Computer Animation Festival “Best of Shows” Nominated for Academy Awards
Both the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival “Best of Show” winner (Oktapadi) and the SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 “Best of Show” winner (This Way Up) were nominated by the Academy in the Short Film (Animated) category.
Since 1999, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has been an official qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Best Animated Short Film" award
For more detailed information of the Academy Award nominees, click here. For a list of SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia CAF awards recipients, click here.
SIGGRAPH 2008 Best of Show:
Oktapodi – Gobelins l'école de l'image, France (Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand)Synopsis: "An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot". For more detailed information of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival and Prize Winners, click here.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 Best of Show:
This Way Up -- Nexus Productions Ltd, United Kingdom (Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes)Synopsis: "A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery." For more detailed information of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 Computer Animation Festival and Prize Winners, click here.
