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The Visual Effects Society has released the nominations for its upcoming awards, covering a broad range of feature films, episodic productions, animated projects, commercials, real-time work, and student films. The list reflects a strong presence of large-scale franchise projects alongside technically ambitious series and animation, with Avatar: Fire and Ash, Zootopia 2, It: Welcome to Derry, and KPop Demon Hunters appearing repeatedly across categories.
List of All Nominated Projects
Zootopia 2, KPop Demon Hunters, It: Welcome to Derry, Stranger Things, Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,
Tron: Ares, The Lost Bus, Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Gorge, Elio, The Bad Guys 2, Foundation ,
Andor, The Last of Us, The Residence, Mickey 17, Wicked: For Good, Superman, Together, In Your Dreams, Battlefield 6, F1: The Movie, Gen V, Win or Lose, Au Delà des Mots, Flying From War, Two Kings, Azimuth, A Sparrow’s Song
Complete List of Nominated Projects and Artists
Outstanding Character in an Episodic, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project
Zootopia 2; Gary De’Snake: Patrick Yu Wang, Adam Green, Jennifer Stratton, Christoffer Pedersen, Jesse Erickson
KPop Demon Hunters; Rumi: Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee, Andrea Centeno, Marc Souliere, Joshua Beveridge
It: Welcome to Derry; “The Thing in the Dark”; The Pickle Monster: Philip Harris-Genois, Pierric Danjou, Chloe Ostiguy, Jonathan Bourdua
It: Welcome to Derry; “Winter Fire”; Pennywise: Théo Perronard, Yan Morin-Dubuisson, Yan Detang, Jonathan Fleming-Bock
Stranger Things; “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”; Mindflayer: James Moore, Layne Howe, Shawn Warawa, Yoshihiro Harimoto
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age; Female Smilodon: Alvise Avati, Marc-André Coulombe, Youen Leclerc, Andrea De Martis
Outstanding Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Tron: Ares; Dillinger’s Grid City: Jared Michael, Noor Valibhoy, Cody Gramstad, Stefan Litterini
The Lost Bus; The Wildfires of Roe Road: Jamie Haydock, Francesco Ferraresi, Sergei Konorev, Frederick Vallee
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Bridgehead Industrial City: Gianluca Pizzaia, Steve Bevins, Dziga Kaiser, Zsolt Máté
The Lost Bus; Feather River Canyon by the Pulga Bridge: David Schulz, Mareike Loges, Björn Markgraf, Philipp Hafellner
The Gorge; The Bodyweb: Daniel James Cox, Yosuke Inomata, Clint Rea, Gabriel Pires
Outstanding Environment in an Animated Feature
Zootopia 2; Marsh Market: Limei Z. Hshieh, Alexander Nicholas Whang, Joshua Fry, Ryan DeYoung
Elio; The Communiverse: Steve Arguello, Christopher M. Burrows, Andy Lin, Laura Murphy
KPop Demon Hunters; Seoul: Rafael Lescano, Gunsik Kim, Tyquane Wright, Hee-Chel Nam
The Bad Guys 2; Cairo City: John J. Lee, Greg Hettinger, Mikael Genachte-Le Bail, Mayumi Shimokawa
Outstanding Environment in an Episodic, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project
Foundation; “A Song for the End of Everything”; Clarion Station: Sylvain Lesaint, Ilyes Boutemeur, Blake Dewoody, Benjamin Rojek
Andor; “Welcome to the Rebellion”; The Senate District: John O’Connell, Falk Boje, Hasan Ilhan, Kevin George
The Last of Us; Post-Apocalyptic Seattle: Romain Simonnet, Abraham Ibanez, David Desplat, Minguk Lee
The Residence; “Dial M for Murder”; The White House Exterior: Gabriel Vargas, Eric Schoellnast, Andrew Wilkins, Omer Gurkan
Outstanding CG Cinematography
Zootopia 2: Tyler Kupferer, Daniel Rice, Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay
Avatar: Fire and Ash: Steve Deane, AJ Briones, Zachary Brake, Andrew Moffett
Tron: Ares: Jhon Alvarado, Michael Beaulieu, Jayden Beveridge, Hayley Kim
KPop Demon Hunters: Benjamin Hendricks, Gary H. Lee, Randolph Lizarda, Linh Mai Nguyen Chan
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Mickey 17; The Niflheim Spaceship: Bikas Panigrahi, Nikolai Razuev, Ajinkya Nitin Phokmare, Manoj Vijay Kamble
Wicked: For Good; Bison: Marco Chau, Giorgio Pennisi, Sowmya Ramakumar, Balazs Meszaros
Avatar: Fire and Ash; The Windtraders’ Gondola: Michael Smale, Sam Sharplin, Joe W. Churchill, Jacqi Dillon
Superman; The Fortress of Solitude: Crystal Bretz, Martin Pelissier, Klaudio Ladavac, Conner Wessinger
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Simulating Pandora: Nicholas Illingworth, Sarah C. Farmer, James Robinson, Ryan Bowden
Superman; Metropolis City Destruction: Rick Hankins, Marcel Kern, Eric Hollands, Masoud Aziminajjar
The Lost Bus; Escape from Hell: Billy Copley, Mathieu Chardonnet, Chetan Patkar, David Schott
Together: Darcy George, Andrew Dunkerley, Ray Leung, Steve Oakley
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
In Your Dreams: Stephanie McNair, Dmitiry Kolesnik, Stephen Paschke, David Sellares
The Bad Guys 2: Michael Losure, Landon Gray, Zachary Glynn, Steve Avoujageli
Zootopia 2: Sujil Sukumaran, Stuart Griese, Zoran Stojanoski, Paul Carman
KPop Demon Hunters: Filippo Maccari, Nikolaos Finizio, Daniel La Chapelle, Srdjan Milosevic
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project
Battlefield 6: Björn Åkerstedt, Anders Egleus, Kasra Kalami, Craig Moroney
The Last of Us; “Through the Valley”; The Infected Horde: Duarte Victorino, Claudio Gonzalez, Andre Castelao, Igor Bondar
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age; The Big Freeze: Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Kevin Tarpinian
Stranger Things; “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”; Assault on the Mindflayer: Michael Chrobak, Brandon James Fleet, Yasunobu Arahori, Hoi Ying Fung
Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Feature
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Bridgehead Industrial City: Ziad Shureih, Stefano Oggeri, Jaume Creus Costabella, Hugo Debat-Burkarth
F1: The Movie; Modern Race and POV Footage: Hugo Gauvreau, Chris Davies, Raushan Raj, Amaury Rospars
Superman; Fights and Metropolis City Destruction: Can Chang, Nicolas Caillier, Bryan Smeall, Elona Musha
Avatar: Fire and Ash; The Wind Traders, Bridgehead, Rivers and Ocean: Alex Klaricich, Gianfranco Sgura, Brad Floyd, Ari Ross
Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in an Episode
The Residence; “Pilot”: Spencer Hecox, Gunnar Heiss, Alexander Greenberg, Eric Schoellnast
Stranger Things; “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”; The Abyss and Vecna’s Face: Ben Roberts, Rachel E. Herbert, Don Bradford, Ken Lam
The Last of Us; “Through the Valley”; A Storm of Ice, Fire and Flesh: Tobias Wiesner, Mark Julien, Owen Longstaff, Brendan Naylor
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age: Puff Pisanwalerd, Jean-Baptiste Noyau, Marion Nove-Josserand, Sue Nelson
Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Commercial
Disney; “Best Christmas Ever”: Hudson Martins, Luke Warpus, Jinhui Wang, Alex Miller
BMW; “Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus”: Alex Kulikov, Jack Harris, Adam Chabane, Nicola Borsari
Virgin Media; “Trunk Trucker”: Alex Grey, Sebastian Caldwell, Nicola Borsari, Giacomo Cavaletti
Genesis; “No Old Ideas”: Greg McKneally, Christian Block, Alberto Pizzocchero, Alessandro Granella
Outstanding Special Practical Effects in a Photoreal Project
Gen V; “Bags”: Hudson Kenny, Curtis Carlson, John Koyama, Bruno Larizza
Andor; “Who Are You?”: Luke Murphy, Dean Ford, Jody Eltham, Darrell Guyon
Emerging Technology Award
Win or Lose; Detached Facial Features: David Munier, Ana Gabriela Lacaze, Jonathan Page, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Mickey 17; REVIZE: John Bastian, Ben Ward, Thomas Rowntree, Robert Beveridge
Avatar: Fire and Ash; BodyOpt: Christoph Sprenger, Tobias Mack, Florian Fernandez, Niall Ryan
Elio; Real-Time High Fidelity Animation System Using Signed Distance Functions: Andrew Butts, Trent Crow, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Catherine Luo
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Kora Fire Toolset: Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, John Edholm, Murali Ramachari, Aleksandr Isakov
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Au Delà des Mots: Antoine Barbannaud, Leandro Leijnen, Timothé Vergught, Mathis De Sauvecanne
Flying From War: Ciara Borgards
Two Kings: Eliot Hervier Blondel, Mathieu Keraudran, Adrian Delmotte, Jonas Lopez Del Castillo
Azimuth: Thomas Teisseire, Cassandre Cinier, Martin Bluy, Mathis Giraudeau
A Sparrow’s Song: Tobias Eckerlin, Vincent Maurer, Elias Weber, Lilli-Luisa Heckmann
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