CVMP 2026 - Call for Papers 24th July - ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production

*Call for Submissions to CVMP 2026*
23rd ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production

Dear colleagues,

For over two decades, CVMP has built a reputation as the prime venue for
researchers to meet with practitioners in the creative industries: film,
broadcast and games. The conference brings together expertise in video
processing, computer vision, computer graphics, animation and physical
simulation. It provides a forum for the presentation of the latest research
and application advances, combined with keynote and invited talks on
state-of-the-art industry practice. CVMP regularly attracts over 100
attendees, approximately 50:50 from academia and the creative industries.

CVMP 2026 will take place physically at *BFI Southbank in London on 8–9
December 2026*. Proceedings of the Full Papers will appear in the ACM
Digital Library <https://dl.acm.org/conference/cvmp>.

We encourage participation from a diverse range of backgrounds, including
scientists, engineers, artists and producers, to contribute inspiring
papers, presentations, posters and technical abstracts. We invite
submissions on any topic that demonstrates an impact on visual media
production, animation, and interactive content creation and experiences.
This year there is an additional focus on Intelligent Worlds: From Creative
Intent to Production across the creative industries. Several tracks will be
of direct interest to the HCI community, including interactive media and
games, augmented and virtual reality, and digital and virtual humans.

*Full Papers.* We invite submissions of regular, technical papers
presenting novel research or applications related to any aspect of media
production, including computer vision, graphics and machine learning
research with application in this area. We particularly encourage the
submission of early-stage doctoral work. Submitted papers can be any length
up to 10 pages and will be subject to double-blind peer review. Accepted
papers will be presented in either oral or poster form and will appear in
the ACM Digital Library.

*Short Papers and Technical Abstracts.* Submissions are invited in the form
of a one-page extended abstract describing innovative industry practice or
academic research. Submissions can also describe work in progress and do
not prevent submission of the work elsewhere. Accepted submissions will be
presented in poster form at the conference and will not appear in the ACM
Digital Library.

*Short Papers Special Session.* Submissions are invited for the special
session titled *"Human-Centric 4D Generative Content: From Synthesis to
Interaction."* This session welcomes short papers focusing on various
aspects of dynamic 3D content creation. In line with the main short paper
track, submissions must be in the form of a one-page extended abstract, and
accepted works will be presented as posters during the conference. The
accepted papers will not appear in the ACM Digital Library.

*Demos.* The demos programme promotes applied research and applications to
facilitate collaborations between industrial and academic members of the
media production community. Demos do not have to be related to full or
short papers accepted at CVMP but should have the form of live
demonstrations of media production methods and/or their applications. A
one-page extended abstract should be submitted describing the content of
the demonstration and an overview of the approach.

*Industry Talks.* We invite submissions for industry talks showcasing
innovative ideas and practice. These should be submitted in the form of a
one-page extended abstract describing the proposed talk. Talks will take a
similar form to submissions for talks at SIGGRAPH and FMX, and can be talks
that have already been presented at other venues.

*Submission dates:*

   - *Full Papers: 24 July 2026*
      - Review deadline: 4 September 2026
      - Author notification: 11 September 2026
      - Camera-ready: 2 October 2026
   - *Short Papers and Technical Abstracts (including the Special Session):
   5 September 2026*
      - Author notification: 29 September 2026
   - *Demos: 5 September 2026*
      - Author notification: 29 September 2026
   - *Industry Talks: 19 September 2026*
      - Author notification: 3 October 2026

Papers, demos and talks are invited in all areas of visual media production
related to film, games and broadcast, including but not limited to:

   - 3D video capture
   - Augmented, mixed, virtual and extended reality (AR/MR/VR/XR)
   - Character animation
   - Computational photography
   - Computer graphics
   - Computer vision
   - Digital and virtual humans
   - Gaussian Splatting and NeRF representations
   - Generative artificial intelligence
   - High dynamic range (HDR) imaging
   - Image and video synthesis
   - Image enhancement and restoration
   - Image, model and asset editing
   - Interactive media and games
   - Machine learning
   - Multiple camera systems
   - Novel scene representation
   - Omnidirectional video
   - Post-production using stereo, 3D and motion
   - Pre-visualisation
   - Real-time imaging systems
   - Real-time rendering
   - Relighting images and video
   - Segmentation and matting
   - Video and camera tracking
   - Video-based animation and motion capture
   - Virtual production
   - Visual asset management
   - Visual effects (VFX)

*Policies.* By submitting your article to an ACM publication, you and your
co-authors acknowledge that you are subject to all ACM Publications Policies
<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies>, including ACM's Publications
Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects
<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-participants-and-subjects>.
Alleged violations will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full
retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties.

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID iD
<https://orcid.org/register> so you can complete the publishing process for
an accepted paper. More on ACM and ORCID
<https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/orcid-faqs>.

*Full call for submissions:*
https://www.cvmp-conference.org/2026/call-for-submissions/
*Submission instructions:*
https://www.cvmp-conference.org/2026/submission-instructions/

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<https://bsky.app/profile/cvmp.bsky.social> and on LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/cvmp>. Browse past CVMP papers in the ACM
Digital Library <https://dl.acm.org/conference/cvmp>.

Best wishes,
Dr Will Rowan
Publicity and Communications Chair, CVMP 2026
23rd ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production
[email protected]

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