17 – 20 November 2019 | BCEC, Brisbane, Australia
#SIGGRAPHAsia | #SIGGRAPHAsia2019
The SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Computer Animation Festival invites creators from around the world to showcase their most innovative work with computer-generated animation and visual effects. For three exciting days, the festival will feature work from students and professionals alike.
The Computer Animation Festival consists of two main components:
Please consider submitting your best work to the SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Computer Animation Festival and contribute to a wide variety of animations and creative innovations that lead the way to the future of computer graphics.
Submissions are due on 15 July 2019, 23:59 UTC/GMT.
To qualify for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Computer Animation Festival Competition Section, each submission must:
SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival accepts submissions in the following 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 in details. The online submission system allows you to edit or correct your form as many times as you need until the deadline (15 July 2019, 23:59 GMT/UTC). 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:
Production Year: eligible if completed after March 2018.
All descriptions, captions, and notes to the jury must be in English.
Length: Short films of maximum length of 10 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 10-minute requirement, you may contact the Computer Animation Festival sub-committee and explain your circumstances.
Credits: The total time for end titles and credits together should be no longer than 7 seconds.
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:
NTSC Video Wrappers:
Video Resolutions:
Frame Rate:
Audio Configurations:
Color Space:
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
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 once we have received a complete submission when the 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.
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 15 July 2019, 23:59 UTC/GMT | 15 July 2019, 16:59 Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) | 16 July 2019, 01:59 Paris (France) | 16 July 2019, 09:59 Brisbane (Australia)
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Reviewers and Jury Review
All submissions are reviewed by two groups of experts in computer graphics, interactive techniques and related fields.
During the pre-selection process, reviewers view the entries submitted in each of the categories and pass the pre-selected submissions on to the jury. The jury then reviews entries that have passed the pre-selection process and makes the final selection.
The Computer Animation Festival Chair, Co-Chair and committee are responsible for conducting the jury process, selecting the final works, and presenting the official competition and invited programs to the highest standards of quality.
The jury reviewing process will take place in August 2019.
All contributors to SIGGRAPH Asia Annual Conferences are now required to use ACM's rights management system to grant rights to publish accepted content rather than through the online submission system. Essentially, submission tracking, jury review, and acceptance remain the same, but now the rights management is through ACM, the parent organization of SIGGRAPH Asia.
You will be asked to complete an ACM rights management form, which includes permission to record and distribute the audio and video of your recorded presentation through official channels of ACM/SIGGRAPH Asia. For most content types, this will be a Permission and Release form, which allows authors to retain copyright.
More Information on these options (the FAQ is particularly useful)
As a contributor to an ACM-sponsored event, the following expectations apply to you, should your content be accepted for presentation:
Once your contribution is accepted, you will receive a link via email to the appropriate form for your contribution.
In September 2019, 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 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.
Selected works will be presented during SIGGRAPH Asia.
On the first night of the festival, the Computer Animation Festival jury will present the Best in Show, Jury Special, and Best Student Film. All films screened in the Computer Animation Festival are eligible for the awards.
Please see the Recognition Benefits for a summary of what you will receive if your work and/or proposal are accepted by SIGGRAPH Asia.
Presenters are expected to cover their own travel costs, which are not covered by SIGGRAPH Asia. You can apply for a 50% discount per accepted submission via the submission system.
You are responsible for securing the necessary permissions and licenses for visual and audio material contained in your work for the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival.
We encourage you to use original music or visual material for your film. However, if visual or audio material is not originally made for the film, we ask you to obtain the necessary permissions or required licenses to prevent situations from leading to complaints or even any legal action from the rights holders.
Only works completed after March 2018 can be taken into consideration. Submissions to the SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival should be included in the listed categories. See the Submission Categories.
Absolutely not. All forms of computer-generated works are eligible, including, but are not limited to: 2D Flash animation, 2D abstract art, live-action visual effects integration, real-time video games and visualizations, and digitally-manipulated imagery and/or video. We generally feature works where the computer was essential to the creation of the work, but there is no specific requirement that it be 3D. If you have computer-generated work within a larger piece, please remember that it is the CG component that will be judged, so please keep any extraneous footage to an absolute minimum in your submission.
Yes, you can. There is no limit and you may submit as many as you like. Make sure that you should submit a separate submission form for each work. The jury will evaluate and decide on each submission separately.
Yes, you are welcome to submit your work to the Computer Animation Festival and to other programs. For example, you may wish to submit animations to the Computer Animation Festival, and to submit an installation or related demo to the Emerging Technologies program. Please remember that each submission requires a separate online submission form. The Computer Animation Festival submissions should be movies for 'the official Competition: Electronic Theater and Animation Theater' that can be viewed.
Yes, a work in process may be submitted if it is almost complete. However, you should remember that the juried program will be highly competitive, so your chances of selection are significantly better if you submit the final piece by the deadline.
The final uploads must be complete by the deadline and 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.
No. Each piece must be uploaded separately to the online submission system along with its own completed and signed submission form. Each piece is judged on its own merit.
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 How to Submit.
All works must be submitted only via the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. The online submission process allows submitters’ easy access to the online submission system, eliminates time-consuming shipping and mailing, and provides an efficient procedure for reviewing submitted work.
No, there is no submission fee. You only need to complete the online submission process.
All entries are reviewed by a jury together, and there are no strict rules for acceptance. The jury primarily looks for a combination of innovation and excellence. A longer list of traits the jury typically looks for includes originality, artistic achievement, technical accomplishment, technical innovation, production value, creativity, resolution, narrative quality, design, entertainment value, and advancement of visualization in the artistic and scientific fields of digital technologies.
The juried program presents work selected by the jury that represents the best computer-generated film and video in the world. The invited program presents new visions and creative inspirations by inviting special presentations of pieces on chosen topics.
You are responsible for securing the necessary permissions and licenses for audio material that is contained in your work. If your music was not created originally for your film or video, or if you are using another person's music, you must obtain the necessary permissions or required licenses. We will not purchase these rights for you.
No. SIGGRAPH Asia does not pay for any shipping or transportation costs. Submitters are responsible for all shipping and transportation costs, insurance charges, and customs fees that may be incurred in shipping materials to the festival.
Unfortunately, no. You are responsible for your accommodation and travel expenses. For details, please refer to the Recognition Benefits.
All deadlines are 23:59 UTC/GMT.
15 July 2019Submission Deadline
July - August 2019Jury Reviews
September 2019Acceptance Notification
September 2019Final Movie Submission / Final Materials Due
17 - 20 November 2019SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
*Publications content will be available in the ACM Digital Library one week prior to the conference.
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