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May 9, 2008, 12:07 AM
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SIGGRAPH names computer animation award nominees
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ACM SIGGRAPH announced Thursday the award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival to be held in Los Angeles this August.
Nominees were chosen from more than 900 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike.
"With nearly 30 jurors from all corners of the globe, and two separate jury meetings, this year's Computer Animation Festival jury was one of the most comprehensive in the Festival's history," stated Computer Animation Festival juried co-chair Samuel Lord Black. "The varied expertise we received from our jury ensures that this year's festival is well-balanced, exciting, and a great snapshot of the industry's finest material."
New at this year's festival is the addition of the award presentations, where winners will be revealed during the event.
The nominees for this year's Computer Animation Festival Awards are as follows:
Best in Show Nominees
Bolides (Supinfocom, France)
This imaginative student film treats us to a chaotic, hilarious wheelchair race through an old age home.
Carbon Footprint (William Rockall; Jellyfish Pictures, UK)
Using computer graphics, Jellyfish Pictures drives home the point of global responsibility, presenting the decomposition of a single soda can over half a century in a single seamless shot.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (DreamWorks Animation, U.S.A.)
Hilarity, peril romance, and zoo animals; everything expected from DreamWorks Animation, this glimpse into their upcoming film provides a whole new perspective on flying with animals.
Oktapodi (Julien Bocabeille, Francois-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi; GOBELINS l'ecole de l'image, France)
GOBELINS' third-year students direct this animated short about two octopi in their comical escape from the grasps of a stubborn restaurant cook.
The Chemical Brothers 'The Salmon Dance' (Framestore CFC, UK)
Great music combines with hilarious animation to provide a new perspective on aquaria as a tank filled with rapping, beatboxing and dancing fish comes to life, featuring over 300 hand-animated fish.
Best Student Piece Nominees
893 (Supinfocom, France)
Once again, France's Supinfocom combines story and style in this tale of honor, tradition and imagination.
Al Dente (Supinfocom, France)
Combine opera, pasta and a knife-wielding chef, and the result is another delicious animated short from this prolific school.
Baerenbraut (Derek Roczen; Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, Germany)
This tale of disproportionate love shows how relationships can change over time. This remarkable 2D animation illustrates a complicated subject and a complex relationship using the most limited of color palettes.
Blind Spot (Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel and Simon Rouby; GOBELINS l'ecole de l'image, France)
Peripheral vision is everything in this animation about a nearsighted grandmother, a clumsy robber, and a surveillance camera that doesn't quite tell the story of what's really going on in the convenience store.
Mauvais Role (Alan Barbier, Camille Campion, Dorian Fevrier, Frederic Fourier, Frederic Lafay, Min Ma, Jean-Francois Macem, Emanuel Reperant, Jeremie Rousseau and Olivier Sicot; Supinfocom, France)
This little tale tells the story of getting whatever you want, as long as you know what it is. Watch as a monster constantly cast in games finds his perfect job in a game you'd never choose for him.
Jury Award Nominees
Chump and Clump (Michael Herm and Stephan Sacher, Germany)
This short shows us just how distracting your friends can be... and just how they can lead you to miss your bus. Repeatedly.
Mauvais Role
Oktapodi
Our Wonderful Nature (Tomer Eshed; HFF Potsdam, Germany)
This documentary uses time stretching, film camera work and creative sound design to tell the story of water shrews in the wild.
The Plush Life (Timothy Heath, U.S.A.)
This film, rendered entirely with NVIDIA's Gelato, shows us what happens when you pick at something that just shouldn't be picked at: you might just imperil your trip to work.
Since 1999, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has been an official qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Best Animated Short Film" award.
This year's expanded festival offers attendees an array of activities from August 11 to 15, which includes competition and showcase screenings at Los Angeles' famed Nokia Theater.
Attendees interested in all aspects of animation can also participate in a variety of panels, talks, and presentations, including two full days that will focus on the world of 3D stereo cinematography. These events will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
For complete details on this year's Computer Animation Festival, visit www.siggraph.org/s2008/submissions/juried/caf.
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