Aktuelles
The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and ifs have launched a joint Female Leadership Programme
The programme aims at empowering excellence for alumnae of both schools
Recap: ifs @ Berlinale 2026
Pitch, Panels, Networking
“Successful experiment”: SOKO Köln episode by ifs students airs on 17 February on ZDF
Screenwriting students developed and wrote the episode »Doppeltes Kaliber«
ifs @ Berlinale 2026
Numerous alumni, students, and professors from the ifs are represented with projects at the 2026 Berlinale
Inside »The Pitt« – Creative Collaboration in the US Showrunner Model
with R. Scott Gemmill (»The Pitt«), Uta Briesewitz (»The Pitt«, »Stranger Things«) and Valerie Chu (»The Pitt«, »Nashville«)
ifs success at the Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival 2026
Graduation film »My Name Akim« wins audience award for best medium-length film
ifs Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Showrunning in Europe
»Showrunning in Europe – Skills, Tasks, Responsibilities«
ifs graduation film nominated at 24. Visual Effects Society Awards
»Flying from War« by Ciara Borgards in the category »Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project«
ifs @ Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival 2026
Two ifs films celebrate their premiere at the festival: »My Name Akim« in the medium-length film competition and »Splitter« in the short film competition
Peaceful holidays 2025
The ifs will be closed from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026.
ifs ecnounter: Edimotion with »Jurassic Park«
with Editor Gesa Jäger
Dr. Melanie Andernach is the new professor of Creative Producing at the ifs
With this appointment, the ifs gains a nationally and internationally award-winning and experienced producer as its new professor.
New appointments to professorships at the ifs
Julia Daschner is the new professor of Cinematography, Jan Martin Scharf is the new professor of Serial Storytelling
MA Digitial Narratives field trip to Prague
The programme took part in the international Zip-Scene Conference
MA Digital Narratives: Alumni Success Stories
They talk about their life after graduation
Graduation film awarded FIRST STEPS 2025 prize
Animated film »Fake News« wins in the Short Steps category
»Splitter« shortlisted for the German Short Film Award 2025
The graduation film was selected in the category “Feature film with a running time of 15 to 30 minutes".
ESP at Iberseries & Platino Industria
Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Head of Program ESP, as speaker at industry panel
Wim Wenders scholarship for project by ifs Alumna Fitore Muzaqi
The project » Amica« receives a grant of €20,000.
From Lucerne to the ifs
Alexander Geiser from the HSLU University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne as a visiting student at the ifs
From the classroom to Cologne’s busiest square
Three MA Digital Narratives students presented their project HAL at Nimm Platz
Experimenting with AI and dance
MA Digital Narratives students presented their prototypes developed in cooperation with the Moovyfest Köln
MA Digital Narratives students present first prototypes
MA Digital Narratives students presented the first prototypes of their Master’s projects
How to entertain: »Masterclass Entertainment« 2025 at the ifs
Part-time professional training on non-fictional entertainment
Boosting the Next Generation:
Panel on Diversity in the Film Industry – Success and future prospects of University Cooperation at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
Master's pitch of the ifs series talents at the Seriencamp 2025
Final presentation of the Master's Programme »Serial Storytelling«
Final presentation MA Serial Storytelling 2025
Projects & Alumni
European Showrunner Programme at ifs Announces New Cohort
Top Series Writers from Across Europe Join Fourth Edition of Prestigious Training
“Natural history data in a creative experiment”
Lecture on the cooperation between the MA Digital Narratives and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Graduation BA Film & 25 years ifs
Review of the celebrations to mark the double anniversary
ifs celebrates 25th anniversary & graduation of the 10th year of the BA Film programme
Greetings from the state of NRW, the city of Cologne and the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW