Animation Fest nominees announced

May 08, 2008 ACM Siggraph revealed award nominees for its 2008 Computer Animation Festival, an official qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' best animated short award category. Best student piece nominees are "893," Supinfocom; "Al Dente," Supinfocom; "Baerenbraut," Derek Roczen, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction; "Blind Spot," Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel, Simon Rouby, Gobelins l'ecole de l'image; and "Mauvais Role," Alan Barbier, Camille Campion, Dorian Fevrier, Frederic Fourier, Frederic Lafay, Min Ma, Jean-Francois Macem, Emanuel Reperant, Jeremie Rousseau, Olivier Sicot, Supinfocom. New in 2008 is the addition of the Computer Animation Festival award presentations, where winners will be revealed during the Siggraph event.

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