SIGGRAPH Wrap Up
SIGGRAPH needs no introduction to the AIAF audience. Each August it becomes the very centre of the universe for those interested in all forms of digital art and the technologies behind the creative digital culture we are immersed in. And here is our annual survey of the best films that came out of SIGGRAPH 2010.
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Program Type: Films| Cours Toujour Elise Garcette, Olivier Barre Some pretty fancy high-speed scooter work and a screeching flock of crazy birds provide the momentum for this wild ride. Country: France Runtime: 1:48 Year: 2010 |
| Nuit Blanche Arev Manoukian A fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper-real fantasy. Country: Canada Runtime: 4:39 Year: 2009 |
| Get Out ESMA Montpellier Gary has, as they say, 'issues'. He may, or may not, be living in a beautiful, beautiful aquarium but it looks like he'll never see the outside because he has an all-consuming phobia of doors. Lucky he has a really good doctor. Country: France Runtime: 7:46 Year: 2009 |
| White Drawing WITT An intricately crafted, ghostly and stark rendition of a gradually collapsing countryside. Country: France Runtime: 5:34 Year: 2010 |
| Flyman Shu-Wei Chang A deep reservoir of crazy-brave courage and a working knowledge of steam-powered ornithopter engineering is not always enough to keep one safe in the dangerous skies. Country: Taiwan Runtime: 2:52 Year: 2009 |
| Suiren Tomoya Kimpara The ocean is a symbol of life where seeds are born with purpose for their lives. So what if it's a machine? Country: Japan Runtime: 3:04 Year: 2010 |
| The Wonder Hospital Boemsik Shimbe Shim An intensely intriguing journey through a mysterious hospital that specialises in altering the perception of physical beauty. Country: United States Runtime: 11:33 Year: 2010 |
| The Sandpit Sam O'Hare An extraordinary act of 're-animation' using more than 35,000 individual photos to re-imagine everyday New York street scenes as something akin to a model train set. Country: United States Runtime: 4:59 Year: 2010 |
| Mobile Verena Fels A lonely cow decides to make friends with some sheep, a dog, a couple of chickens, a pig and a budgie on the other side of the room. There's just one little problem ... Country: Germany Runtime: 6:20 Year: 2010 |
| Mem Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay A transfixing glide through a world on the other side of the magnifying looking-glass. Country: Germany Runtime: 1:48 Year: 2010 |
| Amazonia Sam Chen The dangers of the jungle floor are not all that they seem to be when the lights come up and the applause begins. Country: United States Runtime: 5:56 Year: 2010 |
| Un Tour De Manege Nicolas Athane, Brice Chevillard, Alexis Liddell, Francoise Losito, Mai Nguyen All pastel hues and soft focus. A very magic roundabout safely transports a family across some dangerous divides. Country: France Runtime: 3:40 Year: 2009 |
| Animation History of Poland Tomasz Baginski A millennium tour of Polish history. A visceral 3D visual history of Poland's wars, rulers, triumphs, disasters and ever-changing landscape. Country: Poland Runtime: 8:50 Year: 2009 |
| Loom Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay Astounding! An up-close visualisation of the battle-royale between spider and prey as life and death plays out on the strands of a web. Country: Germany Runtime: 5:27 Year: 2010 |