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Submission Deadline: 7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE (Closed)
If it is animated, and a computer was used at some part of its production, we want to see it! Join the festivities and help us honour the best in CG animation — submit your latest projects in any of the following categories:
- Computer Animated Shorts: Includes character animation, narrative works, experimental works, opening sequences, game cinematics, selections and/or montages of animated television series, new-media format.
- Animated Feature Films: Selections and/or montages of computer animation created for animated feature films.
- Music Videos: Commissioned and/or independent works that use any combination of computer animation, digital effects, and live-action to illustrate, enhance, and/or complement a musical creation.
- TV and Web Commercials: Advertisements created entirely or partially with computer animation and/or digital effects. This category also includes promotional spots, broadcast bumpers and graphics, and public service announcements.
- Visualizations and Simulations: Computer animations created to explain, analyze, or visualize information for applications including scientific research, architecture, engineering, systems simulations, education, and documentary projects.
- Visual Effects for Films and TV Programs: Selections and/or montages of visual effects created for live-action films and/or for television programs.
- Real-Time Animation: Game, web, and mobile animations that are rendered in the same amount of time that it takes to play them back. Real-time technology demos are also encouraged! Real-time technology demos should be submitted to Real-Time Live!
- Others: Computer Animations that do not fit in any of the above categories.
Computer Animation Festival Chair
Computer Animation Festival Producer
Submissions are due on 7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE
- Log in to the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System
- Select “Begin a New Submission”
- Select “Create” for the Computer Animation Festival submission form
- Follow the online prompts to enter required information. Qualification criteria, submission categories, rules and requirements can be found below
To qualify for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Computer Animation Festival Competition Section, each submission must:
- Be a complete, finished work
- Have been completed on or after January 1, 2023
- Include a significant percentage or inventive use of computer-generated imagery and/or digital production
- Be uploaded at final resolution at time of entry
- Be submitted in the most appropriate category (All student works must be entered in the Student Project category to be considered for the ‘Best Student Film’. Please check the box ‘This animation is student work’ on the form)
Please remember: all submissions are due on or before 7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE.
General Submission Policies
For more details on SIGGRAPH Asia’s General Submission Policies, please go to SIGGRAPH Asia’s Submission Information page.
SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival accepts submissions in the following categories.
- Computer Animated Shorts
Includes character animation, narrative works, experimental works, opening sequences, game cinematics, selections and/or montages of animated television series, new-media format. - Animated Feature Films
Selections and/or montages of computer animation created for animated feature films. - Music Videos
Commissioned and/or independent works that use any combination of computer animation, digital effects, and live action to illustrate, enhance, and/or complement a musical creation. - TV and Web Commercials
Advertisements created entirely or partially with computer animation and/or digital effects. This category also includes promotional spots, broadcast bumpers and graphics, and public service announcements. - Visualizations and Simulations
Computer animations created to explain, analyze, or visualize information for applications including scientific research, architecture, engineering, systems simulations, education, and documentary projects. - Visual Effects for Films and TV Programs
Selections and/or montages of visual effects created for live-action films and/or for television programs. - Real-Time Animation
Game, web, and mobile animations that are rendered in the same amount of time that it takes to play them back. Real-time technology demos are also encouraged! Real-time technology demos should be submitted to Real-Time Live! - Others
Computer Animations that do not fit in any of the above categories
The Computer Animation Festival reserves the right to place entries in the category that is most appropriate.
Submission for ‘panels or talks’ on Computer Animation and other related techniques categories will be acceptable. Submitters of accepted submissions may present about their projects including, but not limited to, behind-the-scenes, story development, character designs, sound designs, film/visual FX etc. Panels & Talks are not selected by a jury. They are selected and organized by the Computer Animation Festival Chair, Co-Chair, and Committee. For submission details, please contact the Computer Animation Festival Committee.
Step 1: Complete the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival Online Submission Form.
It provides instructions on how to submit your entry details. The online submission system allows you to edit or correct your form as many times as you need until the deadline (7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE). At the end of the online submission process, you will be assigned a submission ID.
Step 2: Upload your movie file for the jury to evaluate your work. Please note the following technical requirements:
For Screenings: Animation Theater & Electronic Theater
Production Year: eligible if completed on or after January 1, 2023.
All descriptions, captions, and notes to the jury must be in English.
Length: Short films of maximum length of 30 minutes may be submitted; however, the Computer Animation Festival reserves the right to show only excerpts of selected works at the jury’s discretion. If you are unable to meet the 30-minute requirement, you may contact the Computer Animation Festival sub-committee and explain your circumstances.
2-Pop Cue: There should be an audio and visual 2-pop cue two seconds before the first and last frame of the work, unless the video is submitted in DCP format.
Video Codecs:
- Uncompressed (or lossless compressed)
- Apple ProRes 422
- DNxHD
- 264
NTSC Video Wrappers:
- Quicktime
- MP4
Video Resolutions:
- 1080p (1920x1080p) Preferred
- If your submissions require another resolution, please feel free to contact the Computer Animation Festival Committee.
Frame Rate:
- 24 (23.98) fps Preferred
- 25 fps
- 30 (29.97) fps
- 50 fps
Audio Configurations:
- Number of audio tracks accepted is [0,1,2,4,5,6,8,10,12].
- Audio Rate: 48.000 kHz
Color Space:
- Rec 709
File size: The uploading file cannot exceed 2GB.
Representative still image: At least 1K pixel resolution or higher- Representative image for web: JPG or PNG format, max. 200 KB
For Panels & Talks
Title for a Panel (multiple presenters) or a Talk (single presenter)
Talk abstract/summary and detailed text including images (within 5 pages) in PDF format
List of 1 – 5 panelists or presenters and bios (including a photo)
Representative images
* For more details about Panels & Talks, please feel free to contact the Computer Animation Festival Committee.
Step 3: A notification will be sent to the submitter after we have received a complete submission once the entry deadline passes.
Other formats or submission methods will not be reviewed. If you have any questions about uploading files, please feel free to contact the Computer Animation Festival Committee. We will be happy to help.
Deadlines
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE.
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Reviewers and Jury Review
As a contributor to an ACM-sponsored event, the following expectations apply to you, should your content be accepted for presentation:
- You have the permission to use everything that is in your presentation. This includes securing permission to use third-party material, and providing documentation of that permission to ACM. (More Information On The Proper Use Of Third-Party Material In Your Presentation)
- If you are using copyrighted musical compositions in your presentation, you must secure performing rights licenses.
- You must have the authority to grant ACM the right to distribute your presentation.
Computer Animation Festival Screenings
Acceptance Notification
On 16 September 2024, you will be notified by email of the status of your work. Each year, we have far more submitted pieces than we can accept, and we are not able to accept many deserving pieces. If your work is selected for either the Electronic Theater or Animation Theater, you will be expected to reply promptly to any request for information or clarification from the Computer Animation Festival committee.
Screenings
Selected works will be presented during SIGGRAPH Asia.
Awards
On the first day of the festival, the Computer Animation Festival jury will present the Best in Show, Jury Special, and Best Student Film awards. All films screened in the Computer Animation Festival are eligible for the awards.
Presenter and Contributor Recognition
Please see the Recognition Benefits for a summary of what you will receive if your work and/or proposal is accepted by SIGGRAPH Asia.
Permissions
Q1. What are the qualifications for entry?
Only works completed on or after January 1, 2023 can be taken into consideration. Submissions to the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival should be included in the listed categories. See the Submission Categories.
Q2. Do submissions have to be 3D animations?
Q3. Can I submit more than one work to the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival?
Q4. Can I submit the same piece to multiple programs?
Q5. I will not have my work finished by the submission deadline. Is it possible for me to submit “work in progress” for reviewing?
Q6. When is the submission deadline for the Computer Animation Festival?
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 7 July 2024, 23:59 AoE.
The final uploads must be complete by the deadline; submissions received after the deadlines will not be reviewed. There is no exception, so please make sure that all
submissions are completed before the deadlines. To determine what time that is where you are, you can use a converter such as The World Clock.
Q7. We are an art school and planning to submit several students works as one submission. Is it OK?
Q8. What file formats are acceptable for submission?
Quicktime.mov movie files are the preferred format for jury reviewing. If necessary, AVI files or MP4 files may also be submitted. The movie file must be uploaded via the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. For details, please see Submission Rules & Requirements.
Q9. Where do I send my submission materials?
Q10. Is there a submission fee for submitting to the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival?
Q11. What criteria does the jury use to select works?
Q12. What is the difference between the juried program and the invited program?
Q13. My animation makes use of commercially-recorded music. Is it OK?
7 July 2024
Mid July to August 2024
16 September 2024
30 September 2024
4 – 6 December 2024
3 – 6 December 2024
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