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Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

The Baden-Württemberg Film Academy was founded in 1991 as a non-profit limited liability company. Today, it is one of the most renowned international film schools. The project-oriented curriculum triggers learning by doing during all the different stages of a film and television production. More than 300 highly qualified experts from the film and media business instruct the students and take care of their projects. In 2000, the Film Academy´s international appeal was further enhanced by the introduction of the Masterclass Ludwigsburg/Paris. In 2002, the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy established its own Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction.

Recent proof of the Film Academy's successful philosophy of teaching are the Golden Leopard awarded to Das Verlangen (The Longing) at the International Film Festival Locarno (2002), an Oscar nomination for Das Rad (Rocks) in the category “Best Animated Short Film” (2003), the Student Oscar for Nimmermeer (Nevermore) in the category “Best Foreign Film” (2007), and many more awards at film festivals at home and abroad.

The Baden-Württemberg Film Academy will present three short student films and two one minute long advartisments.

Amoklove (Fiction Film, directed by Julia C. Kaiser)

There is am magic moment between two young strangers on a streetcar. It’s over before it begun and it seems they will never meet again. But Fabian, one of the strangers, is not willing to lose what he had just won. A love story in the shape of filmed poem.

Clean-Up (Fiction Film, directed by Sebastian Metz)

After an execution on an electric chair, one man has to clean up the death chamber.

Sonbol (Documentary, directed by Nico Apel)

Sonbol is a young independent woman in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The restrictive society she is living in cannot keep her from pursuing her dream of being a rallye pilot.

And two one minute short advertisment

They Will Come to Town (Animation, directed by Thilo Ewers)

A dark phantasy of an urban environment under the influence of global warming.

Giant Thirst (directed by Georg von Mitzlaff)

A monster threathens mankind by his thirst that can never be satisfied.