About this Event
Rainbow Spotlight
Access presentations from various studios and independent post-production facilities. Learn about the latest trends and technologies in VFX, Animation and Computer Graphics. Meet like minded people working in industry and foster new connections.
Event page: https://london.siggraph.org/rainbow-spotlight-2026
Rainbow Conference was London's post-SIGGRAPH wrap-up event, bringing together top projects, studios and talent from across the industry. Rainbow Conference united students, professionals and enthusiasts across VFX, animation and games, and helped strengthen London's CGI community into what it is today.
This year, we're evolving. Rather than a single large event, Rainbow Spotlight brings that same spirit into a more focused, regular format: three standalone evenings across September, October and November 2026, each hosted by a different studio at the heart of London's CG scene.
The same commitment to inclusivity and community remains: all events are free to attend, the programme continues to mix industry insight with emerging talent, and the space is open to everyone, from seasoned professionals to students just starting out.
For the final evening of the series, Framestore hosts us at their Chancery Lane studio. Lux Aeterna will take us behind the scenes of RENO, their original sci-fi short built as a testing ground for next-generation VFX workflows, and Framestore's Josh Bainbridge will chart the evolution of the studio's Academy Award-winning layered shading system. See the agenda below for full details.
Register now for this free event and be part of the vibrant CG community. Visit our official website at www.london.siggraph.org for more information.
The schedule is subject to up to last minute changes.
Date: 26th November
Location: Framestore,
28 Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1LB
Admission: Free
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Agenda
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Doors open
Info: Pizza and drinks
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:05 PM
Welcome
🕑: 07:05 PM - 08:05 PM
RENO: Building a sci-fi film as a testing ground for next-generation VFX workflows
Host: Rob Hifle
Info: Lux Aeterna is known for its award-winning visual effects on productions including The Dinosaurs, The Crown, Human and Our Universe. With RENO, the studio took a different approach: producing its own original sci-fi short film to explore how emerging tools and production methods might reshape the VFX pipeline. Created as both a narrative project and a technical experiment, RENO allowed the team to rethink how a traditionally post-driven VFX studio could operate within a virtual production environment. The film became a practical testing ground for new approaches to capture, environment design, and real-time filmmaking. In this session, the Lux Aeterna team breaks down the production of RENO, from adapting their pipeline for a newly opened virtual production stage to integrating technologies such as Gaussian splat scanning, automated rotoscoping and marker removal. Through the lens of a small, high-ambition production, the talk explores how emerging tools are reshaping the relationship between production and post.
🕑: 08:05 PM - 08:15 PM
Break
🕑: 08:15 PM - 09:00 PM
The Evolution of Framestore's Academy Award-Winning Rendering Tech
Host: Josh Bainbridge
Info: Join Framestore's Head of Applied Machine Learning, Josh Bainbridge, as he charts the course of the studio's layered shading system. From the initial architecture to receiving an Academy Sci-Tech Award, Josh will trace the engineering and collaborative milestones that redefined Framestore's approach to realistic surfaces and explore how the relationship between artists and technology is shifting.
🕑: 09:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Networking
Event venue & nearby stays
Framestore, 28 Chancery Lane, London, United Kingdom
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