ITFS 2027 Opens for Entries
ITFS 2027 opens five film competitions with November and January deadlines, AI-use disclosure and clearly specified delivery files.
Browsing Tag
Oscars
76 posts
Oscars: ‘Flow’ and ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ Take the Spotlight
Latvia’s Flow wins Best Animated Feature, while Iran’s In the Shadow of the Cypress takes Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards.
After Effects! Substance! Oscars!
And once again news from Adobe: After Effects now supports every variant of OCIO and ACES, Substance Designer has received a bugfix, and there's also a Tech Oscar for the Substance team!
Two student Oscars go to HFF film projects!
Students of the Munich University of Television and Film win Student Academy Awards. Which films from the next generation of filmmakers were able to impress?
2021 Student Academy Award Winners
Four animated shorts were among the 14 winners of the 2021 Student Academy Awards, selected from 1,404 submitted films.
Head-Mounted Capture at the 2021 Sci-Tech Oscars
An fxguide feature examined the 2021 Scientific and Technical Awards and the development of head-mounted facial capture by Technoprops, Standard Deviation and Weta Digital.
93rd Academy Awards Visual Effects Shortlist Announced
The Academy names ten films on the Visual Effects shortlist for the 93rd Academy Awards, ahead of the final five nominations.
EIZO ColorEdge Monitors Receive Academy Technical Award
The Academy recognised EIZO’s ColorEdge CG monitors and their built-in self-calibration sensor with a Scientific and Technical Award.
Ftrack Studio Receives Academy Technical Achievement Award
The Academy recognised Ftrack Studio and its production-tracking developers with a Technical Achievement Award.
Hal Hickel Previews Virtual Production
ILM animation director Hal Hickel discussed The Mandalorian's virtual-production methods in a free preVIEW session for VIEW Conference 2020.
The 2019 Oscar Nominations
On February 24, the best films will again be honoured at the 91st Academy Awards – animation, VFX, editing and production design!
The 2018 “Animated Short Film” Oscar Contenders
Who will be the next Oscar winner in the “Animated Short Film” category? Here are the contenders! They include some familiar names from the animago AWARD.
First FMX Programme Highlights
Oscar glamour (without incorrect winner cards) in the programme of FMX 2017, which takes place this year under the motto "Beyond the Screen." Among other things, talks about Oscar winner "Piper" and five other nominated films are included.
Mash-up Video of the Oscar VFX Nominees
Fire, water, animals, explosions! All computer-generated! This mash-up video shows, in concentrated form, the effects that earned the respective Oscar films a nomination this year.
Documentary on February 22: How VFX Artists Are Exploited by Hollywood
The documentary “Hollywood’s Greatest Trick – The Exploitation of Movie Magic” will go online on February 22. VFX studio founders, former employees, and many more will discuss how major Hollywood studios have ripped them off.
The 10 Contenders for the 2017 VFX Oscar
Before the nominees for this year’s Oscar are announced in mid-January, the Academy has already made a preliminary selection. These ten feature films are on the shortlist.
Making-of “Bear Story”
This year's Oscar for Best Animated Short Film went to “Bear Story” from Chile's Punkrobot Animation Studio. Here is the making-of.
Sci-Tech Oscars 2016
Ahead of the Oscars, the Academy again presented its Technical Achievement Awards, honouring inflatable greenscreens and the Image Shaker.
The 2016 VFX and Animation Oscar Nominees
The nominees for this year’s Oscars have been announced: “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Revenant” have a chance of winning numerous golden boys.
“Ex Machina” VFX Breakdown
“Ex Machina” is on this year’s shortlist of the final ten films for a VFX Oscar. Double Negative has published a VFX breakdown video of the project.
20 Films in the Running for the VFX Oscar
The 88th Academy Awards will take place in February 2016. Here are the 20 feature films that are currently contenders for an Oscar in the “Best Visual Effects” category.
First Selection of Animated Films for the Oscars
What, is it already Oscar time again? Indeed, things are getting started for 2016. These 16 animated features were submitted to the Academy.
Tour of Moonbot Studios
This is what a successful company presentation looks like: There is a lot going on in Moonbot Studios' studio tour video!
Sci-Tech Oscar 2015 Consideration List
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee has presented the technology developments being considered for an award in the coming year.
“Life after Pi” Online
Yesterday, the documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios in Los Angeles went online, focusing on the studio's life after bankruptcy with Tiger.
Pixologic ZBrush Celebrates
And twice over. On the one hand, a technical Oscar went to Pixologic founder Ofer Alon; on the other, the 10th anniversary was approaching. Reason enough to look back.
Academy Awards for Technical Achievements
Nineteen scientific and technical developments will be honored with an award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on February 15.
VFX Shortlist for the Oscar
The first selection of films, in the form of the shortlist, that could receive an Oscar for best VFX work next year has now also been announced.
animago Winner Is an Oscar Candidate
The animago jury showed good instincts: "Mr Hublot", which received an animago AWARD this year, is on the preliminary selection list for an Oscar for best animated short film.
Avid Interview with Tim Squyres …
... about his editing work on the film “Life of Pi”, which has a good chance of picking up one of the coveted Academy Awards.
Disney’s “Paperman”
Disney's “Wreck-It Ralph” has an enchanting, Oscar-nominated supporting film that can now be seen in full on YouTube.
Honest Film Posters
The films nominated for the Oscar are known, but we now reveal what messages for the Oscar really lie behind these films.
2013 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for animated films and Best Visual Effects for the golden Oscar statuette were announced today.
Oscar for Flying Books
Here it is in full length – this year's Oscar winner in the "Best Animated Short Film" category – "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore".
Cats and a Chameleon in Competition
The five candidates for the "Best Animated Feature" category at the Oscars have been decided.
ARRI Receives Technical Oscar
The winners of the "Scientific and Technical Achievements Awards" are decided each year before the official Oscar ceremony. This year, two of the awards are going to ARRI, among others.
And the VFX Oscar Goes to…?
The list of selected Oscar film candidates for the best VFX of 2011 is shrinking increasingly. Here is an overview of which ten films have so far made the shortlist for this year's Oscar ceremony on February 26.
Time for Oscar
It's that time again: the film titles for the Oscar shortlist in the "Best Animated Feature" category have been published. 18 films made the preselection.
Oscar Nomination for The Gruffalo
Studio Soi’s production “The Gruffalo” is nominated for an Oscar in the Short Film (animated) category.
VFX in Black Swan
“Black Swan”, one of the year’s blockbuster films, uses effects very homoeopathically. To what extent this affects the impact of the film is open to question, but in this video you can see the effects and how they were built.
The Oscar Animation Shortlist
Five nominees will be selected from the 33 list places now announced – that is the current state of the Oscars. Two participants have already won an animago AWARD. Does that make them favourites? Judge for yourself...
Visual Effects Oscar Nominees Rely on NVIDIA Technology
NVIDIA graphics technology was used in every film nominated for this year's Academy Award in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category.
Disney productions on course for the Oscars
Disney/Pixar's tenth animated hit has just ascended to the heights of film history! As the first animated film, UP was nominated for an Oscar by the Academy Award jury in the categories "Best Animated Film" and the premier category "Best Picture".
ARRI Celebrates Its 16th Technical Oscar
On February 20, 2010, the ARRISCAN digital film scanner from long-established Munich company Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI) will receive an Academy Award (Oscar) in the Scientific & Technical category.
“Wallace & Gromit” Creators Make Films in Flipnote Studio
Oscar-winning Aardman artists are producing twelve short films for Nintendo DSiWare before Christmas.
LILLY THE WITCH Enters the German Film Award Race
After opening at number one in Germany and attracting around 850,000 admissions, LILLY THE WITCH: THE DRAGON AND THE MAGIC BOOK has been nominated for Best Children’s and Youth Film.
“The Reader” Debuts at Number One in Cinema Charts
Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's bestseller The Reader entered the German cinema charts at number one.
Oscar Winner Comes to Southwest Germany
Submission phase ends for the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film – cooperation with fmx/09
Autodesk Congratulates Winners and Nominees at the 81st Academy Awards
The Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”—thanks to Autodesk technology.
The Oscars Have Been Awarded
Last night the Oscars were awarded. The biggest winner was Slumdog Millionaire. The best animated feature was, as expected, Wall-E. Director Andrew Stanton accepted the statue.
Wolverine Hosts the Oscars
Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, marking his debut as the ceremony’s presenter.
Stuttgart Festival Features Seven Oscar Nominees
Bolt’s co-director, art director and look-and-lighting director will attend, while WALL-E, Kung Fu Panda and other nominees screen.
Three Oscar Nominations for ‘Revolutionary Road’
Paramount Pictures Germany is pleased to announce that, following four Golden Globe nominations and Kate Winslet’s award for Best Actress, Revolutionary Road has now also received nominations in three additional categories in today’s announced Oscar nominations.
The Baader Meinhof Complex in Germany’s Oscar Race
It celebrated its premiere in Munich last night, and perhaps an Oscar next February: The Baader Meinhof Complex (director: Uli Edel) is representing Germany in the race for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Oscar Nominations for Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures reports seven nominations for two films.
Oscar Nomination for ‘Bolt’
The nominations continue: Bolt has been nominated for Best Animated Feature of the year.
Oscar Nomination for ‘Man on Wire’
James Marsh’s documentary has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Eight Oscar Nominations for ‘Milk’
Gus Van Sant’s drama was nominated today for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Screenplay.
Oscar Nomination for Animated Film ‘This Way Up’
London animation studio Nexus has announced that the short film by Smith & Foulkes has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Oscar Nomination for ‘The Baader Meinhof Complex’
The Baader Meinhof Complex is competing for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. This was announced today in Los Angeles. The 81st Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 22.
Success for Kate Winslet
The Reader: Kate Winslet receives a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress
Industry Bogey Award for The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Bernd Eichinger production has already attracted more than 1.3 million viewers.
International Productions in the Oscar Competition
A drama starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren is undergoing postproduction at CinePostproduction.
The Baader Meinhof Complex Enters the Oscar Race for Germany
After celebrating its Munich premiere last night, The Baader Meinhof Complex, directed by Uli Edel, will represent Germany in the race for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Autodesk Tools Power Oscar-Nominated Work
Visual-effects Oscar winner The Golden Compass was created using Autodesk technology.
Coen Brothers Lead the 2008 Academy Awards
The western thriller "No Country for Old Men" won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. "The Counterfeiters" won Best Foreign Language Film, while "Ratatouille" took Best Animated Feature.
Oscar ceremony live on Kabel Digital Home for the anniversary gala
On February 24, the time has come again: the ‘Who’s Who’ of the film industry will gather for the 80th Academy Awards. On E! Entertainment, the lifestyle channel in the Kabel Digital Home package, viewers will be there live for the superlative show on the night of February 24 to 25.
Autodesk receives technical Oscar for Maya Fluid Effects system
The developers of Maya’s Fluid Effects system were honoured with the Technical Achievement Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Autodesk announced this today. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually presents the well-known Oscar film award. Maya’s Fluid Effects system enables artists to create realistic animations of liquids and gases. Novel simulation methods provide greater accuracy and rapid processing, while a unique scripting language also enables work with volumetric data.
Berlinale Talent Campus 6 Opens
Berlinale Talent Campus 6 opened with 350 participants from around 100 countries and awarded the 2008 Berlin Today Award to Maheen Zia.
Kabel Digital Home live at the anniversary ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has now announced its nominations for the 80th Academy Awards. The western thriller “No Country for Old Men” enters this year’s Oscar race as the favourite. Joel and Ethan Coen’s work received eight nominations when they were announced. Close behind are the British film “Atonement” with seven nominations and the oil-prospecting drama “There Will Be Blood” with six.
Eight Oscar® Nominations for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures enters five films in the competition for the world’s most coveted film award.
Ingmar Bergman is dead
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman died on Monday morning at the age of 89 in his house on the Baltic island of Fårö.
Maya Featured Across 2003 Oscar Nominees
Alias|Wavefront highlighted Maya use across visual-effects, animated-feature and animated-short nominees at the 2003 Academy Awards.