SIGGRAPH
2015, the annual interdisciplinary education experience and
conference on the latest computer graphics and interactive techniques,
today announces the award recipients for the 42nd annual
Computer Animation Festival. Top winners in their categories include:
“Best in Show,” “Jury’s Choice,” “Best Student Project,” “Best Computer
Animated Short,” “Best Animated Feature Film,” “Best Visual Effects for
Live-Action Feature Film,” “Best Visualization or Simulation,” “Best
Music Video,” “Best Game,” and “Best Advertisement.”
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SIGGRAPH 2015 Best in Show Selection “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Photo: Business Wire)
More than 100 of the nominees will be shown during the Computer
Animation Festival at the Los Angeles Convention Center during the
SIGGRAPH 2015, 9-13 August 2015. View the official trailer for a sneak
peak of this year’s Computer Animation Festival line-up here.
For 2015, almost 500 submissions were evaluated by an expert jury of
professionals that span the visual effects, animation, research and
development, games, advertising, and education industries. The Computer
Animation Festival is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences as a qualifying festival. Since 1999, numerous Computer
Animation Festival award winners have been nominated for or have
received an Oscar® for “Best Animated Short.”
“We’re beyond ecstatic about the number of submissions we received for
this year’s Computer Animation Festival,” said Mikki Rose, co-chair of
the SIGGRAPH 2015 Computer Animation Festival. “The creators of these
pieces made it wonderfully difficult to pick the best of the best.
[Co-chair] Joe Takai and I, along with the other jurors, know that hard
work and thousands of hours were put into these works of art, and each
one is special. The Computer Animation Festival is a great stage to
present these pieces, and we congratulate the winners.”
BEST IN SHOW
Citius, Altius, Fortius (Germany)
Submitted
and Directed by Felix Deimann
“Citius, Altius, Fortius” explores
the interplay of abstract shapes and motions. How can the substance of
motion be visualized? Original footage of athletes in Olympic
competitions was digitalized into 3D through motion tracking and
rotoscoping. The specific character of each sport is reflected in the
visual language.
JURY’S CHOICE
Amir Amira (France)
Submitted by
ESMA (École Supérieure des Métiers)
Directed by Sara Ayoub, Martial
Andre, Benjamin Condy, Ariane Dedulle, Cecilia Maturi and Tatiana
Tchoumakova
“Amir Amira” takes on the topic of gender strict
traditional education through the eyes of two wooden puppets at puberty.
BEST STUDENT PROJECT
L3.0 (France)
Submitted by ISART
Digital
Directed by Alexis Decelle, Cyril Declercq, Vincent Defour
and Pierre Jury
“L3.0” tells the story of Leo, a high-tech “pet”
robot, which wanders alone in Paris following the mysterious
disappearance of nearly all living species. He spends his days trying to
entertain himself, but to no avail. Then, one day he meets a new living
being.
Contacts
SIGGRAPH 2015
Joey Lee
T: 310-592-1712
E: joey_lee@siggraph.org
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