Customise Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

ADVERTISEMENT

Academy Trims VFX List to 10

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 films that remain in the running for nominations in the Visual Effects category at the 84th Oscars this year. The films are, in alphabetical order:

Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount)
Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Bros.)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Bros.)
Hugo (Paramount)
Hugo (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Paramount)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney)
Real Steel (Disney)
Real Steel (Disney)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount)
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight)
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight)
X-Men: First Class (Fox)
X-Men: First Class (Fox)

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 19. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Award consideration. Nominations will be announced Tuesday, January 24 at 5:30 a.m., with the Awards ceremony set to take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood (broadcast on ABC) Sunday, February 26.

Read more about these VFX contenders in the February issue of Animation Magazine, available now.

ADVERTISEMENT

NEWSLETTER

ADVERTISEMENT

MOST RECENT

CONTEST

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT