The Chair of Audiovisual Media, Film and Television and the Center for Media Competence (ZFM) are part of national and international networks, cooperating on diverse research projects and various media practice projects. The chair and staff members are actively engaged in several professional societies, including the Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM), the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), the Society for Animation Studies (SAS), the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI), the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS), and the Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart (AMCRS).

The research focus on colour and the journal Colour Turn have led to ongoing contacts with renowned researchers such as Prof. Dr. Anna Franklin (University of Sussex, UK), Anya Hurlbert (Newcastle University, UK), Prof. Dr. Almut Kelber (Lund University, Sweden), Prof. Dr. Yoko Mizokami (Chiba University, Japan), Prof. Dr. Kayo Tajima (Rikkyo University, Japan), Prof. Dr. Kirsten Thompson (Seattle University, USA), and Prof. Dr. Kazuhiko Yokosawa (University of Tokyo). Through the Research Center for Animation and Emerging Media, there are many collaborations with partners around the world in the field of animation studies. In addition, many national and international contacts are maintained in the field of film studies and in film and television production. Film scholars and filmmakers regularly speak at lectures, workshops, and public events in Tübingen.

A particularly close cooperation exists with the Nanyang Technological University Singapore – School of Art, Design and Media (Prof. Hans-Martin Rall). This includes joint film and VR projects (Hölderlins Echo), an ongoing research project on Shakespeare and AI, a planned exhibition on the film Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (Lotte Reiniger, 1926, Germany), the organisation of conferences (ITFS Symposia from 2013 to 2019), a regular student exchange, as well as joint lectures, publications and supervision of MA theses.

There is a long-standing relationship with the University of Pune (Prof. Dr. Madhavi Reddy). From 2018 to 2020, the Media Ambassadors India – Germany project, funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, enabled the exchange of Indian and German journalists. The range of topics covered by the programme included aspects of democracy, social cohesion, environmental protection, and health promotion, and it is linked to a steadily growing alumni network.

In Austria, the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences is a cooperation partner in the AniVision research project. In addition, there are also long-standing working relationships with FH-Prof. Dr. Franziska Bruckner (St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences) and FH-Prof. Juergen Hagler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria/Ars Electronica), among others in the context of the AG Animation (Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft). Swiss partners include the Department of Film Studies at the University of Zurich and, in the project The Answering Machine, the Zurich University of the Arts. In Norway, there is cooperation with the AI Media Research Network at  the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim through the RHET AI Center. Individual contacts in the USA are Prof. Ari Purnama (University of Oregon), who visited in 2024, Prof. Robert Shandley (Texas A&M University), who was a visiting professor in 2022, and Prof. Donald Crafton (University of Notre Dame), who was in Tübingen in 2019 when we performed his playlet Winsor and Gertie.