The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (German: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) was founded in 1991 as a publicly funded film school in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Filmakademie is one of the most internationally renowned film schools and known for its Institute for Animation and Visual Effects. In addition the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg hosts the Atelier Ludwigsburg/Paris, an inter-university master-class on film production with the notable French film school La Fémis in Paris and in cooperation with the National Film and Television School in London. The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg also works to expose students to an international network of film-makers by organizing exchange programs with partner institutions worldwide.