The ifs internationale filmschule köln is a recognized full study and further education institution serving aspiring media professionals. The school is an initiative of the NRW state government and the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and was founded in 2000 as a non-profit company. The ZDF, along with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, is also a principal partner of the ifs.
The ifs offers students in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Cologne the bachelor program FILM with a total of six majors (Screenwriting, Directing, Creative Producing, Director of Photography, Editing Picture & Sound and Digital Film Arts), providing a hands-on artistic education under one roof. The master’s program in Serial Storytelling has started at the ifs in autumn 2013. Several further education programs provide training to young audiovisual media professionals.
Individual and intensive supervision is the core focus of the study and further education programs at the ifs. For this reason, the organizational framework is structured on small numbers of students and a 2-year admissions cycle to the programs.
Contact
ifs – internationale filmschule Köln
Schanzenstr. 28
51063 Köln
+49(0) 221 201880
info@filmschule.de