CHICAGO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 4, 2015 — 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.
BEST COMPUTER ANIMATED SHORT
Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou
(USA)
Submitted by Ringling College of Art and Design
Directed
by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon
With “Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky
Lou,” the chaotically misfortunate Jenkins and the monotonously lucky
Lou run into each other one morning. Together they find a thrilling and
fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San Francisco
in an ice cream cart.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Home (USA)
Submitted by
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Directed by Tim Johnson
The VFX
breakdown of DreamWorks animated film “Home,” explores how shading and
rendering was used to create giant soap bubbles to alien characters
splashing in calm water to a giant bulldozer machine crunching the
Australian outback.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS FOR LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM
Paddington
(United Kingdom)
Submitted by Framestore
Directed by Paul King
“Paddington”
started in 2012, with a 350-strong team, and Framestore delivered 760
final shots for Paddington, 570 of which feature the marmalade-obsessed
bear. It is not just Paddington, there is also a CG supporting cast
including Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo, a dog and a flock of pigeons.
BEST VISUALIZATION OR SIMULATION
Multi-scale Multi-physics
Heart Simulator, UT-Heart (Japan)
Submitted by SCIEMENT
Directed
by Hirofumi Seo
For “Multi-scale Multi-physics Heart Simulator,”
all 3DCG shown were accurately generated from multiple super-computer
simulation data calculated by UT-Heart. UT-Heart is a multi-scale,
multi-physics heart simulator developed by The University of Tokyo and
RIKEN (Japan's largest comprehensive research institution).
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
League of Legends Music: Curse of the Sad
Mummy (South Africa)
Submitted and Directed by Riot Games
The
“League of Legends Music” video tells the story of how every child in
Valoran has heard the tale before, about the cursed mummy boy who felt
his heart no more.
BEST GAME
Assassin’s Creed Unity E3 Cinematic Trailer
(Hungary)
