Electronic Theater

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

How to Access the SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater

The SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater will be presented online. When registering for SIGGRAPH 2020, please note that a separate ticket is required to access the Electronic Theater. After you’ve purchased access, you’ll have 48 hours to view the Electronic Theater reel as many times as you like. Simply unlock your personalized code any time after the premiere on Monday, 24 August at 4:30 pm PDT and before Friday, 28 August at 8:59 pm PDT. Access to the Electronic Theater expires 48 hours after you first use your code.

About the SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival

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 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater will be available for screening at your conference, university, or SIGGRAPH chapter — no matter your location. Request a screening by filling out the official interest form this summer.

Upcoming Dates

There are no remaining SIGGRAPH 2019 reel events. See the “Past Events” list below to see where it traveled!

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
LAIKA (Employee Screening), Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
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
Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Unity Technologies (Employee Screening), San Francisco, California, USA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, USA
VFX Japan, Tokyo, Japan
VFX Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Walt Disney Animation Studios (Employee Screening), Burbank, California, USA
Yavapai College Performing Arts Center, Prescott, Arizona, USA