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.

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.

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, including ACM's Publications Policy on 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 so you can complete the publishing process for an accepted paper. More on ACM and ORCID.

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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Best wishes,
Dr Will Rowan
Publicity and Communications Chair, CVMP 2026
23rd ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production
will.rowan@york.ac.uk