Prof. Kevin B. Lee at Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg and IFFR
His short film Once Upon a Screen: Explosive Paradox is presented in the International Competition of the Hamburg Short Film Festival, from 01-07.06. The film was completed at Merz Akademie with Merz Akademie’s...
Congratulations to our scholarship holders in the summer semester 2021! Our Bachelor students, both in their first semester, Semiha Degirmenci and Christina Rollny receive a Foerderkreis scholarship. Marina Selivanova, our...
Students Abroad: Semester Abroad Despite Pandemic and Lockdown
Lockdown, curfews, canceled flights, and online teaching: These are all not perfect conditions for a semester abroad, in which the focus is, after all, on exchanging ideas with other students...
Filipa César and Diana McCarty will become film and video professors at the Merz Akademie
Filipa César and Diana McCarty, two filmmakers and media activists, have been jointly appointed to a professorship of Film and Video at Merz Akademie. In their artistic work, the duo...
Equal Opportunities Thanks to Scholarship from Merz Bildungswerk
For the first time, Merz Bildungswerk awards two scholarships to students from Syria and South Korea Since 2018, the Merz Bildungswerk has been awarding scholarships to prospective students with exceptional...
Fellowship Students of the Winter Semester 2020/21
Congratulations to our Fellowship Students in the Summer Semester 2020! Bachelor student Lisa Menzel and Master student Luisa Chryselidou, both in the first semester of their studies, receive a Förderkreis...
The documentary animation film, a Chinese-French co-production, deals with China’s one-child policy from the perspective of two young girls and thus has a very personal connection to the filmmaker’s history.
Higher Arts Education Networks’ SZFE Solidarity Statement
Five European associations of artistic universities have jointly issued a declaration as a “Higher Arts Education Network” on the restrictions imposed by the Hungarian government on artistic education. The declaration...
Weijia Ma becomes DAAD Visiting Professor at the Merz Akademie Stuttgart
China has a long tradition in the field of animation, which is increasingly being recognized internationally. Weijia Ma uses experimental animation techniques in her work to explore narratives of contemporary...
The aim of the “Futurope” project, which will now be continued in the winter semester, is to analyze the visual identity of Europe – as for example on banknotes, campaigns,...