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s e p t e m b e r . o c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 c g w 3 7 P O R T F O L I O people earned the right to be acknowledged with an award for their achievement." Solomon points out that the level of student work this year was quite high, with three of the nine award winners being student projects. "The work is just incredible. It's such a difficult process to cut from nearly 400 pieces from around the world, down to 35. So, you were truly seeing the best in the world at SIGGRAPH," Solomon says. "It was a great room to be in because you were probably sitting next to someone who has done something amaz- ing. It was a very cool experience for all our attendees, and it only happens at SIGGRAPH." The excitement was not limited to the Theater. Daytime Select was totally different this year. "I kept saying it was going to blow people's socks off their feet!" Rachel Corres curated the work. There was stop motion, traditional animation, Demo- scene, Canadian animation, and even some great live-action short films. "We wanted to make Daytime Select some- thing different than just another place to see 'more CG.' It was a must-see event and a pleasant and unique surprise for our attendees." – Karen Moltenbrey CHICK EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT – 21 DAYS TO HATCHING BY KATIE MCCORMACK, JOYCE HUI, EDDY XUAN, JULIAN KIRK-ELLEKER, BARBARA BREHOVSKY, AND LIZ ROAN (CANADA) LAURIE GUINTRAND, VALENTINE HEMERY, HOME SWEET HOME (BEST ANIMATED SHORT) BY PIERRE CLENET, ALEJANDRO DIAZ, ROMAIN MAZENET, AND STÉPHANE PACCOLAT, SUPINFOCOM ARLES (FRANCE) WRAPPED (BEST STUDENT PROJECT) BY ROMAN KÄLIN, FALKO PAEPER, WAND FLORIAN WITTMANN, FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG (GERMANY)