At the end of the 50th International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte in Potsdam, the award winners were chosen: ifs alumni Julia Klier and Christoph Krüger (MA Serial Storytelling) were awarded the prize for the best pitch for their free series project »Tinika« and convinced the jury with their confidence and good research. The jury praised […]
It’s off to Cannes for the short film »Mona & Parviz« from the 3rd semester of the BA Film. The drama was selected for the GERMAN SHORT FILMS Part 2 Compilation and can therefore also be seen at the Cannes International Film Festival in the Video Library of the Short Film Corner. The film festival […]
After the first part of the conference »Clash of Realities – International Conference on the Art, Technology and Theory of Digital Games« was held digitally in November, the second part will now also take place online – from 07 to 09 July. For the eleventh time, the international research conference offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary […]
Nachdem im November der erste Teil der Konferenz »Clash of Realities – International Conference on the Art, Technology and Theory of Digital Games« digital abgehalten wurde, findet nun auch der zweite Teil online statt – vom 07. bis 09.07. Zum elften Mal bietet die internationale Forschungskonferenz die Gelegenheit zu interdisziplinärem Austausch und Dialog. Expert*innen aus […]
Analog meets digital! In the second semester, the students of the MA Digital Narratives developed prototypes for a digital extension of the music experience »1:1 CONCERTS«. 1:1 CONCERTS offers a non-verbal, 10-minute 1-to-1 live encounter between listener and musician. These highly personal concerts also take place in unusual locations. During the pandemic, they were able […]
»MA Serial Storytelling« – Final Presentation (online) Project Pitches & Networking June 24, 2021 16 writers from eight countries spent the last four semesters analyzing, researching, creating, and exploring traditional and innovative forms of serial storytelling. On June 24, they presented their Master’s projects as well as collaborative works they developed in their various writers’ […]
June 10, 2021: Yesterday, showrunner Scott Frank and production designer and ifs professor Uli Hanisch gave us a great insight into their successful collaboration – in an »ifs Encounter« online about the Netflix series »The Queen’s Gambit«. In the talk with moderator Elina Gakou-Gomba (series writer and ifs alumna), one of the topics was the […]
“The Queen’s Gambit” is the most successful series in the history of the streaming service Netflix and celebrates raving success worldwide. As showrunner, Scott Frank is responsible for this outstanding miniseries about the rise of an American orphan girl to the top of the chess world in the 1960s. Production designer Uli Hanisch is responsible […]
From 22.06-27.06.2021 the immersive, urban video art and film project »Videofenster 2021« took place in Cologne-Ehrenfeld – as a parcours through the district of audiovisual works by international artists and filmmakers. Numerous works by ifs students and alumni from the MA Digital Narratives and the MA 3D Animation for Film & Games were also presented. […]
The documentary film »Der Ast, auf dem ich sitze« , for which Prof. Hajo Schomerus worked as cinematographer, has been awarded the Grimme-Preis in the category »Information & Culture«. Ifs alumni Yana Höhnerbach (Editing), Holger Buff (Sound Design) and Jascha Viehl (Mixing) are also pleased about the award for the film, which was funded by […]
Congrats! Congratulations to our two graduates for being nominated for the German Camera Award 2021! Friederike Dörffler (BA Editing Picture & Sound) is nominated for the editing of the ifs short film »75/1« and Katja Tauber (BA Director of Photography) for the camera of the ifs graduation film »Mono No Aware«. We keep our fingers […]