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port F OLIO 2 0 1 3 C o m p u t e r A n i m at i o n F e s t i v a l ■ CLOCKWISE from top left: Hermit: Nicolas Leu, Roderick Friedrich, Miriam Hatzijordanou, Patrick Kern, Carina Bowell (Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Numberg) One Day: Joel Corcia (Gobelins) Elder Scrolls: Dave Wilson, Tim Miller (Blur Studio) Gemdale-Glory: Deng Bohong (Dans Digital) not over: Toru Hayai (Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd.) 34 ■ CGW Ju l y / Au g u s t 2 0 1 3 SIGGRAPH is known for many things, and its Computer Animation Festival is among them. The jury this year received more than 500 submissions, of which 104 have been selected. Of those, 89 pieces will appear in the Daytime Selects reels in one of the categories: Advertising, Games, Demoscene, Shorts & Features, Traditional & Stop-Frame Animation, Student Films, and Visual Effects. In addition, a reel from the Japan Media Arts Festival will be highlighted as well as the Keynote Session directors' reel. "It's possible to spend an entire eight hours at SIGGRAPH just watching the best CG from the past 12 months," says Jason RM Smith, festival director. Meanwhile, 33 pieces will appear in the Electronic Theater. "We aim to make it as easy as possible for the attendees to see work that's of most interest to them. All of the projects screened are top of their class, but SIGGRAPH time is valuable – there's always so much going on," says Smith. "We thought it would be useful to know what's being screened at any particular time to help with planning [the week]." This year, 239 submissions to the Computer Animation Festival were from students, and one