Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH presents...

the 2012 Computer Animation Festival, a leading annual festival for the most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. Juried selections include time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, and narrative shorts.

Hear Portland’s own Second Story Studio, SapientNitro Matt Arnold and David Waingarten present their approach to creating narrative spaces and interactive digital art.

Rob Ducey will present the digital design and puppet fabrication process used for Laika’s first three film productions, with many images and examples from ParaNorman. A 3D stop-motion animated comedy horror family film, ParaNorman is the first stop-motion film to use a 3D color printer to create character faces, and the second stop motion film to be shot in 3D! It received nominations for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film.

The annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is one of the world’s most important showcases for innovative and visually stunning digital animation. Films that win honors here are qualified to compete for an Academy Award, and several in recent memory have either been nominated for or received an Oscar for “Best Animated Short.” Films chosen for this special “best of” show include narrative shorts, time-based art, visual effects, scientific visualization, and real-time graphics.

A leading annual festival for the most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators is being shown in Portland. Juried selections include outstanding achievements in time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, and narrative shorts. This year, SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival celebrates its 41st year in the world exploration of computer-generated animation. The featured selects from the international event showcase everything from student films to games and blockbuster visual effects.

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Members — FREE (always) General Admission — $8.00 at the door (cash or check) Students or Affiliates — $3.00 at the door (cash or check), with student ID or code.

A leading annual festival for the most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators is being shown in Portland. Juried selections include outstanding achievements in time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, and narrative shorts. This year, SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival celebrates its 41st year in the world exploration of computer-generated animation. The featured selects from the international event showcase everything from student films to games and blockbuster visual effects.

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Members — FREE (always) General Admission — $8.00 at the door (cash or check) Students or Affiliates — $3.00 at the door (cash or check), with student ID or code.

O!PLA Across The Borders includes winners from this year’s O!PLA Festival of Polish Animation — an exceptional sampling of contemporary films from the land of fields. This new collection includes independent work, student films, music videos, and animated epigrams. Presented by ASIFA Portland and Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH. O!PLA Across The Borders 2014 describes a Kafka-esque city where beetle people struggle to coexist with normal; a famous surrealist painting brought to life with stunning, stylized CG animation; a Polish-flavored version of The Matrix, where domestic routines are all part of the malevolent computer’s master plan.

FREE for Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH & ASIFA Portland members FREE for LAIKA employees & PNCA animation majors (show badge or school ID) Tickets: $5 General Admission Moments of explicit sexuality, not recommended for children ​

Come out and see an exploration of computer-generated animation and visual effects, being shown in Portland at The PCC Cascade Auditorium and be inspired by digital artists while enjoying outstanding achievements in animated feature and short films, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, game excerpts, and much more!

This year, SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival celebrates its 42st year and is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a Best Animated Short Academy Award.

You can support and be involved with the local CG community by being a (yearly) member or by attending one event at a time. Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH is offering discounts for sister organizations, affiliates and students — tickets are available online or at the door.