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

Five nominations for ifs projects at the FIRST STEPS film awards