COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVALSIGGRAPH 2010
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Welcome to the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival (CAF), the international event that continues to be the premier place where creativity and innovation meet technology and industry.
We are proud to present a unique mix of independent creations and works by prominent production houses and studios, a mix of personal visions, and mainstream computer animations and visual effects.
Our distinguished jury went through hundreds of entries and assembled a selection of works with the highest value of originality, craft, storytelling, experimentation, and/or technology.
We have brought back the Electronic Theater, the tribal SIGGRAPH experience with an identical program three nights in a row, and we have included most of the Jury Selections in it. We have also assembled a few Special Screenings that we know you will enjoy: you will enjoy: TV Commercials and Cinematics, Shorts and Long Shorts, Student Animation, and a Special Focus on Chinese Student Animation.
This year the festival jury voted on submissions strictly within categories, and that proved to be a good system to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. We formalized ten festival submission categories: Computer Animation Shorts, Music Videos, TV and Web Commercials, Visualizations and Simulations, Student Projects, Animated Feature Films, Visual Effects for Short Films and TV Programs, Visual Effects for Live-Action Feature Films, Real-Time Animation, and Miscellaneous.
For the first time in SIGGRAPH history, we took technology a step further by having all projects uploaded online in final resolution at submission time, with many works in high-definition digital format. No tapes, no hard disks, just good old Internet.
We hope you are able to attend the impressive collection of cutting-edge and visionary Production Sessions, the new Animation Clinic, and the Live Real-Time Demos that complement the festival screenings. Enjoy the show!
Isaac Kerlow SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival Director
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FOREWORD
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ELECTRONIC THEATERSCREENINGS
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Dir. Roland Emmerich
2012 - Escape from L.A.
Digital DomainUSA2’17’’
Dir. Tim Burton
Alice in Wonderland
Sony Pictures ImageworksUSA3’00”
Dir. James Cameron
Avatar
Weta Digital Ltd.USA5’00”
Dir. Stephan Trojansky
2012 - The Last Fluid Simulation
Scanline VFXUSA1’44’’
Dir. Filip Engstrom
AMF - The Caterpillar
The MillUSA0’50’’
Dir. Tomek Baginski
Animated History of Poland
Platige ImagePoland8’51” (Excerpt)
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Dir. Carl Erik Rinsch
Audi Intelligently Combined
Digital DomainUSA2’15’’
Dir. Istvan Zorkoczy
Assassin’s Creed 2
Digic PicturesHungary3’54’’
Jury Selection
Invited Selection
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
1716
Dir. Teddy Newton
Day & Night
Pixar Animation StudiosUSA5’59”
Dir. Jon Favreau
Iron Man 2
Industrial Light & MagicUSA3'00"
Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
The Last Airbender
Industrial Light & MagicUSA2’30”
Dir. Pete Candeland
Harmonix The Beatles: Rock Band
Passion PicturesUK2’40’’
The Kinematograph
Platige ImagePoland12’40" (Excerpt)
Dir. Tomek Baginski´
Dir. Daihei Shibata
The Light of Life
Daihei ShibataJapan4’35’’
Dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
Barclaycard Rollercoaster
The MillUSA1’00’’
Dir. Jan Lachauer
Cartoon Scum
Filmakademie Baden-WürttembergGermany1’30’’
Dir. Marco Puig
DJ Hero
FramestoreUK1’35’’
Dir. Olivier Barré, Elise Garcette
Cours Toujours
La Station AnimationFrance1’48”
Dir. Armando Bo
Dog Fish
Bitt AnimationArgentina1’22’’
Dir. Nuno Alves Rodrigues, O. Bouacheria, A. Dieudonné, A. Kevin, U. Malassagne
Fenrir
Gobelins/Premium Films DistributionFrance1’06’’
Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
ImageMovers DigitalUSA7’05’’
Dir. Bif (Jules Janaud, Fabrice Le Nezet, Francois Roisin)
Ford Pop Up
The MillUSA0’30”
Dir. fantasista utamaro, Shane Lester
HANABEAM
W+K TOKYO LAB/Polygon PicturesJapan3’56”
[email protected], [email protected]
Dir. Mathew Cullen, Mark Kudsi
IBM Transportation
Motion TheoryUSA0’30”
ELECTRONIC THEATERSCREENINGS
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Dir. James Cunningham
JURY AWARDPoppy
Delf ProductionsNew Zealand10’50”
Poppy is an independent short set on France’s Western Front in WW I. Two New Zealand soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines. They find a baby in a muddy ditch, under its dead parents. One of the men wants to save it, the other does not. Based on true events, Poppy was written by the great-grandson of one of these soldiers.
Dir. Mike Newell
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
FramestoreUSA7’04’’
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Sherlock Holmes
FramestoreUK4’00”
Dir. Juan José Campanella
The Secret of Her Eyes - Vfx Huracán Extended One Shot
Argentina5’12”
Dir. Verena Fels
Mobile
Filmakademie Baden-WürttembergGermany6’24’’
Dir. Jérémy Macedo, Julien Perron, Ornélie Prioul, Rémi Salmon
Monstera Deliciosa
Gobelins/Premium Films DistributionFrance1’20’’
Dir. Thomas Brown
Ovulation
Nucleus Medical MediaUSA2’45’’
Dir. David Masters
Nokia Focus Group
The MillUK2’26’’
FramestoreUK1’00”
Dir. Traktor
Pepsi The Flight of the Penguin
Dir. Arev Manoukian
Making of Nuit Blanche
Stellar SceneCanada5’30’’
Dir. Eben Mears
Milk Sad Princess
PsyopUSA0’30’’
Dir. Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing
Passion PicturesAustralia15’00’’ (Excerpt)
Dir. H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain)
Logorama
Autour de Minuit ProductionsFrance16’05’’ (Excerpt)
BEST IN SHOW AWARDLoom
Dir. Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay
PolynoidGermany5’20’’
Loom tells the story of a moth being drowned in one of nature’s complex cycles. It is a final project at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction. Production time, including story development and preproduction, was one year.
ELECTRONIC THEATERSCREENINGS
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Dir. Beomsik Shimbe Shim
BEST STUDENT PROJECT PRIZEThe Wonder Hospital
California Institute of the ArtsUSA11’26’’
In this student project, a girl enters a mysterious hospital that alters her way of seeing beauty. She is given a choice between two images of her face, “Before” and “After”. As she continues on this illusionary journey, she realizes that beauty is something very different from what she expected.
LIVE REAL-TIME DEMOS
Matt Swoboda
Agenda Circling Forth
FairlightUK
Amit Chourasia
Glyphsea
San Diego Supercomputer CenterUSA
Kevin Brown
God of War III
Sony Computer Entertainment of AmericaJapan
Eskil Steenberg
Making Love
Quel SolaarSweden
Eric Bruneton
Proland
INRIAFrance
Mark Swain
Supersonic Sled
NVIDIA CorporationUSA
Simon Green
Real-Time Particle Based Liquid Simulation on the GPU
NVIDIA CorporationUK
Stephen McAuley
Blur
Bizarre CreationsUK
Prod. Adam Finkelstein
SIGGRAPH 2010 Technical Papers Trailer
SIGGRAPH 2010USA3’45”
Dir. Tomoya Kimpara
Suiren
wow.incJapan2’28’’
Dir. Eben Mears
UPS Gladiator
PsyopUSA0’30’’
Dir. Arjun Rihan
Topi
University of Southern CaliforniaUSA5’40’’
Dir. Joseph Kosinski
TRON: LEGACY
Walt Disney PicturesUSA3’00”
Dir. Anya Belkina
Upgrades
Emerson CollegeUSA1’21’’
Dir. Nico Casavecchia
Sweet 16
boolab/ The Ebeling GroupSpain/USA1’23’’
Dir. Pedro Miguel Cruz
Visualizing Empires Decline
University of CoimbraPortugal3’41”
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COMMERCIALS AND CINEMATICS SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dir. Tim Miller
Bioshock 2
Blur Studio, Inc.USA3’11”
Dir. Tim Miller
Brink
Blur Studio, Inc.USA2’49”
Dir. Martin Allais
Caveman
boolabSpain1’05”
Dir. Tim Miller
Dante’s Inferno: Hell Awaits
Blur Studio, Inc.USA0’30”
Dir. Mathew Cullen, Christopher Leone
Disney Parachutes
Motion TheoryUSA0’40”
Dir. Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.
Gears of War 3: Ashes to Ashes
Digital DomainUSA1’14”
Dir. Leo Santos
Blur Studio, Inc.USA0’30”
Dir. Pete Candeland(PP), Jamie Hewlett(ZFE)
Gorillaz Stylo
Passion Pictures/Zombie Flesh Eaters UK5’00”
Dir. Johnny Green
Guinness World
The Mill/KnuckleheadUK1’30”
Dir. Mathew Cullen
IBM Data Baby
Motion TheoryUSA0’30’’
Dir. Mathew Cullen
HP Hands Fergie
Motion TheoryUSA1’00”
Motion TheoryUSA0’30’’
Dir. Mathew Cullen
IBM Data Energy
Dir. Arjan van Meerten
Klik!
House of SecretsNetherlands1’13”
Dir. Valve
Left 4 Dead 2: Intro
ValveUSA2’58”
Dir. Patrick Daughters
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The MillUSA4’10”
Dir. Ryota Niitsuma, Toshio Ohashi
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: A Fate of Two Worlds Episode 1
CAPCOM CO., LTD./Polygon PicturesJapan3’41”
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Dir. Danny Kleinman
Pepsi Rising
FramestoreUK1’00”
Dir. Mathew Cullen, Jesus de Francisco
Tanqueray 3 Glasses
Motion TheoryUSA0’30’’
Dir. Istvan Zorkoczy
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Digic Pictures Hungary3’16”
Dir. Valve
Team Fortress 2: Meet the Spy
ValveUSA 3’20”
Dir. Ringan Ledwidge
Weetabix - Steeplechase
The Mill UK1’30”
Dir. Dave Wilson
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Blur Studio, Inc.USA3’26”
Dir. Jerry van de Beek, Betsy de Fries
Mercedes SLR 300: Out of this World
Little Fluffy Clouds LLCUSA0’30’’
Dir. Dave Wilson
Mass Effect 2
Blur Studio, Inc.USA3’10”
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Dir. Sam Chen
Amazonia
Aloha AnimationUSA4’55’’
Dir. Henrik Malmgren
The Guest
The Animation WorkshopDenmark7’14”
SHORTS AND LONG SHORTSSPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Kinematograph
Platige ImagePoland12’40”
Dir. Tomek Baginski´ Dir. H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain)
Logorama
Autour de Minuit ProductionsFrance16’05’’
Dir. Matray
Babioles
Autour de Minuit ProductionsFrance4’43’’
Dir. Sebastien Laban, Virginie Goyons
Meet Meline
France6’24”
Dir. Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing
Passion PicturesAustralia15’00’’
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Grained Time Vol. 1
Goshima KazuhiroJapan6’22”
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Dir. Faiyaz Jafri
Natural Plastic
Plastic Peach, Inc.USA1’42”
Dir. Arev Manoukian
Nuit Blanche
Stellar SceneCanada4’47”
Dir. Kyle T. Bell
The Mouse That Soared
Soaring Animated MouseUSA2’50’’
Dir. Ondrej Svadlena
MRDRCHAIN
Autour de Minuit Productions France9’40”
Dir. Matthieu Jorrot, David Tousek
Tele-Vision
The Animation Workshop Denmark3’00”
Dir. Ahaon Bourland, Scott Liedtka
Ways to Skin a Hairless Cat
Tippett StudioUSA2’26’’
Dir. Edouard Salier
Splitting the Atom
Autour de Minuit ProductionsFrance5’10’’
Dir. Kurt Adams
White Drawing
WITTNew Zealand5’33”
Dir. Tsutomu Miyajima
Pissenlit
WOWJapan2’10”
Dir. Sam O’Hare
The Sandpit
OOVFXUSA5’32’’
Dir. Monno Kazue, Nagata Takeshi
Ogre You Asshole - Pinhole
Voltage Unlimited, Inc.Japan4’00”
SHORTS AND LONG SHORTSSPECIAL SCREENINGS
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Dir. Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay, Fabian Pross
Mem
PolynoidGermany1’56’’
LONG SHORTS AND STUDENT ANIMATIONSPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dir. Ting Chian Tey
Bridge
Academy of Art UniversityUSA2’45”
Dir. Shu-Wei Chang
Flyman
National Taiwan University of ArtsTaiwan2’50”
Dir. Charlotte Boisson
Get Out
ESMAFrance7’30”
Dir. Bong Ho Kim
G-Force Basketball
Ringling College of Art and DesignUSA2’16”
Dir. Florian Girardot
Maestro Moustache
Arts et Technologies de l’ImageFrance3’35”
Dir. David Francois, R. Hotin, J. Moreau, B. Rogron, G.Thierry, M.Vallade
The Light House Keeper
Premium Films DistributionFrance3’15”
Dir. Emanuel Strixner
Magus Maximus
Filmakademie Baden-WürttembergGermany7’50”
Dir. Marion Stinghe, M. Franck, B. Guillamot, N. Caffarel, E. Le Tannou
Pandore
Gobelins/Premium Films DistributionFrance2’26”
Dir. Ying Cui
Puppet Show
Institute of Digital Media Technology China3’36”
Dir. Nicolas Athane, B. Chevillard, A. Liddell, F. Losito, M. Nguyen
Un Tour de Manège
Gobelins/Premium Films Distribution France3’32”
Dir. Taiki Ito
Muscular Union
Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd. Japan1’59”
Dir. Rémi Larroque
Sushi Express
ArtFxFrance5’00”
Dir. Thomas Charra, M. Crouzat, K. Dabylall, D. Do, G. Jolly-Monge
Le Ruban
Gobelins/Premium Films DistributionFrance3’50’’
Dir. Brendan Carroll, Francesco Giroldini
The Monk & The Monkey
Ringling College of Art and DesignUSA1’56’’
Dir. Tomek Baginski
Animated History of Poland
Platige ImagePoland8’51”Long Short
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Dir. Philippe Grammaticopoulos
The Bellies
Haidouk FilmsFrance16’40’’Long Short
Dir. Jakob Schuh
The Gruffalo
Magic Light PicturesUK, Long Short26’58”(Excerpt)
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CHINESE STUDENT ANIMATIONSPECIAL SCREENING
Dir. Mu Jianhong
Chase 追
Communication University of China 20094’27”
Communication University of China 20070’58”
Dir. Li Xiang, Xiong Xiao, Zhao Bo
Crossing
Dir. Zhou Xing
Escape From The Temple 双下山
The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts20085’48”
Dir. Li Xiang
Fading 褪色
Communication University of China20083’04”
Dir. Zhu Chenxin
Greedy Cat 贪食的猫
China Academy of Art20093’15”
Communication University of China20096’02”
Dir. Li Zhiyong
Kungfu Bunny 3 - Counterattack 功夫兔3
Dir. Zhu Dan
Pure Color 纯色
Communication University of China20074’39”
Dir. Zhang Wen, Xu Wenjie
Sanchakou 三岔口
China Academy of Art20094’50”
Dir. Zhu Houlin, Zhang Heng
Tao’s Frog 阿桃的青蛙
Communication University of China20108’10”
Dir. Zhao Jiayin
The Lost Commitments 童谣
Communication University of China20089’00”
Dir. Gao Sheng, Gong Yifei
The Rabbit and the Bear 兔子和熊
China Academy of Art20094’11”
Dir. Shang Zhuo, Hu Haowei
The Return 回
Communication University of China2008 6’50”
Communication University of China20108’20”
Dir. Gu Di, Chen Ziying, Cao Huaijin
Distance 距离
Dir. Zou Yinye
FISH 追鱼
China Academy of Art20094’34”
Dir. Qian Yuping
A Girl and A Dog 女孩与狗
Communication University of China20062’34”
Nanjing Arts Institute20088’29”
Dir. Xue Feng
Kid Coming 孩子来了
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Dir. Zhou Jianrui
Water Brain
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts200914’38”
Dir. Fan Qingqing, Zhang Junyi, Ni Xiashuang, Zheng Tiantian
We 我们
China Academy of Art 20097’47”
ANIMATION CLINIC
TUESDAY 2 – 3:30 PM ROOM 406WEDNESDAY 2 – 3:30 PM ROOM 406
The SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival offers, for the first time ever, an Animation Clinic. In this event, industry leaders and masters review student final projects and offer creative, production, technical, and career advice.
Each chosen work will receive 40 minutes of review during two public sessions open to conference attendees. Material reviewed may include a synopsis, a story line, storyboards, animation tests, examples of visual development, and character design. Selected projects to be announced on-site.
Dir. Wang Xiaoli
The White World 白宇宙
China Academy of Art20095’00”
Dir. Hong Wanli
The Robbery 十字坡打店
China Academy of Art20105’45”
Dir. Zhou Wei, Jiao Qingyuan
Vanity Bonsai 浮景
Communication University of China20105’07”
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FESTIVAL STATISTICS
TOTAL CAF SUBMISSIONS * 750
CAF STUDENT SUBMISSIONS * 290
TOTAL CAF SELECTED ENTRIES ** 91
CAF JURY SELECTIONS 45
CAF INVITED ENTRIES *, *** 30
CAF SELECTED ENTRIES, BY CATEGORY
Computer Animation Shorts 27
TV and Web Commercials 23
Student Animation 21
Real-Time and Cinematics 7
Visual Effects for Live-Action Feature Films 5
Visualizations and Simulations 3
Music Videos 2
Visual Effects for Short Films and TV Programs 2
Animated Feature Films 1
CAF SUBMISSIONS, BY REGION
North America 38%
Europe 30%
Asia 24%
South America and Caribbean 3%
Australia and New Zealand 2%
Middle East 2%
Africa 1%
LRTD SUBMISSIONS, BY REGION
North America 32
Europe 11
Asia 12
Middle East 1
South America and Caribbean 1
LRTD SELECTED ENTRIES, BY REGION
North America 6
Europe 5
Asia 1
NOTES
* Rounded-off numbers.
* * Includes Jury Selections.
* * * Includes Hollywood Studio Feature Films, and selections from the Japan Media Arts Festival, and the Beijing-based Aniwow! Festival.
TOTAL LRTD SUBMISSIONS 57
LRTD JURY SELECTIONS 12
CAF SELECTED ENTRIES, BY REGION
North America 41
Europe 39
Asia 6
South America and Caribbean 2
Australia and New Zealand 3
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SPECIAL THANKS
Walt Disney Animation StudiosSohonet
AMDEarth Observatory of SingaporeHydraulx VFXIntel CorporationIron Light DigitalLa Station AnimationMagic Castle HotelNanyang Technological UniversityNVIDIA CorporationPilötTHQ
Warren Betts Scott A. CampbellBill CaparellaMelissa FanfassianAndrew FowlerBrent HallAdam HorsewoodRichard LinecarBrian S. MillmanAndrew MillsteinRamon Montoya-VozmedianoArt RepolaBerenice RobinsonLutzner RodriguezBen RoederChris TaylorEric Whitfield
Olivier BarréElise GarcetteDarin GrantGreg GrusbyAsami HosokawaDavid Lee Ling WeiDon LevyTerrence MassonMeats MeierNguyen Thi Nam PhuongMiles PerkinsJaz RongokeaDarren RossSebastian SylwanNatasha TurnerChris WiggumMolly Wolfsehr
AWARD WINNERS
BEST STUDENT PROJECT PRIZEThe Wonder HospitalBeomsik Shimbe Shim
JURY AWARDPoppyJames Cunningham
BEST IN SHOW AWARDLoomJan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Isaac Kerlow Earth Observatory ofSingapore/NTU/ADM
FESTIVAL MANAGER Laura Henneman
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Josh Grow Hydraulx VFX
STEREO 3D PRODUCER Katie Fellion light iron Digital
ELECTRONIC THEATERPRE-SHOW PRODUCERJoan Collins
ANIMATION CLINIC PRODUCER Steve RittlerSchool of Visual Arts
FESTIVALCOMMITTEE
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2010 CHAIR, INTERACTIVE AND REAL-TIME RENDERINGEvan Hirsch THQ
2011 CHAIR, INTERACTIVE AND REAL-TIME RENDERINGJason Smith LucasArts
LIVE REAL-TIME DEMOSUBCOMMITTEE
CREATIVE TEAMART DIRECTIONIsaac Kerlow
GRAPHIC DESIGNERWui Shu Xian Obsessive Design
COVER ILLUSTRATIONMeats Meier
TITLE GRAPHICSKe Yi XiaoDavid Lee Ling WeiNguyen Thi Nam Phuong
COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL JURY
LIVE REAL-TIME DEMOS JURY
Andy Boyd Head of 3DMethod Studios
Pascal ChappuisSequence SupervisorRhythm & Hues Studios
Andrew DaffyDirector The House of Curves
Karen Dufilho-RosenProducerHouse of K
Jinko GotohAnimation Producer
Chris LandrethDirector
Saschka Unseld Camera and Layout ArtistPixar Animation Studios
Pepe ValenciaPrevis DirectorBARABOOM! Studios
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Paul AmerMicrosoft Game Studios
Andrew GlassnerConsultant
Joshua GrowHydraulx VFX
Ralph GuggenheimAlligator Planet
Daniel LeventhalUniversity of Washington
Salvatore MellusoPixar Animation Studios
Bob NicollConsultant
Ian ShawMicrosoft Game Studios Europe
Rick StringfellowElectronic Arts Canada
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