Phoenix Lights

--An oldie but a goodie. TFH seems to have captured what it probably felt like to those who actually witnessed this astonishing event. And for the record yup I do believe--

Phoenix Lights by The Faking Hoaxer 

A clip of the actual event can be found here

Sources:

YouTube

Siggraph 2012 Technical Papers Preview

--Siggraph showcases the next wave of emerging technologies in 3d and CGI--

Sources:

YouTube

Credits:

Siggraph

Tooned Update

--Bringing you up to speed with the excellent Tooned series from Mclaren starting with the latest and the funniest episode so far--

Episode 12 A GLITCH TO FAR
HD Version available here

Episode 11 SIDE TRACKED HD

Episode 10 - PHOTO FINNISH
HD Version Here

Episode 09 - INDIA
HD Version Here

Episode 08 -LECTURE CIRCUIT
HD Version Here

Credits:

FrameStore
Mclaren

Agni's Philosophy

Agni's Philosophy by Square Enix

--Agni's Philosophy is a realtime demo of the tech behind Square Enix products such as the  Final Fantasy series--

Making of

Sources:

YouTube
YouTube

Credits:

Square Enix

Hinode

Hinode by Tetsuka Niiyama 

This is a CG movie that depicts saltation and growth of life in the sea using jewelry as the motif for illustrating the theme "Jewels of Sea." It creates mystifying and attractive scenery by the ores resembling creatures of sea and its transforming refraction and reflection of light that are affected by the organic moves.

Sources:

Vimeo

Credits:

Tetsuka Niiyama