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Michael Griessler wird in Berlin ausgezeichnet ifs filmschule

Alumni power at the international series festival Seriesly Berlin

Michael Griessler wins Seriesly pitch with »Existence«

The first edition of the international festival Seriesly Berlin took place this week, with ifs alumnus Matija Dragojević as programme director. Alumna Ljubica Lukovic was a guest speaker on the panel "Great, another perfect female lead" and alumnus Simon Ruschmeyer gave a workshop on "AI-Powered Storytelling - Crafting Killer Pitch Papers and Trailers".

Alumnus Michael Griessler was honored yesterday evening for his sci-fi mystery project "Existence". In the German-Austrian project, various characters embark on a search for the true reason for their existence in a world that turns out to be a computer simulation. The prize money was 2,500 euros. Congratulations, dear Michael!

All alumni were students in the MA Serial Storytelling programme at the ifs.