SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is an annual conference centered around computer graphics and interactive techniques, organized by ACM, established in 1974. Within the SIGGRAPH conference, the Computer Animation Festival is an Academy Award®-qualifying festival that showcases excellence in computer animation, visual effects, advertising, game cinematics, real-time graphics, and scientific visualization. The festival includes screenings like the Electronic Theater and Animation Theater, celebrating storytelling through computer graphics. Since 1999, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival's Electronic Theater has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.