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TechTalks presentations online!

The TechTalks Stuttgart event series presents technical topics from the fields of visual effects (VFX) and animation for scientists, creative professionals, students and the interested public. After the keynote speeches, people can spontaneously take to the microphone on their own behalf.

The two presentations of the TechTalks on March 28, 2023 at Das Gutbrod celebrate their YouTube premiere!

„Winkelauflösung einer simulierten Lichtfeldanzeige. (Angular resolution of a simulated light field display.)“ | Sophie Kergaßner, Audiovisual Media (M. Eng.) at Stuttgart Media University
Sophie Kergaßner is currently working on her master’s thesis at Stuttgart Media University. In this context, she recently published a paper on “Evaluating the angular resolution of a simulated light field display with regard to three-dimensionality, motion parallax and visual experience“.

Online premiere on October 2, 2023, 12:00 CET:

„VFX Creature Rigging und Simulation. (VFX Creature Rigging and Simulation.)“ | Lukas Kapp, Freelance Creature TD // Student at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Lukas Kapp studies Technical Directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut. He presents his work on creature rigging and simulation for the Ghoul project (VES Award 2023 for “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project”). As part of his research at Filmakademie, he is also working on the use of artificial intelligence for rigging tasks.

YouTube premiere on October 2, 2023, 12:00 CET:

TechTalks Stuttgart is an initiative of the following institutions: Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart | MFG Baden-Württemberg | Film Commission Region Stuttgart | Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | Animationsinstitut

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Symposium INPUT/OUTPUT – Impulses, Exchange, Story Market

The Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is pleased to announce the two-day symposium INPUT/OUTPUT – Impulses, Exchange, Story Market, which will take place on Monday, October 9, and Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Filmakademie (Albrecht Ade Studio, Akademiehof 10, 71638 Ludwigsburg). The newly designed English-language symposium combines an impulse event (input) with an idea exchange (output) for industry, students and alumni. The focus will be on the exchange between technology and film.

The first day will be rounded off by a panel discussion on the topic of “Interfaces between real and animated film“. Guests will be the new head of Animationsinstitut, Oscar winner Jan Pinkava, and Filmakademie alumnus and producer Jochen Laube. The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Thomas Schadt, director of Filmakademie. The symposium will be moderated by Gerhard Maier, artistic director of the renowned Seriencamp Festival & Conference, which has been held annually since 2015.

Further information and registration

Organizers: Film Commission Region Stuttgart, Filmakademie BW

Pre Fixe with Animation Lounge on October 9 about SYMBLINGS

Together with the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (organizer of Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film) and the AMCRS, MFG organizes the Pre Fixe with Animation Lounge as a prelude to the monthly network meeting of the film industry (Jour Fixe), at which speakers from the animation film scene report on current projects using practical examples and provide insights into their work.

On October 9, 2023 at 18:00 CET, Lennard Fricke, Dominik Girod, Sylvia Jorde, Anita Kerbel and Caroline Keulertz will be presenting their project SYMBLINGS. Across different courses of study, they have come together in their third year at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut.

Symblings

SYMBLINGS was initially their semester project as part of “Anifilm/Aniplay”, before they decided to expand the world and the story further and develop a 2D Metroidvania game. The game is about a contaminated and doomed world, where plants and mushrooms are separated by a bitter enmity. In the midst of this conflict, the Symbling, a symbiosis of a chestnut and a mushroom, tries to reunite the two hostile worlds in order to save the world.

With SYMBLINGS the team set the cornerstone of their company, which they have now founded parallel to their studies.

Team of the Game „SYMBLINGS“ | Photo: Filmakademie BW

The event will take place at the Kulturzentrum Merlin, Augustenstraße 72, 70178 Stuttgart. Admission is free.

More info here

Jobs at Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut!

Photo: Animationsinstitut, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

The Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg offers job opportunities for different career levels. Apply now!

Head of Finance (m/f/d) – Job Advertisement

Employee (m/f/d) in Science Communication Research & Development – Job Advertisement

Employee (m/f/d) for Communication and Press FMX – Job Advertisement

Employee (m/f/d) in the Production Department – Job Advertisement

Specialist (m/f/d) in Technology (IT) in Digital Post-Production – Job Advertisement

Trainee (m/f/d) Study Coordination – Job Advertisement

Trainee (m/f/d) Production/International Producing – Job Advertisement

All open positions at Animationsinstitut

Filmakademie diploma film JUICE in Student Academy Awards 2023 semifinals!

Film still “Juice”, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Last week, the semi-finalists for the Student Academy Awards 2023 were announced in four categories. Among them is a diploma film from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg‘s Animationinstitut! In the “Alternative/Experimental” category “SAFT” (“JUICE”) has made it to the next round.

The animated short film (Animation Director: Mona Keil, Producer: Isabella Braun, Concept/Design: Nele Seifert, Technical Directing: Paulo Scatena, Editing: Revan Sarikaya, Animation: Arne Hain, Production Design: Nele Seifert, Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) is about a bunch of round succulent and moist creatures that share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day, they squash them all. In response the creatures start to run dry. More about the film

We keep our fingers crossed! The Student Academy Awards 2023 finalists will be announced in mid-August, with the ceremony taking place in October.

Announcement on oscars.org

2nd EMIL call open!

VPET Unreal (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

EMIL’s second call for proposals is now open until August 14, 2023! They will be supporting innovative XR projects with funding between 250.000 to 500.000 € and expertise including access to infrastructure. Check out the details on how to apply and eligibility on emil-xr.eu/open-calls/

About EMIL:
The European Media and Immersion Lab EMIL is a pan-European XR Lab network composed of four major European academic institutions – Aalto University in Finland, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / Animationsinstitut in Germany, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain and University of Bath in England, with a mission to accelerate development of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies, content, services and applications.

More information https://emil-xr.eu/about/

If you want to find out more about the selected FSTP projects from the first call, make sure to check out https://emil-xr.eu/call-1-projects-selected/

Pompeu Fabra University
Pompeu Fabra University
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Diploma Showroom 2023 at Animationsinstitut

On Friday, July 21, 2023, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg‘s Animationsinstitut will introduce you to this year`s Animation, Interactive Media, and Motion Design diploma projects. Meet the graduates of 2023 and join them on the campus of the Filmakademie. Enjoy some food, have a drink, and stroll around an arts and crafts market by the students!

Program:
16:00-21:00 CET: Diploma Showroom
16:00_23:00 CET: Arts & Craft Market

Location: Animationsinstitut/Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Akademiehof 10, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany

More information: https://animationsinstitut.de/en/beyond-study/diplomashowroom

Digitalgipfel Wirtschaft 4.0 BW 2023

The Digitalgipfel Wirtschaft 4.0 BW (Digital Summit Economy 4.0 BW) 2023 presents valuable impulses around the topic of digitization and the latest future technologies under the motto NEW PATTERNS TO GO DIGITAL. Beginners and professionals in digitization, traditional industries and high-tech startups, multipliers, science and companies are all welcome.

It will take place on Thursday, June 22, 2023 from 9:00-18:00 CET at Porsche Arena, Mercedesstraße 69, 70372 Stuttgart. Admission is free, but registration is requested via https://digitalgipfelbw-2023-anmeldung.de/en.html.

The program includes presentations by top-class speakers on several stages, topic-specific workshop sessions with experts, and numerous networking opportunities.

Of course, our HEROES will part of it, too!

Speaker (complete program)

14:45 CET – THE METAVERSE AND BEYOND – UNLEASHING THE POWER OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Steffen Bärenfänger, Global Creative Lead Mackevision

16:45 CET – ANIMATIONEN, VIRTUELLE PRODUKTION UND VISUELLE EFFEKTE MADE IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
Carl Bergengruen, CEO MFG – Medien und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg

16:55 EXTENDED REALITY IN FILM, VFX UND ANIMATION – WIE WERDEN DIGITALISIERUNG UND TECHNOLOGISCHE INNOVATION DIE INHALTE VON MORGEN BEEINFLUSSEN?
Prof. Volker Helzle, Head of R&D Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Workshops (complete program):

14:00-16:00 Uhr Impulse mit Expertengespräch zu virtuellen Räumen für Begegnungskommunikation
Christian Laurin (Head of Production), inverve studios, Gerald Bumann (CEO Strategy & Consulting), Stoll von Gáti, and Marc Schleiss (Creative Director / Head of media creation), jangled nerves
The workshop is organized by MFG Baden-Württemberg with the Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart and supported by the Referat IKT und Kreativwirtschaft des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg.
More info: https://kreativ.mfg.de/veranstaltungen/detailseite/1664-digitalgipfel-2023-wirtschaft-40-bw/

Moro info on the Digitalgipfel Wirtschaft 4.0 BW: https://digitalgipfelbw-2023.de/de/

Registration: https://digitalgipfelbw-2023-anmeldung.de/en.html

The Animationsinstitut at Annecy 2023

Dodo, image: FABW

The Annecy Festival 2023 (June 11-17, 2023) is currently taking place – and the Animationsinstitut of the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg is right in the middle of it! A large number of students of the institute is on site, talking to industry professionals and colleagues, and attending screenings.

This year, the short films DODO (Producer: Jiayan Chen, Director: Yi Luo, Animation: Oscar Bittner, Sarah Schulz, Laura Staab, Sabine Volkert) and MAKULATOUR (Director/Score: Tim Markgraf), produced at the Animationsinstitut, are part of the official student competition. Fingers crossed!

Makulatour, image: FABW

The new Head of the Animationsinstitut, Jan Pinkava, is attending Annecy Festival. At this year’s German Reception (Tuesday, June 13, 18:00-20:00 CET, by invitation, organized by AG Animationsfilm, AG Kurzfilm, Animation Germany, AMCRS, Animations Production Days, Animationsinstitut, FMX, German Films, ITFS, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg), he will give an introductory speech.

On Wednesday, June 14, starting at 15:00 CET, there will be an Animationsinstitut picnic at Jardins de l’Europe, Annecy. Come around!

Bringing the real world into a virtual environment

The Container City at Stuttgart’s Nordbahnhof, an area used by creative professionals with studios, rehearsal rooms and stages, will be demolished at the end of 2023. Our HEROES from the Research & Development department of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut and b.rex GmbH have teamed up with Third Picture GbR and digitally captured the Container City as part of a research project to make it accessible through VR technology in the digital world and to preserve it as a cultural site. A groundbreaking project to help bring real and fantasy worlds into the metaverse!

The TV magazine NANO reported about it on the 3Sat channel in their issue of April 25, 2023. Watch it here!