For 18 days during the Southern Hemisphere spring of 1997, a NASA-launched Canadian satellite called RADARSAT collected pieces of a puzzle that will help scientists study the most remote and inaccessible part of the earth -- Antarctica. Scientists have now put the puzzle pieces together to form the first high-resolution radar map of the mysterious frozen continent. With detail to the point of picking out a research bungalow on an iceburg, this new map has answered scientist's questions about the icy continent, and has also raised new questions about strange and fascinating features never seen before. Director: Alex Kekesi Producer: Wade Sisler, Michael Starobin Production Company: GST Contact Information: Alex.Kekesi@gsfc.nasa.gov http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The chameleon is an SZM internal produced character animation. The challenge was to simulate the specific motion of the creature and to craete a realistic environment of a rainforest. Director: Pablo Bach Producer: non Production Company: SZM Studios Film-, TV- und Multimedia-Produktions GmbH, Dept. Animation/VFX Contact Information: justus.engel@szm.de www.animation-vfx.com Medienallee 7 Munich, Unterföhring, 85774 Germany -16087 Fax: -15774

This TV commercial, for release in China, utilised both CGI plus miniature models set in a festive surrounding in China. An Asian version of the Polar Bear was the aspiration...but with a distinctive Chinese feel, hence the introduction of the magical clay doll family.The miniature city was built and consequently shot by motion control. The CGI clay dolls were animated giving a stop-motion look and feel. The whole production, including CGI, miniatures, and motion control, utilised 4 weeks production time.CGI software: LightWave, AfterEffects Director: Frankie Chung Producer: Chu Chu Cheng Production Company: centro digital pictures ltd Contact Information: lui@Centro.com.hk www.centro.com.hk 601 hkitc 72 tat chee avenue hong kong, nil Hong Kong (852) 2319 6688 Fax: (852) 2319 2272

A predatory reptile makes a cute pet when it's young, but can it be fun to eat from a can instead of catching food on the hoof? And what if the owner gives up trying to care properly for it? Only really well prepared people can take care of an adult exotic pet well enough to give it a pleasant life. Director: Skye Carlson Producer: Skye Carlson Production Company: Ringling School of Art & Design c/o Susan Trovas Contact Information: afn20039@afn.org http://www.rsad.edu/~ccarlson

This prototype house is one of a series of courthouse designs made by Mies van der Rohe in 1930's. The computer graphics film team took the original schematic design that survived on a plan drawing, achieved a derivative version by adding components similar to those found in other projects designed and built by the architect and developed a visualization utilizing radiosity-based software. The camera moves between and around the uniquely shaped elemental walls and reveals the pleasure of developing scenes full of material colors and the ambiance of sunlight.

Conceived as a critique of traditional architectural ''flythroughs'' and perhaps a glimpse into the future of online environments, this short film documents the investigation of an abandoned house from multiple points of view. The ''handheld'' camera movement was accomplished through four layers of motion capture data via the mouse. The house was designed and modeled in form-Z, animation in 3ds max, and rendering in mental ray. AfterEffects and Combustion were used for compositing and graphics. Director: Joseph Kosinski Producer: k+d.lab Production Company: k+d.lab Contact Information: joseph@kdlab.net www.kdlab.net 145 Hudson Street 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10013 United States 2129661932 Fax: 2129661937

This work is the image of old circus. Director: Hitoshi Suenaga Producer: Hitoshi Suenaga Production Company: TAIYO KIKAKU CO.,LTD Contact Information: sue@v7.com 2-27-7 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-0003 Japan +81.3.3436.4540 Fax: +81.3.3436.0175

Early Light is part 2 of a 3 part series dealing with times of day/seasons. The idea is to create a living manuscript of the impressions/memories of different seasons and how they unfold. The work progresses from the end of Winter thru Spring and is also Morning.The work is inspired by experiences of landscape as sensed internally and spiritually. These are interpretations of natureÆs consciousness emerging and shifting in character. The source scenes are constructed from multiple photographs and video footage. The stills are animated thru mattes of generated light, wind and noise. Producer / Director: John S. Banks Production Company: Artek Images Contact Information: jsbanks@interaccess.com artekimages.com 2327 N. Geneva Terrace Chicago, IL 60614 United States 773-296-0508

A short story of a sailor dreaming of himself underwater. He discovers a mermaid who wants to kiss. Director: James Torrens Producer: Vancouver Film School Production Company: Vancouver Film School Contact Information: arnault@vfs.com 420 Homer Street Vancouver , BC V6B 2V5 Canada 604.685.6331, ext. 109

I made the inorganic objects in this desolate space appear to move of their own volition. Software used ''MAYA''. All motions of an object are controlled by ''MEL (Maya Embedded Language)'' and ''Expression''. This work was awarded excellence prize in the ''Non-interactive division'' of the ''2000 4th.Agency for Cultural Affairs media Arts Festival''. Director: Hitoshi Akayama, Katsuyuki Kamei Producer: Hitoshi Akayama, Katsuyuki Kamei Production Company: Japan Electronics College Contact Information: kamei@ts.jec.ac.jp http://www.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/~umitsuki/ 1-25-4 Hyakunin-cho Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo, 169-8522 Japan -12624 Fax: -10970

It is a fairy tale based on my grandmother's experience of surviving World War II. At that time, Japan occupied Korea. She remembers that she had to learn the Japanese language and culture and she even had to use a Japanese name. It is like having your own body without your own spirit inside.Software:softimage, Media100, SGI Director: Sungyeon Joh Producer: Sungyeon Joh Production Company: The School og the Art Institute of Chicago Contact Information: sungy@hotmail.com www.artic.edu/~sjoh 1321 40th St. #329 Emeryville , CA 94608 United States 510-752-3816 Fax: 510-752-3430

In the desert of Arizona two Cowboys meet for a most unusual duel.3d Computeranimated Short Film Software: Maya Hardware: Dual 600 MHz Intergraph Workstation Production Time: 8 months Director: Johannes Weiland Producer: Martin Burkert Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Keywords: Contact Information: sven.pannicke@filmakademie.de - Mathildenstrasse 20 - Ludwigsburg, 71638 Germany 4.97E+11 Fax: 4.97E+13

Director: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Producer: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Production Company: Video Station Q Co., Ltd.

Director: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Producer: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Production Company: Video Station Q Co., Ltd.

Director: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Producer: Video Station Q Co., Ltd. Production Company: Video Station Q Co., Ltd.

Based on an original concept and a few rough sketches by Seth Kearsley, Savage Frog! worked up this short piece depicting a ''body factory worker'' dealing with a potential crisis. All of the modeling, animation and rendering was done using NewTek's Lightwave 3D. Director: Savage Frog! Producer: Savage Frog! Production Company: Savage Frog! Contact Information: pdavies@savagefrog.com www.savagefrog.com 138 Mission Ave. San Rafael, CA 94901 United States 415-457-5738 Fax: 415-256-8029

This video presents the system described in the Siggraph 01 paper by the same name. We attempt to capture the sight, touch, and feeling of the artistic painting process by providing the traditional tools of a painter. This allows anyone to control a virtual brush as he or she would a real brush. To achieve this, we have designed a physically-based, deformable, 3D brush model and bi-directional, two-layer, paint model. These allow the user to produce complex brush strokes intuitively. The haptic feedback enhances the sense of realism and provides critical tactile cues. This item is part of the collection: SIGGRAPH Director: Vincent Scheib Producer: Vincent Scheib Production Company: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Contact Information: scheib@cs.unc.edu http://www.scheib.net Sitterson Hall CB 3175 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 United States 919-962-1905 Fax: 919-962-1799

A little girl alone in the frontsea opens the windows of the town... Director: Laetitia GABRIELLI, Pierre MARTEEL, Mathieu RENOUX, Max TOURET Producer: SUPINFOCOM Production Company: p/o SUPINFOCOM Contact Information: contact@waveworld.net www.supinfocom.fr 10 avenue Henri Matisse Tertia 3000 Aulnoy-Lez-Valenciennes, F-59300 France +33 (0) 32004 2501 Fax: +33 (0) 32004 2501

In this strange city, don't loose your hat...! Director: Xavier DE L'HERMUZIERE, Philippe GRAMMATICOPOULOS Producer: SUPINFOCOM Production Company: p/o SUPINFOCOM Contact Information: contact@waveworld.net www.supinfocom.fr 10 avenue Henri Matisse Tertia 3000 Aulnoy-Lez-Valenciennes, F-59300 France +33 (0) 32004 2501 Fax: +33 (0) 32004 2501

Story: The way to a man's heart leads through his stomach - but it can be paved with formidable roadblocks, as Lunch's hero discovers to his dismay.Software: SoftImage 3DHardware: Dell Dimension PC 866 MhzEditing Station: Macintosh G4 with Final Cut ProAwards: Ed>Net Media Arts Award - First Prize, Computer Animation Director: Keith Lango Producer: Keith Lango