BA Examination

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Check all other important dates on the BA Examination Timeline.

Required Records

Projects missing these deadlines will not be accepted for the final exam.

Thursday, 13. June 2019

until 23:59 (CET) upload your Project to the server (folder will be communicated by the ASO) including English Subtitles. This version will be shown at your BA presentation and at the Werkschau.

Friday, 14. June 2019

until 12:00 (CET) use the Template for Studentfilm and Template for Studentpage to add all information about you and your films made at this school to our aniwiki.

Monday, 17. June 2019

until 23:59 (CET) upload all files according to the Project Submission to the server. The location will be communicated a week in advance.

In addition: zip the following files, give the zip a logical name and copy it to the same folder as the film above.

  • 6 Stills
  • a picture of the filmmakers
  • a short biography of the filmmakers and the synopsis of the film in German and English in a plain text file
  • a list of the credits in a plain text

Tuesday, 18. June 2019

until 17:00 (CET) upload your BA presentation (as Powerpoint or Keynote file) to the server under: projects -> _3BA_Projektordner -> 05_BA-Presentation -> NameOfYourFilm

At your presentation in front of the Jury, you must use exactly this file.

Presentations and Jury 19.-21. June 2019

The presentations in front of the jury in the REX cinema are held between Wednesday 19. - Friday 21. June 2019 in the cinama REX - room 045. The jury members this year are Haas Jürgen (Head), Gasser Christian, Ehmann Jochen, Mumford Jane and an external juror. The presentation of the projects is public and can be held in german or english depending on the external jury member.

Read more about the judgement criteria on the official information.

You are allowed to choose one practical criteria (i.e. animation, story, character design, editing, post-production etc...) and one presentation criteria (command of language, free speaking, structure of presentation, technical knowledge transferral, graphic layout of presentation slides etc...) of your choice to help boost your results. See timetable below for the deadlines of naming both criteria.

Werkschau 2019

The Werkschau takes place from Friday to Sunday 21. - 30. June 2019 at the Messe Luzern . The vernissage starts Friday 21. June 2019 at 18:00 (CET).

Exhibition buildup is from Monday to Friday 17. - 21. June 2019, the dismantling on Monday 1. July 2019. Responsible for the coordination is the artistic assistant .

Premiere 2019

The premiere starts on Wednesday 26. June 2019 at 18:00 (CET) at the Cinema Maxx, Emmenbrücke, followed by an aperitif.

Diplomas 2019

The diplomas will be given to you on Saturday 28. June at the Messe Luzern 2019. The invitations will be sent to you from the offices of Hochschule Luzern.

Friday, 5. July 2019

until 12:00 (CET) mail the musiclist for the SUISA to the artistic associate. To promote your film online create a short trailer and upload to the server (location will be communicated). The trailer will be uploaded to our vimeo site and can be linked to your vimeo account. Do not upload your final film immediately to an online platform without consulting Chantal Molleur first. You can upload you entire film after it has done its first round of important festivals (usually about a year) to your platform of choice. Please create a link to our site as the producer of your film.