Ars Electronica Festival · 1999
Guinness "Surfer
by CFC - Computer Film Company
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 1999
“Guinness "Surfer” by CFC - Computer Film Company received an Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1999.
The commercial "Guinness Surfer" (Computer Film Company, UK) directed by Jonathan Glazer and produced for TV, combines real shots and computer graphics in evocative black & white pictures. It shows a group of men surfing. Suddenly a gigantic wave rises up and white horses emerge from the foam.
About CFC - Computer Film Company
The Computer Film Company (CFC) was founded in 1984 in London. CFC pioneered the world's first digital film scanning, image processing and recording service at full cinema quality, for which the company has received two Technical Academy Awards from the…
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