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Bringing an Underwater World to Life

Mesmerizing shots of the depths of the ocean with stunning VFX highlighting its vulnerability. Director Pascal Schelbli speaks to us about his Oscar award winning project THE BEAUTY, which is also this year’s FMX trailer.

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From Decay to Bloom: WRAPPED

In the award-winning VFX short film WRAPPED, nature returns to the cities and impressively destroys human structures. Learn more and watch the film here!

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Linear kisses interactive – The innovative storytelling of Cybercity Lovestory

The Filmakademie project CYBERCITY LOVESTORY is more than a sophisticated science fiction series full of breathtaking effects and settings. It shows how the boundaries between film, television, and gaming will continue to shift in the future.

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Changing the Game

Justin Braun's diploma project BURNED is full of cutting edge technology and was chosen as the official 2022 FMX trailer. Find out more!

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Green Screens, Green Pixels and Green Shooting

The topic of sustainability and the question of resource-saving production methods are occupying the film and media industry around the globe. Our R&D team compared two VFX productions in terms of energy consumption & co. Click here for the exciting report.

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Set Extension for Next-Level VFX

Visual effects are nowadays essential for many live-action films. The annual Set Extension Workshop offers students from different departments the chance to work together on a film with a high VFX proportion.

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What does it mean to win an Oscar?

The Beauty looks back on a successful festival season: The elaborate VFX production won the SIGGRAPH Jury's Choice Award, the VES Award and even the prestigious Student Academy Award. Find out what happened next for director Pascal Schelbli.

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The Beauty

Finally online: Pascal Schelbli's graduation film combines a highly topical subject with great visual effects, earning him, among others, the prestigious Student Academy Award.

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Urban Neverland

For his graduation film, Johannes Kammerer combined impressive live action on skateboards with beautiful animation and visual effects. Find out here what's behind the experimental skate video.

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Making a vfx short in 90 days

During the Set Extension Workshop, an interdisciplinary team produces an entire vfx short within only three month. Find out why shooting in a LED studio was more challenging than expected.

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From Dinomaniac to VFX Olympus

Andreas Feix graduated in Animation and Visual Effects from Animationsinstitut in 2015 and is now working in London at Industrial Light & Magic. Find out how the digital compositor made the leap to the island...

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What does a Digital Compositor do?

A diploma in Visual Effects opens up a variety of job possibilities in the film industry. One way to enter the world of VFX is working as a digital compositor. Click here to find out what the job is all about.