About us

The ITFS is organised by the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF). It acts on behalf of the associates City of Stuttgart, Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (for the state of Baden-Württemberg) and the City of Ludwigsburg.

In 2007, together with FMX the FMF launched the co-production market Animation Production Days. Until 2022 Raumwelten – the Platform for Scenography, Architecture and Media was also part of the portfolio and until 2024, FMF was co-organiser of the NaturVision Filmfestival, Germany’s oldest and largest nature, animal and environmental film festival in Ludwigsburg.

Stuttgart Animated Week

The Animation Production Days (APD), the most important German co-production and financing market for animation, organised by the FMF in cooperation with the FMX conference take place alongside the ITFS.

Thanks to the combination of film festival, conference, and market, the three events have become a unique platform for the financing, development and presentation of animation projects attracting up to 6,000 industry professionals to Stuttgart every year.