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“Alita: Battle Angel”, “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4” all feature films in nominations for the Visual Effects Society’s 18th annual VES Awards, announced Tuesday morning. These three films each received five nominations in the 25 categories of film, television and special projects.
However, two television shows, “Game of Thrones” and “The Mandalorian”, each received six nominations for directing all projects. Three of the nominations for “The Mandalorian” were for the character “The Child”, better known to fans of the series as Baby Yoda, or for the episode that bears his name.
In the “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photo Realism” category, the VES category that most closely corresponds to the “Best Visual Effects” category of the Oscars, the nominees were “Alita: Battle Angel”, “Avengers: Endgame”, “Gemini Man “,” Star “Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and “The Lion King”. All five of these films are on the Oscar selection list for visual effects.
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Two other films on this shortlist, “1917” and “The Irishman”, were nominated in the “Outstanding Supporting Effects” category in a photo realism. Another two shortlisted films by the Academy, “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Captain Marvel”, received individual VES nominations.
The final short film “Cats” was not nominated by the VES.
In addition to “The Mandalorian” and the last season of “Game of Thrones”, television programs with several nominations have shown “Stranger Things”, “Lost in Space” and “Lady and the Tramp”.
Last year, four of the five nominees for outstanding visual effects received Oscar nominations in a category for photo-realistic objects.
The one who did not, “First Man”, was nominated by the VES for outstanding supportive visual effects in a photo-realism and won the Oscar.
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In the first 17 years of the VES Awards, almost 75% of the Oscar nominees were nominated by the VES for the first time in this category.
The 18th annual VES Awards will take place on January 29th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. At the ceremony, director Roland Emmerich received the VES Visionary Award, Martin Scorsese the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and VFX supervisor Sheena Duggal the VES Award for Creative Excellence.
The full list of nominated VES artists in each category can be found on the VES website.
The nominees:
Excellent visual effects in a photo realism
“Alita: Battle Angel”
“Avengers: Endgame”
“Gemini Man”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
“The Lion King”
Excellent supporting visual effects in a photo realism
“1917”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“Joker”
“The Aeronauts”
“The Irishman”
Excellent visual effects in an animated function
“Frozen II”
“Klaus”
“Missing Link”
“The Lego Movie 2”
“Toy Story 4”
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Excellent visual effects in a photo-realistic episode
“Game of Thrones”: “The Bells”
“His dark materials”: “The struggle to death”
“Lady and the Tramp”
“Lost in Space”: Episode: Ninety-seven
“Stranger Things”: “Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum”
“The Mandalorian”: “The Child”
Excellent supporting visual effects in a photo-realistic episode
“Chernobyl”: 1:23:45
“Living with yourself”: “Nice to know you”
“See”: “Godflame”
“The Crown”: “Aberfan”
“Vikings”: “What Happens in the Cave”
Excellent visual effects in a real-time project
“Call of Duty Modern Warfare”
“Control”
“Gears 5”
“Myth: A Frozen Story”
“Vader Immortal: Episode I”
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Excellent visual effects in a commercial
Anthem “conviction”
BMW “legend”
Hennessy: “The Seven Worlds”
PlayStation: “Feel the power of Pro”
Purdey’s: “Hummingbird”
Excellent visual effects in a special event project
“Avengers: Damage Control”
“Jurassic World: The Ride”
“Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run”
“Star Wars: Rise of Resistance”
“Universal Sphere”
Excellent animated character in a photo realism
“Alita: Battle Angel”: Alita
“Avengers: Endgame”: Smart Hulk
“Gemini Man”: Junior
“The Lion King”: Scar
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Excellent animated character in an animated feature
“Frozen II”: The water Nøkk
“Klaus”: Jesper
“Missing Link”: Susan
“Toy Story 4”: Bo Peep
Excellent cartoon character in an episode or real-time project
“Lady and the Tramp”: Tramp
“Stranger Things 3”: Tom / Bruce Monster
“The Mandalorian”: The Child; Mudhorn
“The Umbrella Academy”: pilot; Pogo
Excellent animated character in an advertisement
“Apex Legend”: Meltdown; Mirage
“Churchill”: Churchie
“Cyberpunk 2077”: Dex
“John Lewis”: Excitable Edgar; Edgar
Excellently designed surroundings in a photo-realism
“Aladdin”: Agrabah
“Alita: Battle Angel”: Iron City
“Motherless Brooklyn”: Penn Station
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”: Pasaana Desert
“The Lion King”: The Pridelands
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Excellently created environment in an animated feature
“Frozen II”: giant gorge
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”: The Hidden World
“Missing Link”: passage to the India Jungle
“Toy Story 4”: Antiques Mall
Excellent environment for an episode, commercial or real time project
“Game of Thrones”: The Iron Throne; Red Keep Plaza
“Lost in Space”: abyss; The ditch
“The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance”: The Endless Forest
The Mandalorian “: Nevarro Town
Excellent virtual cinematography in a CG project
“Alita: Battle Angel”
“The Lion King”
“The Mandalorian”: The Prisoner; The rest area
“Toy Story 4”
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Excellent model in a photo-realistic or animated project
“Lost in Space”: The determination
“Missing Link”: Manchuria
“The man in the high castle”: Rocket Train
“The Mandalorian”: Sin; The sword comb
Outstanding effect simulations in a photo realism
“Dumbo”: Bubble Elephants
“Spider-Man: Far From Home”: Molten Man
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
“The Lion King”
Excellent effect simulations in an animated feature
“Disgusting”
“Frozen II”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”: Water and Waterfalls
“Toy Story 4”
Excellent effect simulations in an episode, in an advertising or in a real-time project
“Game of Thrones”: the bells
“Hennessy: The Seven Worlds”
“Lost in Space”: abyss; Water planet
“Stranger Things 3”: Tom / Bruce melt
“The Mandalorian”: The Child; Mudhorn
Excellent compositing in one feature
“Alita: Battle Angel”
“Avengers: Endgame”
“Captain Marvel”: The young Nick Fury
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
“The Irishman”
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Excellent compositing in one episode
“Game of Thrones”: the bells
“Game of Thrones”: The long night; Dragon-ground combat
“Stranger Things 3”: Battle at Starcourt Mall
“Guardian”: pilot; mirror
Excellent compositing in a commercial
“BMW legend”
“Feed America; I’m hungry in America ”
“Hennessy; The seven worlds “
“PlayStation: Feel the Power of Pro”
Excellent (practical) special effects in a photo-realistic or animated project
“Aladdin”: magic carpet
“Game of Thrones”: the bells
“Terminator: Dark Fate”
“The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance”: “She Knows All The Secrets”
Excellent visual effects in a student project
“Downfall”
“Love and fifty megatons”
“Oeil Pour Oeil”
“The beauty”
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