Swing to the Moon wins the Best Student Project award at SIGGRAPH 2023!
News . 29 May. 2023
We recently reported the selection of several ESMA films for the SIGGRAPH 2023… Today, we are delighted to announce that the film Swing to the Moon, directed by ESMA students, has won the Best Student Project award at the SIGGRAPH !
Swing to the Moon is the winner of the SIGGRAPH’s Best Student Project award
It’s now official : the film Swing to the Moon (2022), directed by Marie Bordessoule, Chloé Lauzu, Adriana Bouissié, Vincent Levrero, Nadine De Boer, Solenne Moreau and Elisa Drique, won the Best Student Project award at the SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater. This prize, awarded to the most successful student project, is a real acknowledgement both for the directors and for ESMA, which sees this award as a new recognition of the quality of its training.
As a reminder, the SIGGRAPH international conference is the leading event worldwide for all animation and computer graphics professionals. Gathering each year over ten thousand participants, the SIGGRAPH organizes on this occasion the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater, entirely dedicated to animation, special effects and digital creation.
ESMA for the 3rd consecutive year in the SIGGRAPH prize list
This is not the first time that a film from the school has won a prestigious award at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater. Indeed, Amir & Amira had paved the way in a remarkable way, winning the very prestigious Jury Prize in 2015. This was followed by awards for Je suis un caillou (Best Student Project 2021) and Mésozoïque Alternatif (Audience Choice Award 2022). With this new award for Swing to the Moon, ESMA appears for the third year in a row on the SIGGRAPH list. A first in the school’s history !
Swing to the Moon, a moving fable
Produced in 2022, Swing to the Moon follows the adventures of a little spider, Témi, who tries by all means to reach the moon. The scenario, the animation, the sensitivity with which the subject is treated, touched the members of the SIGGRAPH jury. A huge congratulations to the directors of the short film, who have certainly promised themselves to reach the moon ! They will be awarded the Best Student Project prize at SIGGRAPH 2023, which will be held this year in Los Angeles from August 6th to 10th.