Kick-Off! Today the winter semester 23/24 has started for all students at the ifs and with it many new faces have arrived: In the bachelor programme »Film« we welcome 64 new students and 55 students start their master studies in »Entertainment Producing«, »Serial Storytelling« or »Film« at the ifs. We also welcome students from all over the world in the cooperative master's programme »3D Animation for Film & Games« of the Cologne Game Lab of the TH Köln and the ifs. Eric Abele from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, is here as an exchange student in the Creative Production department for a semester. After a welcome from Nadja Radojevic (Chief Executive Director) in the ifs cinema, ifs professor Sebastian Soukup (BA Film Production Design) gave a talk on "Social Responsibility and Film". Afterwards, Su Nicholls-Gärtner (Head of Studies) introduced the individual departments and staff members of the ifs. In the following Dutch Hour all students had the opportunity to get to know each other. A warm welcome to all of you at the ifs!