Date: 26 February 2026
Time: 18:00
Location: The Electric, 48 Canterbury St, District Six, Cape Town
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SIGGRAPH Cape Town Chapter invites you to:
“Create without Limits” with Preymaker, Sunrise and Simulon
Join us for an evening of insightful discussion, drinks, and snacks!
The visual effects and animation landscape is changing faster than ever, shaped by real-time tools, AI-assisted workflows, and increasingly global productions. This SIGGRAPH Cape Town session brings together industry professionals working at the forefront of these shifts, sharing practical insights from real projects and pipelines.
Across three talks, we will explore how hybrid workflows are redefining the role of the artist, how large-scale productions are managed across continents and massive datasets, and how real-time animation is bridging the gap between creative direction and technical execution. From emerging platforms and pipeline design to award-winning animation work, the evening offers a grounded look at where our industry is heading and how artists and studios can adapt.
Peter Uitenweerde will discuss how Preymaker incorporated AI to facilitate agility during production.
How they use proprietary technologies, tools and workflows to facilitate agility and enable creative directors to iterate without it affecting the schedule negatively.
On a more creative level, he will showcase how “Kinder” was a multi-media project in a sense that combined a wide variety of techniques, including live action, CG, miniatures, virtual sets, generative AI, etc
Speaker:
Pieter Uitenweerde
Animation and rigging lead,
Pieter Uitenweerde brings expertise in 3D animation to Preymaker’s team. He oversees animation teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and creativity at the highest level on both film and commercial projects. At the core of his approach, bridging the technical and creative sides of animation and VFX to bring a story and director’s vision to life.
You can see his most recent work in the high-profile commercials Kinder “Yes Bueno” for the 2026 Super Bowl, and Toyota 4Runner’s whimsical “Into the Wild.” His experience also spans long-form projects, including Preymaker’s original real-time animated short, BLUE (2022), which picked up a multitude of awards including the Award of Excellence Special Jury Mention & Platinum Award at the LA Independent Shorts Awards, Best Short Film & Best Concept Art at One-Reeler and Best Animation at London International Web and Short Film Festival.
Pieter was also pivotal in the production of Preymaker’s latest real-time animated short, DENMARK (2025) which was inspired by the LEGO fan community and the classic heist film, HEAT. It is currently making the rounds of film festivals.
He has also served as Animation Lead on the award winning Disney+ project, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Herderboy. This project earned Best Animation at the esteemed SAFTA Awards (South African Film and Television Awards).
Making sense of the Chaos
Dealing with the complexity of a Feature Film produced across the Globe.
“David” was produced across 32 countries, comprising dozens of millions of files and a complexity Sunrise has never dealt with before.
We’ll look at the workflows, pipeline and tools used to enable a global production, and the challenges we faced along the way.
Everything from USD to Render Optimisation.
Speakers:
Kevin van den Oever
CG Supervisor & Surfacing Lead at Sunrise Productions.
Kevin designs and authors many aspects of the studio’s USD pipeline, and works with Studio supervisors to agree on workflow requirements and technical standards for the content creation of all shows within the company, ensuring creative quality, technical quality and renderability.
Christiaan Botha
Technical Supervisor at Sunrise productions.
Chris Botha is the Head of Technology at Sunrise Animation Studios, he now manages the studio’s global infrastructure and a large portion of its technology budget. Over the past 6.5 years, Chris has supported three feature films and multiple animated series, scaling operations from a 50-person local team to more than 250 staff in 26 countries. He works closely with production teams, local staff, and global vendors to optimize rendering, manage deliverables, and streamline workflows. By aligning cutting-edge technology with creative collaboration, Chris ensures that artists are empowered to deliver world-class storytelling at scale.
Join Chris and Kevin sharing their journey on this amazing feature
The Future Is Hybrid
The Future Is Hybrid explores the changing relationship between creators and machines as VFX workflows become more real-time, assistive, and context-aware. Cutting through hype, it offers a practical peek at hybrid workflows where humans set intention and constraints while systems handle complexity – and how creative identity shifts as legacy technical steps fade and the craft moves toward directing systems, coherence, and taste.
Speaker:
Divesh Naidoo
Divesh Naidoo is the founder of Simulon, a next-generation hybrid VFX platform enabling creators to produce high-fidelity live-action effects by combining in-camera workflows, editable 3D scene data, and modern AI-assisted tooling in a single pipeline.
Sponsors:
Preymaker
Modena Media and Entertainment
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