Electronic Theater

Recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1999, the Electronic Theater serves as a showcase for many eventual Academy Award nominees (and winners) in the “Best Animated Short” category. Join us in the room where it happens for an unforgettable look at the best computer graphics storytelling of the past year.

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Computer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater: Electronic Theater
Event TypeComputer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater
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B
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TimeMonday, 13 August 20186pm - 8pm
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1999. Join us to experience this year's showcase of the best in animation, visual effects, and more. View films.



If you wish to purchase or exchange tickets, please visit the ticket counter at Registration (West, Exhibit Hall A).
Computer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater: Electronic Theater
Event TypeComputer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
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G&I
P&A
TimeTuesday, 14 August 20189pm - 11pm
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1999. Join us to experience this year's showcase of the best in animation, visual effects, and more. View films.



If you wish to purchase or exchange tickets, please visit the ticket counter at Registration (West, Exhibit Hall A).
Computer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater: Electronic Theater
Event TypeComputer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeWednesday, 15 August 20188pm - 10pm
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1999. Join us to experience this year's showcase of the best in animation, visual effects, and more. View films.



If you wish to purchase or exchange tickets, please visit the ticket counter at Registration (West, Exhibit Hall A).
Computer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater: Electronic Theater
Event TypeComputer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: ADAM : Episode 2
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Neill Blomkamp
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe second installment of ADAM finds our amnesiac hero on a deadly trek from the walled city to a refugee outpost, where he will discover a clue to his identity and hint what the future might hold for the ADAM universe.
Creator
Neill Blomkamp
Unity Technologies
Oats Studios
Neill Blomkamp
Oats Studios
(Canada)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Afterwork
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Luis Uson
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionWe are all condemned to work and repeat again and again the same empty routines. Can we reach that carrot with which they want to keep us forever occupied, chasing eternally something we do not need? Groompy, a funny cartoon, is about to find out.
Creator
Luis Uson
MATTE CG
Luis Uson, Andres Aguilar
Matte CG
(Ecuador, Spain)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Animation General
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Sawyer Geffert
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionIn a hospital for animated characters, a 2D doctor and a clay-mation nurse must operate on a broken 3D Model.
Creator
Sawyer Geffert
Ringling College of Art and Design
Sawyer Geffert
Ringling College of Art and Design
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Avengers: Infinity War
CURATED
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Matt Aitken
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
Description
Creator
Matt Aitken
Visual Effects Supervisor
Weta Digital
Matt Aitken
Weta Digital
(New Zealand)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Bao
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Domee Shi
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionAn aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively dumpling boy. Mom welcomes this new bundle, but when Dumpling starts growing up Mom must come to the revelation that nothing stays cute forever.
Creator
Domee Shi
Pixar Animation Studios
Domee Shi
Pixar Animation Studios
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Léon Bérelle
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThis cinematic trailer, developed in full CGI and premiered at the E3 2017 Ubisoft conference, embarks us on an epic space adventure to System 3, for the prequel to one of Ubisoft’s most beloved games: Beyond Good and Evil 2.
Creator
Léon Bérelle
UNIT IMAGE
Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Maxime Luere, Rémi Kozyra
Unit Image
(France)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Bilby
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Liron Topaz
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThreatened daily by the deadly residents and harsh environment of
Australia’s Outback, a lonesome Bilby finds himself an unwitting protector,
and unexpected friend, to a helpless (and quite adorable) baby bird.
Creator
Liron Topaz
DreamWorks Animation
Liron Topaz, Pierre Perifel, JP Sans
DreamWorks Animation
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Book of the Dead
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creators
Veselin Efremov
Krasimir Nechevski
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionWhen a cryonics patient is successfully revived for the first time, she bears first-hand witness of dying and beyond.
Creators
Veselin Efremov
Unity Technologies
Krasimir Nechevski
Unity Technologies
Veselin Efremov
Unity Technologies
(Sweden)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Death Van
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Michael Enzbrunner
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe fictitious space-rock duo DEATH VAN tours through a miniature world inhabited by surreal creatures that are haunted and terrorized by a menacing and mischievous entity.
Creator
Michael Enzbrunner
n/a
Michael Enzbrunner
Independent
(Canada)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Far Cry 5: Pastor Jerome
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Franck Balson
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionA storm’s coming in the American Midwest. Destructive ideologies have seized upon the fear of the citizenry as once trusted institutions decay and collapse. It’s time to take up arms and protect what’s yours.
Creator
Franck Balson
Blur Studio
Franck Balson
Blur Studio
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Geometry of Artificial Intelligence
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Serjan Burlak
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionMy intention was to show how a digital thought looks like, how artificial intelligence grows and becomes self sustainable, self aware, how it re-structures its physiology and constructs layers of digital consciousness, architecting a new law of physics. Design is inspired by neural networks and geometry of nature.
Creator
Serjan Burlak
Biogenic Design
Serjan Burlak
Biogenic Design, Dale Nichols Music
(Canada)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Ghost in the Shell
CURATED
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Jonny Vale
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
Description
Creator
Jonny Vale
Head of Marketing
MPC
Guillaume Rocheron, John Dykstra
MPC
(United Kingdom)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Hearth and Home
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Jeramiah Johnson
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionHarth Stonebrew’s Tavern is a special place. If you strolled among the packed tables and raucous laughter on a busy night, you’d overhear stories of exhausting travel and perilous adventure—and of lucky voyagers somehow finding the tavern just when they needed it the most.
Creator
Jeramiah Johnson
Blizzard Entertainment
Jeramiah Johnson
Blizzard Entertainment
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Hybrids
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
FRANCOIS HEISER
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionWhen marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change...
Creator
FRANCOIS HEISER
YUMMY FILMS
Florian Brauch, Kim Tailhades, Matthieu Pujol, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
MoPA
(France)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Miazmat
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Klaudiusz Wesolowski
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionMiazmat is an attempt to reverse engineer the vision that drove S.I. Witkiewicz to create his 1922 painting Composition.
The animation was created according to the precepts of the so-called “Pure Form” theory, developed by S.I. Witkiewicz.
Creator
Klaudiusz Wesolowski
Platige Image
Klaudiusz Wesolowski
Platige Image
(Poland)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: A New Multi-dimensional View of a Hurricane
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Alex Kekesi
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionNASA researchers can now use a combination of satellite observations to re-create multi-dimensional pictures of hurricanes and other major storms in order to study complex atmospheric interactions. In this video, they applied those techniques to Hurricane Matthew. Matthew was the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in almost ten years.
Creator
Alex Kekesi
GST, Inc.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Alex Kekesi
GST – NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USRA – NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: One Small Step
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creators
Shaofu Zhang
Andrew Chesworth
Bobby Pontillas
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionAn ambitious young Chinese American girl endeavors to realize her aspiration of becoming an astronaut with the support of her humble father.
Creators
Shaofu Zhang
Taiko Animation Studios, Inc.
Andrew Chesworth
Taiko Animation Studios, Inc.
Bobby Pontillas
Taiko Animation Studios, Inc.
Bobby Pontillas, Andrew Chesworth
TAIKO Studios
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Overrun
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Pierre Ropars
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionOverrun, tells the story of an ant who is plunged into a dark and cold place. We follow it’s journey through this seemingly disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world and its quest to escape.
Creator
Pierre Ropars
Supinfocom Rubika
Pierre Ropars, Antonin Derory, Diane Thirault, Jérémie Cottard, Matthieu Druaud, Adrien Zumbihl
Supinfocom Rubika
(France)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Paddington 2
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Gemma Gilbert
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionFramestore worked closely with Michael Bond, the Paddington Estate, StudioCanal and director Paul King to design a CG Paddington before making the first film. Paddington 2 builds on this design – as VFX technology has advanced considerably since 2014, animators were able to give Paddington an upgrade.
Creator
Gemma Gilbert
Framestore
Paul King
Framestore, StudioCanal
(United Kingdom)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Space Between Stars
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Samuel W. Bradley
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionSPACE BETWEEN STARS is a science fiction fable which follows a group of ethereal creatures exploring a derelict space station. As they're drawn out into the vast, unsettling environment and their fate begins to crystallize, questions are raised about the sometimes ambiguous nature of conflict.
Creator
Samuel W. Bradley
Guru Studio
Samuel W. Bradley
Guru Studio
(Canada)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: ILM Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of Solo: A Star Wars Story
CURATED
SessionElectronic Theater
Creators
Greg Grusby
Rob Bredow
Patrick Tubach
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
Description
Creators
Greg Grusby
PR Director
Industrial Light & Magic
Rob Bredow
Visual Effects Supervisor, Co-Producer
Industrial Light & Magic
Patrick Tubach
Visual Effects Supervisor
Industrial Light & Magic
Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach
Industrial Light & Magic
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Twin Islands
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Manon Sailly
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionTwin Island East and Twin Island West are two twin islands governed by two kings, where the inhabitants follow the cult of symmetry. Therefore, everything goes two by two. But one day, the queen of Twin Island West gives birth to an only child, to her husband's utter dismay...
Creator
Manon Sailly
Supinfocom Rubika
Manon Sailly, Charlotte Sarfati, Christine Jaudoin, Lara Cochetel, Raphaël Huot, Fanny Teisson
Supinfocom Rubika
(France)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Voyagers
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
FRANCOIS HEISER
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionA tiger, escaping his hunter, ends up in a space station occupied by an astronaut and his goldfish...
Creator
FRANCOIS HEISER
YUMMY FILMS
Gauthier Ammeux, Valentine Baillon, Benjamin Chaumény, Alexandre Dumez, Léa Finucci, Marina Roger
MoPA
(France)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: Weeds
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Kevin Hudson
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionThe life or death immigration story of a refugee dandelion, rooted in a dry barren yard with no water, struggling to get across the driveway to a neighboring yard, where greener grass holds the promise of a better life.
Creator
Kevin Hudson
Kevin Hudson Productions
Kevin Hudson, Bradford Simonsen
Kevin Hudson Productions
(United States)
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
: 1 Mètre/heure
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SessionElectronic Theater
Creator
Nicolas Deveaux
Event Type
Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeNone
LocationWest Building, Ballroom AB, Vancouver Convention Centre
DescriptionCaught up in our human lives, we miss out on the amazing. On a airplane wing, a company of snails performs a wonderfully slippery choreography...
Creator
Nicolas Deveaux
Cube Creative
Nicolas Deveaux
Cube Creative
(France)

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With over 25 SIGGRAPH conferences, I have hundreds of cherished memories.

I met tons of people; all different kinds, all different skills and skill levels ... it kind of dawned on me that this wasn't an impossible dream career.
With over 25 SIGGRAPH conferences, I have hundreds of cherished memories.