The 8th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference
and Exhibition on Computer Graphics
and Interactive Techniques in Asia

COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL

PROGRAM GUIDECONFERENCE
EXHIBITION

2 - 5 November
3 - 5 November

KOBE CONVENTION CENTER
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contents

committee……………………. 2
festival schedule…………….. 3
award winners……………….. 5electronic theater…………… 6
animation theater …………… 9
production sessions……..……15

parties! …………………………17
special thanks…………………18

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committee

Computer Animation Festival Director
Jinny HyeJin Choo

Jury
Michael Arias

Computer Animation Festival Chair
Shuzo John Shiota

Tomasz Bednarz

Korea Graph | Korea National University of Arts, South Korea

Polygon Pictures Inc., Japan

Festival Producer
Kanako Tani

Filmmaker, Japan

QUT Institute for Future Environments, Australia

Paolo Berto Durante
J CUBE Inc., Japan

Polygon Pictures Inc., Japan

Justin Leach

Sessions Producer
Takako Shinohara

Mike Nguyen

The Computer Graphic Arts Society, Japan

Blue Sky Studios, USA

Kaywon School of Art & Design, South Korea

Technical Director
Tohru Yamamori

Polygon Pictures Inc., Japan

Reviewers
Takahiko Akiyama
VFX-JAPAN, Japan

Christopher Bremble
Base Media Group, China

Eunyoung Jang
Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
South Korea

Kok Sen Lai

3dsense Media School, Singapore

Prashant Buyyala

Oriental DreamWorks, China

John McIntosh

School of Visual Arts, USA

Ivan C.

CGCG Inc., Taiwan

Bill E. Miller

Wizanima Inc., Japan

Ethan Chang

Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, China

Koichi Noguchi

Toei Animation, Japan

Peter Chanthanakone
University of Iowa, USA

Dayne Cowan

3dsense Media School, Singapore

Aun Hoe Goh

Silver Ant Sdn Bhd., Malaysia

Sabine Hirtes

University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany

Leo Hourvitz

Jill Smolin

Director of Production Education, USA

Rita Street

Radar Cartoons, USA

Ken Tsumura

Bento Box Entertainment, USA

Paul Wang

Unicorn Studios, Hong Kong

Google, Japan

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festival schedule

Index

CAF Production
Sessions

Animation Theater
Screenings

Electronic Theater
Screenings

Monday, 02 November 2015
Kobe Int’l Conference Center
Main Hall, Level 1

Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No. 2
Meeting Room 3A, Level 3
Production Session :The Technology Behind 'Big Hero 6‘

14:15-15:15

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Tuesday, 03 November 2015
Kobe Int’l Conference Center
Main Hall, Level 1

Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No. 2
Meeting Room 3A, Level 3

9:30-10:15

Animation Theater:
Rising Stars – Student Films (45mins)

10:15-10:50

Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 1 (35mins)

10:50-11:30

Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 2 (40mins)

11:30-12:15

Animation Theater:
Game, Science, Music & Visual Effects (45mins)

13:00-14:15

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Instituteof Animation, Anniversary Program:"25th Anniversary Screening“ (70mins)

14:15-16:00

Production Session:
Creating a Cosmic Transformation:
Sanjay's Super Team
Pixar Animation Studios

16:15-17:00

Computer Animation Festival Opening
Ceremony-------------------------------------Pre-Show by Daito Manabe

17:00-19:00

Electronic Theater (100mins)

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Invited Screening:
RAKUEN TSUIHO - Expelled from Paradise(104mins, ends 16:15)

Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Kobe Int’l Conference Center
Main Hall, Level 1
9:30-10:05

Production Session:
Abstract Thought from Pixar's Inside Out

Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No. 2
Meeting Room 3A, Level 3
Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 1 (35mins)

Pixar Animation Studios

10:05-10:45

Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 2 (40mins)

10:45-11:30

Animation Theater:
Game, Science, Music & Visual Effects (45mins)

11:30-12:15

Animation Theater:
Rising Stars – Student Films (45mins)

13:00-15:15

Invited Screening:
Knights of Sidonia The Movie (133mins)

15:30-17:00

Artist Talk:
Award Winners
talk session by award winners

16:15-18:00

Electronic Theater (100mins)

19:00-21:00

Electronic Theater (100mins)

Thursday, 05 November 2015
Kobe Int’l Conference Center
Main Hall, Level 1
9:30-10:15

Production Session:
Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur

Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No. 2
Meeting Room 3A, Level 3
Animation Theater:
Game, Science, Music & Visual Effects (45mins)

Pixar Animation Studios (ends 10:45)

10:15-11:00

Animation Theater:
Rising Stars – Student Films (45mins)

11:00-11:35

Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 1 (35mins)

11:35-12:15

Animation Theater:
Shorts and Features 2 (40mins)

13:00-16:00

Production Session:
CG in Anime
session by major animation studios in Japan

16:15-18:00

Electronic Theater (100mins)

Production Session:
VFX…The History and Business of the Industry
Scott Ross

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award winners
Award Ceremony
Portopia Hotel, South Wing, Portopia Hall, Level 1
Tuesday, 3 November | 9:00-10:45

Artist Talk “Award Winners”
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Wednesday, 4 November | 15:30-17:00

BEST IN SHOW
Chase Me
directed by Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud
FranceChase Me is a hybrid film between two worlds, stop-motion and CGI
films, bringing the beauty of stop-motion to the digital art.
The project first began as a CG movie, which was then 3D printed
frame by frame. Each second of the film is made up of 15 frames.
Everything on the screen has been 3D printed from the sets to thecharacters. Chase Me is made about 2500 printed parts.

BEST STUDENT PROJECTNatural Attraction
directed by Marc Zimmermann
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Instituteof Animation
Germany
Natural Attraction shows a natural spectacle turning a sparse, dry
landscape into a fruitful place bearing new life. The interplay between
sky and earth reminds of a sensual love act to express the dependency
and perfect correlation of both elements.

JURY SPECIAL PRIZE
Afternoon Class
directed by OH Seoro
South Korea
Afternoon Class hilariously shows the drowsiness flocking towards thecharacter during the afternoon lessons, the head gets heavier andtrying to stay alert.
Especially in the classroom when the drowsiness come flocking during
the afternoon lessons, experience of trying to overcome thedrowsiness physically and mentally or this experience which everyone
may have experienced has been drawn into a fantasy.

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electronic theater
Electronic Theater: Pre-Show by Daito Manabe
Kobe Int’l Conference Center, Main Hall, Level 1
Tuesday, 3 November | 16:15 doors open, 16:45 show starts -17:00“Pre-Show” comes to Asia! Special opening event for Electronic Theater premiere by Daito Manabe, well known for his works by pursing possibilities of relationship and interaction between the body and technology by interacting witha variety of hardware and devices.

Daito Manabe Rhizomatiks Research
Tokyo-Based Media Artist, DJ, Programmer.
Daito Manabe founded Rhizomatiks in 2006, and since 2015 he has worked with Motoi Ishibashi on Rhizomatiks
Research, which conducts projects for the purpose of R&D to a large extent. Also he carries out collaborative projects
with artists in various genres making the most use of programming and interactive design.

Electronic Theater
Kobe Int’l Conference Center, Main Hall, Level 1
Tuesday, 3 November | 17:00-19:00
Wednesday, 4 November | 16:15-18:00, 19:00-21:00
Thursday, 5 November | 16:15-18:00

Afternoon Class

Blue Eyes -in Harbor Tale-

directed by OH Seoro
South Korea

directed by Yuichi Ito
I.Toon, Japan

Chase Me

Chaud Lapin

directed by Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud
Francedirected by Alexis Magaud, Soline Béjuy Maël Ber
reur Géraldine Gaston Flora Andrivon
Autour de Minuit, France
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electronic theater
Chocolate Darwin

Duo

directed by Patxi Aguirre, Kiana Naghshineh
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

directed by Janis Aussel, Elsa Boyer, Marie-Pierre
Demessant, Dorian Lee, Laurent Moing, Aron Bot
Guitty Mojabi
Gobelins, l'école de l'image, FranceElectrofly

Escargoredirected by Natalia C.A. Freitas
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

directed by Oliver Hilbert
Media Design School
New Zealand

Flaw

Jazz Orgie

directed by TAKCOM
Japan

directed by Irina Rubina
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

L’Aid

Leonarddirected by Quentin Dufour, Martin Neyra,
Kilianaaaa Olmos, Ugo Pfliger, Cécile Verdier
Autour de Minuit, France
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directed by Felix Hazeaux,Thomas Nitschae, Edward Noonan,Frank Pina, Raphaelle Plantier
Autour de Minuit, FranceNatural Attraction

Some Thing

directed by Marc Zimmermann
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

directed by Elena Walf
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

Splintertime

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reeldirected by Rosto
Autour de Minuit, France

directed by Peter Jackson
Weta Digital, New Zealand

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Launch CinematicTokyo Cosmo

directed by István Zorkóczy
Digic Pictures, Hungary

directed by Takahiro Miyauchi
SHIROGUMI inc., Japan

Zerogondirected by Joshua Planz, John Mattiuzzi
USA

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animation theater

Animation Theater: Rising Stars – Student Films (45mins)
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 9:30-10:15
Wednesday, 4 November | 11:30-12:15
Thursday, 5 November | 10:15-11:00

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AnimanFilmfabrik

directed by Nikolai Maderthorner, Michael Lange
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

directed by Alireza Hashempour, Malaeke Farhangadib
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

Jagon

Jiri

directed by Murat Goenueltas
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

directed by Alice Reily de Souza
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

Le Son des Flammes

Les Liens de sang (Blood Ties)

directed by Vincent Gibaud, Alizee Laffitau, Yann
Leroy, Charlotte Guittet, Victor Lacotte, Julia Robin
LISAA, France

directed by Manon Lazzari, Sophie Kavouridis,
Marion Louw, Thomas Ricquier, Simon Pannetrat
Ecole de Georges Méliès, France

Lichtspiel

Let’s Godirected by Kevin Li
The School of Visual Arts
USA

directed by Philipp Maas
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute ofAnimation, Germany

Mortal Breakup Inferno

Nebuladirected by Paula Assadourian, Marlène Beaube,
Débora Cruchon, Maxime Delalande, Thibaud Gayral, Batiste Perron
Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France

directed by Camille Andre, Marion Bulot, Clément
Doranlo, Myriam Fourati, Jonghyun Jung-Boix, Ale
xis Kerjosse, Sarah Simon
Gobelins, l'école de l'image, Francere÷belief

Roots

directed by Raymond McCarthy Bergeron
Rochester Institute of TechnologyUSAdirected by Eva Lusbaronian, Hugo de Faucomplet,
Hugo Weiss, Pierre Bassil
Kawanimation, France

Shiftdirected by Maria Cecilia Pugliese, Yijun Liu
The School of Visual Arts
USA
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animation theater
Animation Theater: Shorts and Features 1 (35mins)
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 10:15-10:50
Wednesday, 4 November | 9:30-10:05
Thursday, 5 November | 11:00-11:35

Centopeia

La Chair de ma chere (Mimma)

directed by Clement Rouil, Leonie Depres,
Yoann Druhle, Alexis Caillet, Jerome Regef,
Bertrand Piot
RUBIKA, France

directed by Calvin Antoine Blandin
FranceLune et le Loup (Lune)

Saharadirected by Jérémie Faé,
Arthur Morin, Laure Petrini,
Georgia Noël Wolinski,
Caroline Tarrago
Autour de Minuit, France

directed by Toma Leroux, Patrick Delage
FranceAnimation Theater: Shorts and Features 2 (40mins)
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 10:50-11:30
Wednesday, 4 November | 10:05-10:45
Thursday, 5 November | 11:35-12:15

8.9

Denisedirected by Pedro Vergani
Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France

directed by Marion Bordeyne, Bastien Boutté,Romain Chalvidan, Margaux Fauré, Benjamin Jean,
Quentin Schall, RUBIKA, France11

Le Repas DominicalRakuen Tsuiho-Expelled from Paradise-

directed by Celine Devaux
Autour de Minuit
Francedirected by Seiji Mizushima
Toei Animation
Japan

Saint Seiya Legend of Sanctuary

directed by Keiichi Sato
Toei Animation
Japan

Animation Theater: Game, Science, Music and Visual Effects (45mins)
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 11:30-12:15
Wednesday, 4 November | 10:45-11:30
Thursday, 5 November | 9:30-10:15

Asia Symphony

DeusEx: Mankind Divided CGI Trailer

directed by Nobuo Takahashi
Nagoya City University
Japan

directed by Kazuyuki Ikumori,
Eidos Montreal DeusEx Mankind Divided gamedevelopment team
Visual Works(Square Enix Co., Ltd.), Japan
Eidos Montreal, Canada
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animation theater

I Wanna Rock

Jupiter Ascending

directed by Kohta Morie
Transistor StudioJapan

directed by Lana & Andy Wachowski
Method Studios
USA

Leaps In Evolution

The Interlocking Brackets of Toshodaiji Temple's Kondo (Golden Hall)

directed by Kazuki Ueda,Takumi Sato,
Yoshio Yuki, Koji Matsunaga(VFX Director)
NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan

directed by Yusuke Takeshi
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Japan

The Maze Runner

The Race

directed by Wes Ball
Method Studios, USA

directed by Michael Le Meur
Autour de Minuit, France

Tom Clancy's The Division: Take Back New York

directed by Dave Wilson
Blur Studio, USA13

Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute of Animation,
Anniversary Program: 25th Anniversary Screening
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 13:00-14:15
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Institute of Animation , Germany,celebrates its 25th anniversary next year, and this is the special screenin
g of a selection of student projects and films from its very beginnings up
until now.

-Approx. 70min.

Invited Screening : Rakuen Tsuiho - Expelled from Paradise Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Tuesday, 3 November | 14:15-16:15
Seiji Mizushima and Gen Urobuchi, collaborate to bring
their first original theatrical feature utilizing state-of-the-art 3DCG.

directed by Seiji Mizushima
Toei Animation
Japan-English dubbing version-Approx. 104min.

Invited Screening : Knights of Sidonia The Movie
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Wednesday, 4 November | 13:00-15:15
Polygon Pictures successfully adapted Anime-style 3DCG to Tsutomu Nihei's popular
comic Knights of Sidonia (Kodansha) in 2013, and this is a feature film version of hit
animation series.

directed by Koubun Shizuno
Polygon Pictures
Japan-English subtitle version-Approx. 133min.
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production sessions
The Technology behind “Big Hero 6”
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Monday, 2 November | 14:15-15:15
Disney Animation Studios will describe the technology behind Big Hero 6. Topic
covered will include Hair, Cloth, Baymax design/animation, Effects, Crowds,
Lighting and Rendering.

Rajesh Sharma
Toby Jones
Disney Animation Studios

Creating a Cosmic Transformation: Sanjay’s Super Team- Production Focus on Pixar Animation Studios Short film 'Sanjay's Super TeamKobe Int’l Conference Center, Main Hall, Level 1
Tuesday, 3 November | 14:15-16:00
For Sanjay's Super Team a close team of artists and TDs were tasked with bringing
the unique vision of the director, Sanjay Patel, to life. With his stylized graphic
illustrations and words like "mystical, cosmic and ethereal" as inspiration, theteam tackled the film with a combination of approaches. The short film quickly
transforms between different styles and techniques in each sequence(2D, 3D,
then hybrid), which serve to enhance the storytelling and visuals. The
development, story and art direction were deeply interwinded throughout theprocess, and relied on many flexible production solutions developed on the spot
utilizing close communication.

Alec Bartsch
Arjun Rihan
Athena Xenakis

Charu Clark
Mei Kee PohVincent Serritella

Pixar Animation Studios

Abstract Thought from Pixar's Inside Out
Kobe Int’l Conference Center, Main Hall, Level 1
Wednesday, 4 November | 9:00-10:45
In the 'Abstract Thought' sequence of Pixar’s 'Inside Out' the characters find themselves in a specific part of Riley’s brain that processes abstract
notions. They go through various stages of transformation towards abstraction as they try to find their way out.
A very particular art direction, which was different from the overall look of Inside Out, required a small team of artists to work very closely
together in order to keep communication lines short and workflows flexible. All departments had to react to changes promptly, bringing rough,new ideas from story to screen as quickly as possible in order to be evaluated in context. This panel includes the unusual creative and technicalchallenges of 'Abstract Thought'.

Albert Lozano
Jonas Jarvers
Pixar Animation Studios
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Masha Ellsworth
Ron Zorman

Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur
Kobe Int’l Conference Center, Main Hall, Level 1
Thursday, 5 November | 9:00-10:45
What would Earth look like if the asteroid missed? The technical challenges of making Disney/Pixar’s "The Good
Dinosaur". Come hear about the making of the latest Disney/Pixar release, “The Good Dinosaur”. The Good
Dinosaur is a journey through the wilderness- the filmmakers will guide you through the process of creating
expansive and believable environments, illustrating the challenges of making 3d Volumetric clouds, locations
based on scanned elevation data, procedurally generating millions of trees and foliage and tying it all together
with an integrated lighting solution.

Sanjay BakshiDavid Munier

Matt Webb
Ana Lacaze

Pixar Animation Studios

CG in Anime
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Thursday, 5 November | 13:00-16:00 *Simultaneous Translation Provided Japanese to English
Japan's 7 major animation studios present their creative challenges on implementing computer graphics and digital production to Japanesetraditional "Anime".

Hiroaki Matsuura

Koichi Noguchi

SANZIGEN Inc.

Toei Animation

Daisuke Miyagawa

Ryuichi Yagi

Koji Mikami

Polygon Pictures Inc.

SHIROGUMI INC.

Tokyo University of Technology

Yusaku Toyoshima
Ryo Horibe

Junpei Mizusaki
Kumi Shimizu

Digital Frontier Inc.

Kamikazedouga Co.,Ltd.

Hiroki Yoshioka
Graphinica, Inc.

VFX…The History and Business of the Industry
Kobe Int’l Exhibition Hall No.2, Room3A
Thursday, 5 November | 16:15-18:00 *Simultaneous Translation Provided English to Japanese
Scott Ross will make a presentation on the history of VFX as well as the future of VR.

Scott Ross
VFX Pioneer

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parties!
SAKE Party

Barcelona, Ariston Hotel 16F (6-1 MinatojimaNakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Monday, 2 November | 19:00-21:00
On 2nd November(Mon), SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015 Kobe local committee and conference members welcome SA2015 attendees toKobe's local specialty "SAKE (Japanese rice wine)" party!
Mr.Yoichiro Kawaguchi of The University of Tokyo comes as a special guest.

・Venue contact: TEL 078-303-5555 http://www.ariston.jp/kobe/access/

VFX-JAPAN Party
troop café (2-11-5 KitaNagasaDori, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Wednesday, 4 November | 19:00-21:30
The general incorporated association VFX-JAPAN holds a networking party on 4th November (Wed) from
7pm in Sannomiya area, Kobe. It is mainly for its members, but anyone attends SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015 canjoin this party. Will be a great opportunity to deepen exchanges.
Register now to join!

・Venue contact: TEL 078-321-3130

http://troopcafe.jp/access・Fee: VFX-JAPAN members 3,000yen, non-members 5,000yen(All inclusive)・Entry: need advance registration from below
https://vfx-japan.com/event20151104/

Production Party
Club Gessekai (1-3-8 ShimoyamateDori, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Thursday, 5 November | 19:00Japan's major CG studios collaborating with Kobe's local committee, hold a fun wrap party on
5th November(Thu). Come and enjoy the last night of SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015 in Kobe with greatmusic and dance!

・Venue contact: TEL 078-331-6540

http://gessekai.net/

・Fee: Free (COD)
・Entry: need advance registration from below
https://www.facebook.com/events/898784540210691
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special thanks

SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival
wishes to thankTo all contributors
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Disney-Pixar Animation Studios
Kobe Institute of Computing
Polygon Pictures Inc.
Rhizomatiks
TOEI ANIMATION, Nitroplus / EFP Society
TSUTOMU NIHEI, KODANSHA / KOS PRODUCTION COMMITTEE
Weta Digital
SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival
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AND WELCOME TOSIGGRAPH Asia 2015 KOBE