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

»1st Female Gaze - CineOne & sPOTTlight Young Talent Award for Image Creators in NRW« goes to ifs graduate Zoé Dumas

IFFF Dortmund + Cologne Young Talent Award presented for the first time for the image design of the ifs graduation film ‘El Mártir’

MA Digital Narratives students in Skövde

Students from the MA Digital Narratives and the MA 3D Animation for Film & Games programmes took part in the new Blended Intensive Programme, a collaboration with the University of Skövde in Sweden

MA Serial Storytelling students at Series Mania Forum

Exclusive meetings a. o. with Jeppe Gjervig Gram (BORGEN), Tarja Kylmä (Invisible Heroes), and Edgar Medina (DOGPACK)

Part-time Master's programme »Entertainment Producing« starts again at the ifs

Sustainable support and scholarship providers from the industry. Application phase runs until 15 April 2025, online information event on 1 April

STREAM, the network of 10 European training institutions, signs a common charter of values and objectives for series

Ensuring the future of European series through cooperation

Showrunning in Europe: Spotlight on Fanny Herrero

with Fanny Herrero (»Call My Agent! (Dix Pour Cent)«, »Standing Up (Drôle)«)

99FIRE-FILMS AWARD for »Die Geste« by Patrick Paradon

A 99-second short film on the subject of ‘THE POWER OF KINDNESS’ was shot in 99 hours for the competition.

Unique showrunner training programme at the ifs enters its 4th round

World premieres, nominations and panels: alumni, professors and students of the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln at the Berlinale 2025

Including the world premiere of »The Kiss of the Grasshopper«, alumnus Duc-Thi Bui nominated for the German Screenplay Award

KI. Medien – neue Weiterbildungsreihe zu KI in den audiovisuellen Medien

On 27 March, the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln launches the new further education series ‘KI. Medien’.

European Showrunner Think Tank

with showrunner Fanny Herrero (»Call My Agent!«, »Standing Up«) @ Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision

Showrunning in Europe: Comparing Markets

with Marie Roussin (»Mixte«, »Lupin«), Teodora Markova (»Soviet Jeans«) and Teresa Fernández-Valdés (»Cable Girls«, »Grand Hotel«)

ifs @ The Max Ophüls Film Festival 2025

ifs Film »quicksand« celebrates premiere in short film competition

January 2025: News from ifs alumni and professors

Online Info Event: MA Serial Storytelling

with ifs student Anna Richards

MA Digital Narratives students present prototypes

The students developed ideas for AR solutions

Peaceful Holidays 2024

The ifs is closed from 21 December 2024 to 05 January 2025.

ifs film honoured at the Poitiers Film Festival

»El Mártir« wins the Grand Prix du jury

News from ifs alumni and professors in December 2024

European Showrunner Programme

Insight from a intensive two-day workshop in Cologne

German Young Screenwriter Award for ifs student Robert Deçani

»Ithaka« awarded at the up-and-coming screenplay festival in Hanover