SIGGRAPH 2006 Announces Computer Animation Festival Schedule

Till Nowak's 'Delivery' is one of the featured shorts in the Animation Theaters program

The Computer Animation Festival jury for SIGGRAPH 2006 selected 97 films and two award winners from 726 entries for exemplary use of computer-generated imagery and animation and compelling storytelling.

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is an internationally recognized event that engages and inspires artists and technologists alike. Each year, it serves as a mirror of what is possible today and a window into what can be achieved in the future.

"Word is out that the Computer Animation Festival is one of the premier venues for showcasing artistic talent in the film world. In fact, we witnessed a remarkable 25% increase in submissions from 2005 to 2006, and with that increase the competition amongst films is fierce," stated Terrence Masson, the SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival chair from Digital Fauxtography Inc. "The bar of excellence has risen even higher and this year's crop of accepted pieces is diverse, thought-provoking, and technically superb."

SIGGRAPH 2006 will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, July 30-Aug. 3.

The Electronic Theater, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, will hold screenings July 31 (7:00-9:00 pm), Aug. 1 (1:30-3:30 pm and 7:00-9:00 pm) and Aug. 2 (1:30-3:30 pm and 7:00-9:00 pm).

The Electronic Theater program includes:

* 458NM (Special Jury Honors)
Germany
Directors: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Tom Weber
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

* A GREAT BIG ROBOT FROM OUTER SPACE ATE MY HOMEWORK
Canada
Director: Mark Shirra
Vancouver Film School

* BRUSH
U.K.
Director: Lei Chen
Bournemouth University

* BUBBLE GIRL
U.S.
Directors: Marie Hyon, Marco Spier
PSYOP Inc.

* CARLITOPOLIS
France
Director: Luis Nieto
ENSAD

* Dairy Crest "Cityside"
U.K.
Director: Dom & Nic (Outsider Films)
Framestore CFC

* DISCORD: METAL AND MEAT
U.S.
Director: Stephan Larson
Northern Michigan University

* DOLL FACE
U.S.
Director: Andy Huang

* EVERYONE'S HERO selected sequences
U.S.
Directors: Dan St. Pierre, Colin Brady
IDT Ent.

* FLOW
Germany
Director: Stephan Trojansky
Scanline Production

* Foster's Australia BIG AD
Australia
Director: Paul Middleditch
Animal Logic

* GROWTH BY AGGREGATION 2 (the Utah variation)
U.S.
Director: Andy Lomas

* Guinness NOITULOVE
U.K.
Director: Daniel Kleinman (Kleinman Prods.)
Framestore CFC

* ILM 2006
U.S.
Director: Brent Bowers
Industrial Light & Magic

* INSANELY TWISTED SHADOW PUPPETS - 12 INTERSTITIALS
Canada
Director: Michel Gagne
Sketchbook Animation Studios

* INTO PIECES
Brazil
Director: Guilherme Marcondes

* KING KONG: "VFX BREAKDOWN"
New Zealand
Director: Joe Letteri
Weta Digital Ltd.

* KING KONG: "IN A NEW YORK MINUTE"
New Zealand
Director: Chris White
Weta Digital Ltd.

* MONSTER FARM 5 CIRCUS CARAVAN
Japan
Director: Goh Fujita
Digital Media Lab. Inc.

* MONSTER HOUSE: THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
U.S.
Director: Jay Redd
Sony Pictures Imageworks

* MONSTER SAMURAI
U.S.
Director: Moto Sakakibara
Sprite Animation Studios

* MY DATE FROM HELL
Germany
Directors: Tim Weimann, Tom Bracht
Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction

* NOGGIN
U.S.
Director: Alex Cannon
Brigham Young University

* ONE MAN BAND
U.S.
Directors: Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez
Pixar Animation Studios

* ONE RAT SHORT (Best of Show winner)
U.S.
Director: Alex Weil
Charlex

* OPEN SEASON: SEPARATING THE TREES FROM THE FOREST
U.S.
Director: Doug Ikeler
Sony Pictures Imageworks

* RACING BEATS
Germany
Directors: Alexander Kiesl, Steffen Hacker
Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction

* REXONA GO WILD
U.K.
Director: Noam Murro (Biscuit Filmworks)
Framestore CFC

* Robin Hood Flour - GIVING
Canada
Director: Richard Rosenman
Red Rover Studios

* THE BUILDING
France
Director: Eric Riewer
Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image

* THE INNER LIFE OF THE CELL (Excerpt)
U.S.
Director: John Liebler
XVIVO LLC

* Toohey's "WAR OF THE APPLIANCES"
Australia
Director: Graeme Burfoot
Animal Logic

* Toyota METEOR
U.S.
Director: Baker Smith
Method

* TREAD SOFTLY
U.S.
Director: Heebok Lee
Carnegie Mellon University

* Vodafone "MAYFLY"
U.K.
Directors: Darren Walsh, Peter Thwaites
Passion Pictures

* WARHAMMER: MARK OF CHAOS INTRO CINEMATIC
Hungary
Director: Istvan Zorkoczy
Digic Pictures

* WOJNA
Germany
Director: Agnieszka Kruczek
Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction

The Animation Theaters will be held in Rooms 104 & 107, July 30 (1:00-6:00 pm), July 31 (9:00 am-6:00 pm), Aug. 1 (9:00 am -6:00 pm), Aug. 2 (9:00 am-6:00 pm) and Aug. 3 (9:00 am-5:00 pm).

The Animation Theaters program includes:

* 3D ILLUSION IN MOTION
Singapore
Director: Yee Siong Leow
SIGGRAPH Singapore

* AAL IM SCHÄDEL
Germany
Director: Martin Rahmlow
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

* AT THE END OF THE STRING
France
Director: Amandine Pecharman
Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image

* BELOVED
U.K.
Director: Alex Wilkie
National Centre for Computer Animation

* BOX
Canada
Director: Stephen Crowhurst NAKD

* CALIDRI
U.S.
Director: Brian Evans
University of Alabama

* CAPS
Germany
Directors: Moritz Mayerhofer, Jan Locher
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

* COLOR DREAM NO. 246
U.S.
Director: Michael Theodore
University of Colorado

* DELIVERY
Germany
Director: Till Nowak
frameboX

* DO ROBOTS DREAM OF BUNNIES?
U.S.
Director: Piotr Karwas
Digital Domain Inc.

* FERTILIZER SOUP
France
Director: Sylvain Marc
Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image

* FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN
Japan
Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Square Enix Co., Ltd.

* FLIGHT PATTERNS
U.S.
Director: Aaron Koblin
University of California, Los Angeles Design|Media Arts

* FLUID ANIMATION WITH DYNAMIC MESHES
U.S.
Director: Bryan Klingner
University of California, Berkeley

* FOG (NIEBLA)
Spain
Director: Emilio Ramos
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

* FUTURE SKY
Canada
Director: John Dubinski
University of Toronto

* GATORADE SHATTERED
U.S.
Director: Brian Beletic
Digital Domain Inc.

* GEZ "THE BLACK SHEEP"
Germany
Director: Peter Spans
Spans & Partner GmbH

* GNAP GNAP
France
Directors: Olivier Daube, Sonia DesMichelis, Wilfried Pain, Bertrand Piocelle Jean-Vincent Sales
Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image

* GOOD IS GOOD
U.S.
Directors: Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick
PSYOP Inc

* GROWTH BY AGGREGATION
U.S.
Director: Andy Lomas

* HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
U.K.
Director: Mike Newell
Framestore CFC

* HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Cinesite
U.K.
Director: Garth Jennings
Cinesite

* IN SEARCH OF THE PUPPETEER
U.S.
Director: Chih-Ming Chang
California Institute of the Arts

* Johnnie Walker "PAINTINGS"
U.K.
Director: Mandi Stark
Aardman Animation Ltd.

* K LIQUID
Belgium
Director: Rizon Parein

* KUHFO
Germany
Director: Hannes Appell, Holger Wenzl

* KUNGFU GECKO
Singapore
Director: Nickson Fong
Egg Story Creative Production

* MEMORIAL
U.S.
Directors: Matt Clausen, Jon Gutman
University of Southern California

* MOONGIRL
U.S.
Director: Henry Selick

* Motorola PEBL
U.S.
Director: David Fincher
Digital Domain Inc.

* MULTI-LAYERED CLOTH SIMULATION
U.S.
Director: Anthony LaMolinara
Walt Disney Feature Animation

* MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTION RESEARCH Demo Reel
U.S.
Director: Jefferson Y. Han
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

* MUSASHINO PLATEAU
Japan
Director: Nobuo Takahashi
Nagoya City University/Yoshida Gakuen

* Northwest Airlines TRANSFORMATIONS
U.S.
Director: Arman Matin
rhinofx

* OH HISSE
Japan
Director: Hikaru Yamakawa

* OPEN BOOK
France
Directors: Iris Bonavittacola, Virginie Hanrigou, Raphal Lev, Carole Maurel, Augustin Paliard
Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image

* PETSHOP
U.S.
Director: Trenton Halvorsen
Brigham Young University

* Planet One BARBEQUE
Spain
Director: Jorge Blanco
ilion animation studios S.L.

* QUEST FOR THE MYSTIC MOOGOO FRUIT!
Iran
Director: Ila Soleimani

* RACE CORNETTO APHRODIZIAC
México
Director: Javier Gutiérrez
Ciberfilms SC

* RAMA
France
Director: Eric Bruneton

* REAL BIRDS DON'T BARF
Germany
Director: Bernhard Haux

* REFLECT
U.S.
Director: Dennis H. Miller
Northeastern University

* RELIGHTING HUMAN LOCOMOTION
U.S.
Director: Paul Debevec
University of Southern California Centers for Creative Technologies

* Robin Hood Flour - MEMORIES
Canada
Director: Richard Rosenman
Red Rover Studios

* SCIATICA
U.K.
Director: Peter Nancolis
National Centre for Computer Animation

* SCOPE
Japan
Director: Makoto Yabuki
TANGRAM

* SHARING BEARS
U.S.
Director: Steven Ford
Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Boston University

* SNAKES
Spain
Director: Cristóbal Vila

* SOLOMON GRUNDY
U.S.
Directors: Ken Seward, Chris Myers
Savannah College of Art and Design

* SUBA
U.K.
Director: Alastair Graham
Jellyfish Pictures

* THE AERONAUT
U.S.
Director: Nicholas Lombardo
Ringling School of Art and Design

* THE FLY
U.S.
Director: HanJin Song
Ringling School of Art and Design

* THE MAGICBOX
Germany
Director: Alexander Beim

* THEROS
U.K.
Director: Georgios Cherouvim
National Centre for Computer Animation

* TREIBGUT
U.K.
Director: Ruediger Kaltenhaeuser

* ToyArtist:PAPA&BABY
South Korea
Directors: Wooksang Chang, Jaemin Lee, Younghee Choi, Donghyuk Choi, Chigon Park, Hyejin Kim

* VW - SINGING IN THE RAIN
U.K.
Director: N-EO
The Moving Picture Co.

* WALKING WITH MONSTERS
U.K.
Directors: Chloe Leland, Tim Haines
Framestore CFC

For more information on the SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival, visit www.siggraph.org/s2006/main.php?f=conference&p=caf.

SIGGRAPH 2006 will bring an estimated 25,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents to Boston for the industry's most respected technical and creative programs focusing on research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and the web. More than 250 international exhibiting companies are expected. Registration for the conference and exhibition is open to the public.


ACM SIGGRAPH, the leading professional society for computer graphics and interactive techniques, sponsors SIGGRAPH 2006. For more info, visit www.siggraph.org/s2006.

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