The non-profit company Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF) acts on behalf of the company’s associates: The City of Stuttgart, Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (for the State of Baden-Württemberg) and the City of Ludwigsburg.

The FMF’s largest event is the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) which takes place at the end of April/beginning of May of each year, which has developed into a platform for animation art and film culture. It attracts filmmakers and professionals from all over the world to Stuttgart.
Animation Production Days (APD) takes place in parallel with ITFS. It is the most important co-production and financing market for animation in Germany and is organised by FMF in cooperation with the FMX – Film and Media Exchange. With the unique combination of film festival, conference and financing market, the events have become one of the most important platforms for financing and development of animation projects and attract up to 6,000 professional visitors to Stuttgart every year.

In addition, FMF is co-organising the NaturVision Filmfestival, Germany ‘s oldest and largest film festival on nature, wildlife and the environment which takes place in Ludwigsburg.