To kickstart professional carreers, Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg supports its students and graduates in the matter of intellectual property, sustainable production and entrepreneurship. The speakers present their projects in transition from studies to working life and their plans where to take them in the future, how they intent to develop them further and what they have learned so far. They will also highlight structures, programs and initiatives that backed their ideas and projects.

STRANDS OF MIND is a cinematic 360° VR experience that lets you explore a world beyond the bounds of our human perception. A world full of mystery, of beauty and darkness. Let yourself be taken on a trip into the woven nature of existence. The film was internationally screened at numerous festivals including Annecy, CannesXR, Siggraph, One World Human Rights Film Festival, and received multiple nominations such as the Visual Effects Society Student Award and won the Special Jury Prize VR at NewImages Festival. It's festival journey will continue this year and hopefully inspire many people around the globe.

The project NEOSHIN combines narrative series, music and modern media into a consistent transmedia experience where the band NEOSHIN is both an important character in the series and a real band which will also perform live. Neoshin explores the theme of the glass consumer in the year 2073X and depicts a drastic exaggeration of everyday social conventions. The story follows Ayuko, a young influencer who is swept out of her life as part of a virtual consumer- and mass society and gets caught between the sidelines of a way bigger conflict. A first narrative music video of NEOSHIN is currently in its festival cycle - with a nomination for a VES award as well as winner of the Aurea Young Talent Award, the project looks on a promising future for its further development.