As part of a bilateral exchange, Filmakademie students can apply to spend a semester at a partner university after they have completed their basic studies. Students taking part in such an exchange must apply for a leave semester at the Filmakademie. 

The Filmakademie currently has agreements with the following universities:

• AFDA – The South African School of Motion Picture, Live Recording and Live Performance (all disciplines)
• Al-Quds University, Jerusalem (all disciplines)
• Colombo Film & Television Academy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Docubox, Nairobi, Kenya
• Dodge College at Chapman University, Orange County, California
• FTII – Film & Television Institute of India, Pune, India
• Gobelins l’école de l’image, Paris (Animation)
• Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv, Israel
• La fémis, Paris (fiction film team)
• Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, USA (all disciplines)
• Maisha Film Lab, Kampala, Uganda
• Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India
• NDU – Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (all disciplines)
• Ryerson-University, Toronto (all disciplines)
• Sapir College, Sderot, Israel (all disciplines)
• Polish National Film School, Lodz, Poland (Camera)
• Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentinien (alle Gewerke)