Established in 1982, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the world‘s most important events in the field of animated film in all its facets, with interfaces to visual effects, architecture, art, design, music, science, games, et al. ITFS offers every year in spring on six days directors, production and distribution companies, talents, and all other industry representatives from the fields of animation and games a platform to showcase their films, interactive and transmedia works as well as VR and AR projects to an interested broad audience and numerous representatives of the industry. At the heart of the festival are the competitions and film programs at Innenstadtkinos. Up to a total of 90,000 EUR in prize money will be awarded by international juries of experts. The ITFS Open Air, centrally located on Stuttgart‘s Schlossplatz, is one of the audience highlights of the cultural calendar in the Stuttgart region. In 2020 and 2021, ITFS took place online only. A live stream with different talks every day, opening gala and awards ceremony, a virtual GameZone and a media centre with the film program, was successful in addressing the general public as well as the industry worldwide. With the positive experience gained from extended audience address, the core area of the onsite Festival is to be enhanced in hybrid form by digital offers in the future. A special highlight of the hybrid concept is the ITFS VR Hub – a digital multi-user experience that offers as a virtual festival venue completely new possibilities for personal exchange and new event formats. The ITFS is organized by the Stuttgart-based Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF).