The international filmschool cologne (ifs) (German: internationale filmschule köln) is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW.
In the German film school ranking of FOCUS (Issue 22/2006), the international filmschool cologne - together with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the dffb - were ranked as 2nd after the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. Evaluation criteria were the reputation of the university, the support for the students, the technical equipment and the number of awards won.
As the role of showrunner becomes increasingly important in European series production, the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln’s European Showrunner Programme has secured an additional three years of funding from CreativeEurope – Media Programme of the European Union. .
Harvard Extension School grad’s Playtime, celebrating the simple things in life, to premiere at Sundance Film Festival... It is an adorable film; it's funny and heartwarming, yet piquant and full of life.” ... This film was created in a unique collaboration between graduate students from UCLA and the Internationale Filmschule Köln (ifs) in Germany.