SIGGRAPH '25: ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Computer Animation Festival

An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger.

This is a scientific data visualization of ocean currents around the world based on the ocean model, Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). The visualization is a tour of major currents of the world including western boundary currents and includes both surface and deep currents.

The latest in the "Get an Airbnb" series, "Surrounded" takes the miniature, tactile world we've developed for Airbnb in an exciting new direction. Instead of positioning an Airbnb on a mostly empty stage environment where the focus is on the home itself, the Airbnb is nestled into a full-frame, immersive forest.

One dancer, one body, one phone. Modern society lives on the grid. Phone screens, conference calls, cubicles, apartment windows. We are systemically divided by a culture that profits from our collective alienation. When the COVID pandemic first hit, director and dancer Jo Roy was inspired to create a world transcending this insidious framework of consumerism and patriarchy. The result: Corpus and the Wandering, an experimental self-portrait that follows one woman's journey as she rediscovers her inner compass and kinship with nature. Using only her own body and her iPhone, Roy transforms a 100-screen "videomosaic" grid into a wonderland of the Earth and beyond. A mix of technical innovation and creative vulnerability, Corpus and the Wandering dares to ask how we can remove the walls of a fragmented society and repurpose technology to align with an interconnected future.

In a frostbitten frontier world, a legendary mech pilot learns his latest mission might hold the key to the demons that have haunted him for decades.

The battle against Hatred has only just begun. Journey into the new region of Nahantu in search of Neyrelle, who is both suffering the fate of her choice to imprison the Prime Evil Mephisto, and seeking a means to destroy him.

An office worker unravels as he struggles to deal with bullying, psychological violence and harassment at work. At work, psychological health can sometimes be so fragile that it "hangs by a thread." The campaign aims to spark open conversations and encourage proactive solutions.

Flink sets out with a bit of magic to help rescue the messenger pigeons that have turned to stone.

When little Nora's parents split up, the Earth splits in two. She now has to juggle between both hemispheres to visit them. Problem is, the backpack she's carrying is getting heavier and heavier...

Nexus Studios' Fx Goby draws a parallel between romantic love and the passion athletes feel for their sports in this launch film for the Olympic Games coverage. Fx and the Nexus Studios team led an artful choreography of 58 shots and 36 athletes in 60 seconds of breathtaking film.

A boy navigates fleeting a childhood friendship and discovers his own queerness across three pivotal summers in 1990s southern China.

A table is set with an array of symbolic objects - fish, apple, hourglass, diamond, and a heart -prepared as an intricate meal. A colossal entity sits to partake. Is this entity a deity, the universe, or the essence of nature itself? The eternity humanity so fervently desires and the meaning it tirelessly seeks are reduced to nothing more than a single meal for this vast, inscrutable being.

In a dark alley, a scrawny rat has no choice but to fight with a pigeon for a small slice of pizza. Without a second thought they throw themselves in a vertiginous chase from the top to the bottom of the street.

When a teenage boy visits his Gramps at a seemingly boring assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought. "Wednesdays with Gramps" is a story about connection, communication, and commonality, without saying a word.

First flight. No parents. Total panic. A terrified boy just wants to survive takeoff, but the plane—and its deranged passengers—have other plans. One guy treats turbulence like a free massage, another is way too at peace with crashing, and sanity is nowhere to be found. As the plane bucks and twists, so does reality—faces stretch, limbs flail, and gravity calls it quits. Trapped at 30,000 feet in an airborne freak show, the boy must hold on for dear life. . . or completely lose it.

The Mooning is an animated mockumentary that reveals the truth behind the moon landing. This hard hitting doc uncovers America's lost astronaut, Doug Reynolds.

Wind appears in a park. People fly away.

When a lonely polar bear can't find a friend... he makes one.

A group of pigs are raised peacefully in a monastery when, one day, one of them finds out the truth behind their existence. Thus he decides to free his friends.

Bertil is a little boy living with his parents. He is lonely and bored at home, when his parents go to work. One day, all of a sudden, a little thumb size boy appears under his bed! His name is Nils Karlsson Pussling. The 2 boys bond right away and Nils shows Bertil a fascinating magical world right inside his bedroom walls. Neither of them will ever be lonely again.

Venturing through a distant desert, we wander the terrain of our intimate desires and fears, seeking answers. Yet, life never fails to deliver a surprise. When the opportunity arises, do you free yourself?

This scientific visualization depicts a bacterial molecular landscape and explores the speed of diffusion and biochemical reactions that power life at the molecular scale.

The day the radiation disappears, Simon rushes to the heart of the zone, taking his colleague Agathe with him, in the hope of rediscovering a lost past.

Explore the famous Pillars of Creation using data from NASA's Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes.

A midcentury misogynist gets what he deserves when he's forced to spend a day in heels.

When Anna, an Olympic athlete, finds herself behind in the race, she redoubles her efforts with the aim of winning the competition and never disappoint again. But as she pushes herself beyond her limits, she burns out. She then has to face the wave of judgment that comes with dropping out.

A comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the landscape of their own dreams.

Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their Inkwo (medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove's courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who become stronger with each body and soul they devour. Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of greed around us.

Candice, a young girl is bullied by the other children. One day she found a dead cat which ask her to fix it. She is then going to search for every dead animals possible to create some new friends.

Secret Level presents 15 original short stories set in classic video game worlds. Platige Image created a Good Conflict episode for the Crossfire. As a storm approaches, two rival mercenary groups collide, each fighting for their vision of the greater good. Their fates hang in the balance.

Visualising Bird Sounds.

A baby sea turtle needs to reach the ocean. To achieve that, she has to overcome lots of obstacles and predators on her way.

In a near future dominated by the metaverse, AI agents investigate cybercrime. Violet, an AI detective, is assigned to question Mia, a defiant youth. But upon hearing Violet's name, Mia reveals a shocking truth. In this sealed interrogation room, what revelation awaits? A neo-noir suspense short with a bold visual style.

Inspired by a true story, an elderly widow in the midst of World War II struggles to overcome grief and rediscover joy in her life. Day by day, she serves as an air raid warden in the crowded shelters, witnessing the suffering of children and others. One morning, she finds a dying sparrow and hopes to save its fragile life. As the sparrow gradually heals, a bond grows between them, and the bird begins to respond to her piano playing—a shared language that builds a bridge. During bombing raids, she carries the sparrow to the shelters, where she plays the piano, and the sparrow sings its song to comfort the children and offer hope to those around her. Through this newfound purpose and unexpected alliance, her life begins to change.

As to prove himself to his gangster father, Alessandro decides to rob a bar. What he wouldn't expect is to meet another side of his father: Lady Victoria the drag queen.

A mysterious journey illustrates Mac Miller's previously unreleased album.

Larry, a man in his thirties, makes one final attempt to save his father from alcoholism, even at the risk of his own downfall.

A man traumatized by his youth spent in a reformatory is devoted to saving kids destined to a life of misery through death. For him, dying young means living forever in the best version of one's self.

During World War I, a family is torn apart by the horrors of war.

A vast ocean at the firmament. Humans suffering in the darkness underneath, longing for the warm light of the Lumathans - giant sea creatures worshiped as gods and the only light source in the world. Will the explorer SINH manage to reach the ocean and steal the Lumathan's light? THE DEEP ABOVE - First Hunt is one part of the epic story world of THE DEEP ABOVE and takes place approximately 100 years before the adventure game THE DEEP ABOVE - Last Lights. bit.ly/m/deepabove www.deep-above.com

In a world ravaged by an incurable illness, a devoted husband is forced to make an impossible choice as his wife's life hangs in the balance.

This animation is about some people from the Middle East. It is about the connection and similarity of the people with their living environment, animals, and generally with Nature... all of which are almost in a critical condition.

A constantly freezing street sweeper drives to a remote gas station every evening and orders a microwave-warmed Toast Hawaii. He secretly indulges himself into this in a bizarre ritual - the only thing that warms him in his daily life. One night, however, a broadly grinning construction worker is observing him while doing that. Detlev flees in embarrassment and his world begins to fall apart as the desperate search for warmth drags him deeper and deeper into his inner abyss.