Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg (Animationsinstitut)
Your future in Animation & VFX
Established in 2002 as part of the publicly funded Filmakademie (founded 1991), the Animationsinstitut in Ludwigsburg has won 5 Student Academy Awards and hosts FMX, Europe's leading conference on animation and VFX.
Notable Alumni
Founders of Pixomondo (Hugo Cabret, Game of Thrones VFX Oscar/Emmy), Studio Soi (The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom - 2x Oscar-nominated)
Ludwigsburg
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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