Jun 17, 2019

Pixar's "Purl" Wins Best Show at 2019SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival announced the award winners in its three competitive categories, as well as the lineup of 24 short films, breakdowns, scientific visualizations, advertisements, and other content selected to screen at the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater to take place on Monday, July 29, at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The full Siggraph festival runs July 28-August 1.

The jury selected the 24 works from nearly 400 submissions. The culturally diverse selections are also in tune with the conference's theme this year: “Thrive.” Works featured in the showcase represent Serbia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Singapore, U. K., France, and the U.S.

Here is a sneak preview of the selected works:

Emily Hsu, director Siggraph Computer Animation Festival, said of this year's selections:

“The quality and diverse perspectives in the work we saw–especially from students!–was incredible, and made for some tough decisions” added jury member Everett Downing, Jr. of Netflix Animation. “Honestly, if all of us had our way, the show would be three hours instead of two. The experience definitely reinforced my enthusiasm for storytelling through animation.”

Among the 24 selections, there were 10 student works and 14 professional productions, including projects from Sony Pictures Imageworks, NASA, Ringling College of Art and Design, Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital, and Dreamworks Animation. The three award winners are:

Best in Show

Jury's Choice

Best Student Project

The remaining 21 entries set to screen at the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater are: