SIGGRAPH 2010: Computer Animation Festival winners announced

29.06.2010

SIGGRAPH announced the Computer Animation Festival's Best in Show, Jury Award, and Best Student Project recipients for SIGGRAPH 2010 to be held in Los Angeles this July. Nominees were chosen from 750 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike. In all, approximately 100 films will be shown during the Computer Animation Festival, with entries from 49 different countries and five continents. Fifty-two of the accepted entries are international, and 18 countries are represented in the final selection. Awards: Best in Show Award - Loom, directed by Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, and Csaba Letay; Jury Award - Poppy, directed by James Cunningham; Best Student Project Prize - The Wonder Hospital, directed by Beomsik Shimbe Shim, California Institute of the Arts; Highlights: 2012 - The Last Fluid Simulation, visual effects by Scanline VFX, Los Angeles/Munich; Assassin's Creed 2, cinematic by Digic Pictures for Ubisoft Entertainment; Animated History of Poland, directed by Tomek Baginski, Platige Image; and more. [source]
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