Filmakademie: the institute of animation, visual EFFECTS and Digital postproduction

Website: www.filmakademie.de Courses offered (All in-house): Animation/effects directing, Character Animation, Concept Artist, effects Artist, Animation/effects Producing, technical directing, transmedia/games Artist, transmedia/games directing, transmedia/ Games Producing students: 128 Founded in 2002 as part of the Filmakademie Badenwürttemberg, The Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction is one of the most renowned institutions for animation and VFX.

The institute follows a practice-orientated approach. Director of the Institute of Animation Professor Andreas Hykade explains: “Our way of teaching is basically about asking questions of relevance and creating a space for the students to come up with original answers. We also don’t want to teach a certain style of animation, but show as much diversity as possible. We think that artists with different point of views working side by side can benefit from each others mindset and create something new together.”

Third year animation and visual effects student Dominik Stockhausen says: “Filmakademie brings together students of almost the entire spectrum of movie making.”