25th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film: ARAB ANIMATION FORUM - apply until Februar 15, 2018!

25th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (April 24 - 29.2018)

ARAB ANIMATION FORUM - apply until Februar 15, 2018!

Dear filmmakers, producers and distributors,
dear friends of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film,

the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and the Robert Bosch Stiftung bring together upcoming Arab and German film makers in order to launch young and strong international co-productions. Take the chance and be part of the 25th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. Within this framework, the Arab Animation Forum will take place from April 26 - 29., 2018). The winning project is automatically nominated for the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for International Cooperation.

The Arab Animation Forum connects young animation directors and artists from the Arab World (member states of the “League of Arab States”) with upcoming producers from Germany in order to support joint animated film projects. The aim of the Arab Animation Forum is to identify interesting projects and to connect potential co-production partners directed towards a possible application for the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for International Cooperation.

Eligible to attend the Arab Animation Forum are animation filmmakers from the Arab World looking for a producer or coproducer as well as German producers interested in producing or coproducing an animated film project.

Application deadline: February 15, 2018
Find more information on the regulations as well as the application form on our homepage.

The Arab Animation Forum offers filmmakers the unique chance to create Arab-German co-productions. Additionally there will be several meetings, workshops, consultations and matching sessions with experienced animation producers and directors on the agenda.

We are looking forward to your submissions!

Best regards,

Prof. Ulrich Wegenast, Managing director, programme
Dieter Krauß, Managing Director Organisation and Finance

Ticketshop is open! Save your early-bird-discount

Ticketshop is open! Save your early-bird-discount.
Get your tickets for the 25th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Films. Early bookers receive their discount until March 1, 2018.

DREAM LAB: The new trailer for the ITFS 2018 is online!

The trailer is a homage to the creativity factory and the endless mindscape of the ITFS - with quite a lot of magic and a firework of the absurdities. It is inspired by Greek mythology and takes us to the "dream laboratory" of the crazy professor Morpheus. Watch now!

The Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)
April 24 - 29, 2017, was founded in 1982 and is one of the world's biggest and most important festivals for animation films. In nine categories of competitions more than Euro 100,000 prize money will be awarded. The spotlight - Festival für Bewegtbildkommunikation and FMX take place alongside the ITFS. As the largest professional conference for animation, effects, games and immersive media (Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media), it is organizing the Animation Production Day business platform, the only coproduction and financing market specialized in animation projects Germany.