: On tuesday evening, April 30 the festival was opened solemnly in the Innenstadtkinos in Stuttgart. During the opening ceremony both managing directors of the festival, Ulrich Wegenast and Dieter Krauß, were present as well as Evelyne Gebhardt,…
New technologies for the creative industry: Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain are increasingly finding their way into the film and games sector. The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) presents seven companies working on these new business models. Friday, May 3, 2019, 3 – 5.30 pm, Rotunde of L-Bank Prior to…
The 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will combine science and animation from April 30 – May 5, 2019 in the special programme “She Blinded Me with Science – Sciene, Games & Animation”. This special programme aims to depict the role animation and computer games play in and for the mediation and illustration of…
Spring 2019 stands in the sign of Europe: About one month ahead of the European elections, the topics diversity, democracy, and freedom also mark the program of the 26th Suttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS). Producing an “Animation Film for Europe” which promotes the European idea was the challenge for young filmmakers since ITFS…
Our new festival trailer “Happy” is ready and will definitly increase the anticipation! In deed, there is some time left for the 26th edition of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film to begin. Anyway, knowing that the greatest pleasure lies in anticipation and shortens the time of waiting, we don’t want to keep you waiting any longer.…
For three of our competitions the registration periode is soon coming to an end, so don’t miss to apply for them! The deadline for the Trickstar Business Award will run out on March 15, 2019. The submission deadline for the Arab Animation Forum has been extended, which means that you can send in your projects until March 3, 2019. In…
Dear friends of the animated film, Join us in celebrating the 26th edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)! From April 30 until May 5, 2019, Stuttgart will turn into a centre of the world of animation again. This year too, more than 100,000 visitors will marvel at the best animated films from around the world. The 2,500…
