Electronic Theater

Thanks to advances in computer graphics technology, storytelling continues to expand and resonate in impactful ways.

Advancing storytelling through wide range of industries.

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, brings the computer graphics community together to celebrate and showcase the best storytelling in short and feature films, visual effects, games, advertisements, scientific visualizations and more.

In 2020, the Electronic Theater seeks to elevate storytellers and innovators, highlighting their passion and ingenuity, and feature industries that have never been represented before. We invite narratives from themed entertainment experiences to visualizations from automotive, defense, scientific, and health-care communities, in addition to more traditional computer animation projects.

An internationally recognized jury reviews hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year, with awards for Best in Show, Jury’s Choice, and Best Student Project. Since 1999, several works presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received the Best Animated Short Academy Award.

Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav Electronic Theater Director
Savannah College of Art and Design

TRAVELING COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Experience It Near You

A special edition of the SIGGRAPH 2019 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater is available for screening at your conference, university, or SIGGRAPH chapter — no matter your location. Request a screening by filling out the form linked below. Availability for the 2019 reel starts 1 October 2019 and ends 31 March 2020.

Express Interest

Please Note: SIGGRAPH requires the hosting organization to assume all costs associated with the screening including travel and shipping expenses. A verified SIGGRAPH conference representative must be present at all screenings, and we will work with teams to minimize travel costs as much as possible.

Upcoming Dates

Walt Disney Animation Studios (Employee Screening)
26 February 2020
Burbank, California, USA

University of the Incarnate Word
27 February 2020
San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter
3 March 2020
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Past Events

2019 Taipei International Conference on Animation and New Media, Taipei, Taiwan
Bogotá ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter, Bogotá, Columbia
Blue Sky Studios, Greenwich, Connecticut
Centre for Digital Media Screening, Vancouver, BC, Canada
DCExpo, Chiba, Japan
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts Screening, Wuhan, China
In Motion Fest, Queretaro, Mexico
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Intel Graphics Research Campus (Employee Screening), Folsom, California, USA
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Screening, Los Angeles, California

Middle Tennessee State University — MTSU ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, California
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon, USA
San Francisco ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter, San Francisco, California
SCAD Atlanta Digital Media Center Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
SCAD Savannah Screening, Savannah, Georgia
Texas A&M University ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter, College Station, Texas, USA
Tokyo ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter, Tokyo, Japan
Unity Technologies (Employee Screening), San Francisco, California
VFX Japan, Tokyo, Japan
VFX Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil