A limited number of VES members receive a 20% discount for Professional passes to FMX 2026 in Stuttgart! (VES members must login to request discount code.)

Tuesday, May 5 to Friday, May 8 (You must sign up by March 16 with VES in order to take advantage of Early Bird Pricing that ends on March 20)
Haus der Wirtschaft
Willi-Bleicher-Strasse 19, Stuttgart 70174
Germany

FMX – Film & Media Exchange is Europe’s most influential conference dedicated to media & entertainment creation. It explores the latest in Animation, Visual Effects (VFX) and Digital Media Production. With its international, yet intimate atmosphere, FMX offers professionals and students from around the world a unique platform to learn, share, network, gain insights and mingle.

From May 5 to 7, 2026, FMX will offer presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and exhibition rooms On Site at Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart. On May 8, there will be exclusive Online sessions and a program On Campus at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and its Animationsinstitut. Most of the conference content will be available On Demand from May 9 to June 9.

Film and digital media have blended storytelling and technology since their inception, with engineers providing artists with the tools to bring their ideas to life in ever new ways.

The most recent tool in the box is Artificial Intelligence, triggering the latest in a series of transformations since the advent of the talkies 100 years ago. As with changing global markets and shifting audience behavior, the key is adaptation: the creative industries have a history of constantly reinventing themselves – to be continued.

FMX 2026 will set the stage for people who are shaping the future with their confidence, resilience and creativity in the midst of the ongoing transformation.