Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart

09/10/2026

📣 Our HEROES at kaleidoscube are hiring! They are a young indie game studio from Stuttgart working on projects with a strong focus on narration and atmosphere. They are known for their award-winning game “A Juggler’s Tale” and “RECUR,” which is currently in the final stages of development.

They are currently looking for a Gameplay Polish & Technical Designer/Artist (f/m/d) who helps them turn RECUR’s blocked-out scenes into polished, shippable scenes in Unreal Engine.

More about the job and application (deadline October 31, 2026):
👉 https://www.kaleidoscube.com/jobs/gameplay-polish

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09/10/2026

📣 Our HEROES from Pixelcloud are nominated for the XRC 2026 - the nextReality.Contest (nextReality.Hamburg) - with their satirical VR co-op game “Carbon Dream$ Land” in the “Zeitgeist” category! 👏

With this project, Pixelcloud beat hundreds of international submissions and was the only German studio selected for the EU’s EMIL XR funding. Developed over 15 months by around 20 creatives, with support from the Skopos Institute, Aalto University in Helsinki and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

The award ceremony will take place on November 18, 2026, as part of the nextReality.festival in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt. Nominated projects will be presented in a curated exhibition on November 18 and 19, 2026.

Fingers crossed for the team!

👉 https://amcrs.de/en/pixelcloud-nominated-for-the-xrc-2026/

Image: Screenshot Carbon Dream$ Land, Pixelcloud

06/10/2026

04/10/2026

04/10/2026

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25/09/2026

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (FABW) is turning 35 and will be staging a Festival of Freedom, the “Fest der Freiheit”, on October 1 and 2, 2026 together with the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg.

“We will celebrate the democratic freedoms that enable us to work our magic, and make their impact tangible for a wide public audience”.

Both institutions will open their doors on the shared campus (Akademiehof 1, 71638 Ludwigsburg) to showcase projects, studios, films and hands-on activities. Come by - admission is free!

👉 https://amcrs.de/en/fest-der-freiheit-at-fabw-and-adk/

Image: https://festderfreiheit.de/

25/09/2026

📣 The animated series “Lena's Farm” has been nominated for the International Emmy Awards 2026 in the “Kids: Animation” category! 👏

The series – produced by Studio FILM BILDER and Thomas Meyer-Hermann (in co-production with ZDF and Minya Film from Zagreb, broadcast on KiKA) – was directed by Elena Walf and funded by MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg.

Congratulations to the entire team (including many alumni from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg's Animationsinstitut 👉 https://filmbilder.de/lenas-farm/ ) and best of luck at the International Emmy Awards ceremony on November 23, 2026, in New York! 🫶

👉 https://amcrs.de/en/international-emmy-awards-2026-nomination-for-lenas-farm/

Image (c) Studio FILM BILDER

18/09/2026

✨ Student Academy Award for THE PANIC INSIDE ✨- Screenwriter and director Matthias Strasser and his team were awarded Silver in the Animation category at the 53rd Student Academy Awards on Monday evening.

With THE PANIC INSIDE, a remarkable series continues: For the second year in a row, a graduation film from the Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg has received a Student Academy Award. This marks the ninth Student Academy Award for Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, making the Ludwigsburg film school the leading institution in Europe in this competition.

👉 https://amcrs.de/en/the-panic-inside-wins-student-academy-award-in-silver/

The Academy

Photo: Matthias Strasser and Gemma Chan appear onstage during the 2026 Student Academy Awards on September 14, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Kennedy Pollard/The Academy/Getty Images for The Academy)