The 24th Annual VES Awards

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Congratulations to everyone in the industry who contributed to the nominated projects and a special shoutout to the 2,192 Zerply community members involved.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

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F1: The Movie

Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Keith Alfred Dawson

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Jurassic World: Rebirth

David Vickery, Carlos Ciudad, Steve Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould

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The Lost Bus

Charlie Noble, Gavin Round, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

Richard Baneham, Peter Litvack, Eric Saindon, Nicky Muir, Steve Ingram

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How to Train Your Dragon

Christian Manz, Christopher Raimo, Glen McIntosh, Glenn Melenhorst, Terry Palmer

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

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Dongji Rescue

Tim Crosbie, Celeste Chen, Christian Sjöstedt, Lea Benjovitz

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A House of Dynamite

Chris Harvey, Dione Wood, Jon Mitchell, Matthew Lane

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Warfare

Simon Stanley-Clamp, Kaley Edwards, Andrew Kinnear, Samir Ansari, Ryan Conder

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Sinners

Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Nick Marshall, Espen Nordahl, Donnie Dean

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After the Hunt

Fabio Cerrito, Virginia Cefaly, Marco Fiorani Parenzi, Maura Manfredi

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature

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The Bad Guys 2

Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, Benjamin Willis

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K-pop: Demon Hunters

Joshua Beveridge, Jacky Priddle, Benjamin Hendricks, Clara Chan

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Zootopia 2

Gregory Smith, Laurie Au, Marlon West, Shweta Viswanathan

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In Your Dreams

Sacha Kapijimpanga, Carey Smith, Nicola Lavender, Steve Pilcher

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Elio

Claudia Chung Sanii, Mary Alice Drumm, Harley Jessup, Dave Quirus

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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Andor "Who Are You?"

Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Scott Pritchard, Olivier Beaulieu, Luke Murphy

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Welcome to Derry "Winter Fire"

Daryl Sawchuk, Steve Dellerson, Pier Lefebvre, Steven Tether, Darcy Callaghan

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The Last Of Us "Through the Valley"

Alex Wang, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Nick Epstein, Philip Engström, Joel Whist

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Prehistoric Planet "The Big Freeze"

Russell Dodgson, Tracey Gibbons, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie

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Stranger Things "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"

Betsy Paterson, Tessa Roehl, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Hill

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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Man vs Baby "Chapter One"

Rob Duncan, Ashlee Turner, Jean-Nicolas Costa, Adrian Eugene Daniel Williams

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The Residence "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Seth Hill, Tesa Kubicek, John Nelson, Gabriel Vargas

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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon "Costa Da Morte"

Jao M’Changama, Justine Paynat-Sautivet, Sébastien Voisin, Xavier Allard, Pau Costa Moeller

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Severance "Hello, Ms. Cobel"

Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Brian Holligan, Radost Ridlen

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Death by Lightning "The Man from Ohio"

Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Marko Ljubez, David Ramos

Outstanding Visual Arts in a Real-Time Project

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Ghost of Yōtei

Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Joanna Wang, Jasmin Patry

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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Shota Hirasawa

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Doom: The Dark Ages

Todd Boyce, Andrew Willis, Ian Malerich, Derek Best

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South of Midnight

Ian Mac Gregor, Yasmeen Leclerc, Petro Kosariekov, Connor Bugni

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Battlefield 6

Chris Bayol, Sean Tomek, Skye White, Jacob Bergman

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

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“Slow Monday” Coors Light

Bruno Fukumothi, Ella Glazer, David Fleet, Martino Madeddu

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“Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus” BMW

Tom Raynor, Helen Tang, Jack Harris, Alex Kulikov

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“Trunk Trucker” Virgin Media

Sebastian Caldwell, Larisa Covaciu, Ben Cronin, Alex Grey

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“Engineered for Whatever” Columbia Sportswear

Kamen Markov, Alexia Paterson, David Lochhead, Henrique Campanha

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“It’s Good to Be Back” Battlefield 6

Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Brian Creasey, Luca Pelegatta

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

Ben Grossmann, Tamara Watts Kent, Dr. Irfan Essa, Matt Dougan, Glenn Derry

Zootopia: Better Zoogether!

Rich Enders, Kirk Bodyfelt, Darin Hollings, Darren Simpson

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Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment

Alan Woods, Maximilian McNair MacEwan, Jason Fox, Iris Chailloux

Disney Tales of Magic

Tim Lutkin, Patrick Aigouy, Adrien Mourey, Lydia Caplan

Stranger Things: Escape the Dark

Julien Héry, Antoine Sitruk, Simon Lecavalier, Martin Hesselink

Outstanding Character in a Photoreal Feature

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A Minecraft Movie "Queen Malgosha"

Kevin Estey, Fabio Leporelli, Matteo Stirati, Nick Grace

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Lilo & Stitch "Stitch"

Matthew Shumway, Claus Pedersen, Xiying Zhai, Enrique Mateo-Sagasta

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Superman "Krypto the Superdog"

Loic Mireault, Martine Chartrand, Marianne Morency, Matthias Schoenegger

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "Varang: Leader of the Ash Clan"

Stephen Clee, Stuart Adcock, Keven Norris, Joseph Kim

Outstanding Character in an Animated Feature

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Elio "Ooooo the Liquid Supercomputer"

Catherine Luo, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Ferdi Scheepers, Julian Teo

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Elio "Glordon"

Marco Burbano, Edgar Rodriguez, Ben Rush, Patrick Yu Wang

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Zootopia 2

Adam Green, Jennifer Stratton, Christoffer Pedersen, Jesse Erickson

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K-pop: Demon Hunters "Rumi"

Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee, Andrea Centeno, Marc Souliere, Joshua Beveridge

Outstanding Character in an Episodic, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project

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Welcome to Derry "The Thing in the Dark - The Pickle Monster"

Philip Harris-Genois, Pierric Danjou, Chloe Ostiguy, Jonathan Bourdua

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Welcome to Derry "Winter Fire - Pennywise"

Théo Perronard, Yan Morin-Dubuisson, Yan Detang, Jonathan Fleming-Bock

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Stranger Things "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up - Mindflayer"

James Moore, Layne Howe, Shawn Warawa, Yoshihiro Harimoto

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Prehistoric Planet "Ice Age; Female Smilodon"

Alvise Avati, Marc-André Coulombe, Youen Leclerc, Andrea De Martis

Outstanding Environment in a Photoreal Feature

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Tron: Ares "Dillinger’s Grid City"

Jared Michael, Noor Valibhoy, Cody Gramstad, Stefan Litterini

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The Lost Bus "The Wildfires of Roe Road"

Jamie Haydock, Francesco Ferraresi, Sergei Konorev, Frederick Vallee

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "Bridgehead Industrial City"

Gianluca Pizzaia, Steve Bevins, Dziga Kaiser, Zsolt Máté

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The Lost Bus "Feather River Canyon by the Pulga Bridge"

David Schulz, Mareike Loges, Björn Markgraf, Philipp Hafellner

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The Gorge "The Bodyweb"

Daniel James Cox, Yosuke Inomata, Clint Rea, Gabriel Pires

Outstanding Environment in an Animated Feature

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Zootopia 2 "Marsh Market"

Limei Z. Hshieh, Alexander Nicholas Whang, Joshua Fry, Ryan DeYoung

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Elio "The Communiverse"

Steve Arguello, Christopher M. Burrows, Andy Lin, Laura Murphy

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K-pop: Demon Hunters "Seoul"

Rafael Lescano, Gunsik Kim, Tyquane Wright, Hee-Chel Nam

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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

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Foundation "A Song for the End of Everything - Clarion Station"

Sylvain Lesaint, Ilyes Boutemeur, Blake Dewoody, Benjamin Rojek

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Andor "Welcome to the Rebellion - The Senate District"

John O’Connell, Falk Boje, Hasan Ilhan, Kevin George

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The Last Of Us "Post-Apocalyptic Seattle"

Romain Simonnet, Abraham Ibanez, David Desplat, Minguk Lee

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The Residence "Dial M for Murder - The White House Exterior"

Gabriel Vargas, Eric Schoellnast, Andrew Wilkins, Omer Gurkan

Outstanding CG Cinematography

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Zootopia 2

Tyler Kupferer, Daniel Rice, Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

Steve Deane, AJ Briones, Zachary Brake, Andrew Moffett

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Tron: Ares

Jhon Alvarado, Michael Beaulieu, Jayden Beveridge, Hayley Kim

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K-pop: Demon Hunters

Benjamin Hendricks, Gary H. Lee, Randolph Lizarda, Linh Mai Nguyen Chan

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

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Mickey 17 "The Niflheim Spaceship"

Bikas Panigrahi, Nikolai Razuev, Ajinkya Nitin Phokmare, Manoj Vijay Kamble

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Wicked: For Good "Bison"

Marco Chau, Giorgio Pennisi, Sowmya Ramakumar, Balazs Meszaros

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "The Windtraders’ Gondola"

Michael Smale, Sam Sharplin, Joe W. Churchill, Jacqi Dillon

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Superman "The Fortress of Solitude"

Crystal Bretz, Martin Pelissier, Klaudio Ladavac, Conner Wessinger

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "Simulating Pandora"

Nicholas Illingworth, Sarah C. Farmer, James Robinson, Ryan Bowden

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Superman "Metropolis City Destruction"

Rick Hankins, Marcel Kern, Eric Hollands, Masoud Aziminajjar

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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

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In Your Dreams

Stephanie McNair, Dmitiry Kolesnik, Stephen Paschke, David Sellares

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The Bad Guys 2

Michael Losure, Landon Gray, Zachary Glynn, Steve Avoujageli

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Zootopia 2

Sujil Sukumaran, Stuart Griese, Zoran Stojanoski, Paul Carman

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K-pop: Demon Hunters

Filippo Maccari, Nikolaos Finizio, Daniel La Chapelle, Srdjan Milosevic

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project

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Battlefield 6

Björn Åkerstedt, Anders Egleus, Kasra Kalami, Craig Moroney

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The Last Of Us "Through the Valley - The Infected Horde"

Duarte Victorino, Claudio Gonzalez, Andre Castelao, Igor Bondar

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Prehistoric Planet "The Big Freeze"

Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Kevin Tarpinian

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Stranger Things "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up - Assault on the Mindflayer"

Michael Chrobak, Brandon James Fleet, Yasunobu Arahori, Hoi Ying Fung

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "Bridgehead Industrial City"

Ziad Shureih, Stefano Oggeri, Jaume Creus Costabella, Hugo Debat-Burkarth

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F1: The Movie "Modern Race and POV Footage"

Hugo Gauvreau, Chris Davies, Raushan Raj, Amaury Rospars

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Superman "Fights and Metropolis City Destruction"

Can Chang, Nicolas Caillier, Bryan Smeall, Elona Musha

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "The Wind Traders, Bridgehead, Rivers and Ocean"

Alex Klaricich, Gianfranco Sgura, Brad Floyd, Ari Ross

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in an Episode

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The Residence "Pilot"

Spencer Hecox, Gunnar Heiss, Alexander Greenberg, Eric Schoellnast

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Stranger Things "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up - The Abyss and Vecna’s Face"

Ben Roberts, Rachel E. Herbert, Don Bradford, Ken Lam

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The Last Of Us "Through the Valley - A Storm of Ice, Fire and Flesh"

Tobias Wiesner, Mark Julien, Owen Longstaff, Brendan Naylor

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Prehistoric Planet "Ice Age"

Puff Pisanwalerd, Jean-Baptiste Noyau, Marion Nove-Josserand, Sue Nelson

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Commercial

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A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever

Hudson Martins, Luke Warpus, Jinhui Wang, Alex Miller

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“Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus” BMW

Alex Kulikov, Jack Harris, Adam Chabane, Nicola Borsari

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“Trunk Trucker” Virgin Media

Alex Grey, Sebastian Caldwell, Nicola Borsari, Giacomo Cavaletti

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"No Old Ideas" Genesis GV70

Greg McKneally, Christian Block, Alberto Pizzocchero, Alessandro Granella

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project

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Gen V "Bags"

Hudson Kenny, Curtis Carlson, John Koyama, Bruno Larizza

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Andor "Who Are You?"

Luke Murphy, Dean Ford, Jody Eltham, Darrell Guyon

Emerging Technology Award

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Win or Lose "Detached Facial Features"

David Munier, Ana Gabriela Lacaze, Jonathan Page, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard

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Mickey 17 "REVIZE"

John Bastian, Ben Ward, Thomas Rowntree, Robert Beveridge

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "BodyOpt"

Christoph Sprenger, Tobias Mack, Florian Fernandez, Niall Ryan

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Elio "Real-Time High Fidelity Animation System Using Signed Distance Functions"

Andrew Butts, Trent Crow, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Catherine Luo

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Avatar: Fire and Ash "Kora Fire Toolset"

Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, John Edholm, Murali Ramachari, Aleksandr Isakov

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

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Au-delà des mots

Antoine Barbannaud, Leandro Leijnen, Timothé Vergught, Mathis De Sauvecanne

Flying from War

Ciara Borgards

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Two Kings

Eliot Hervier Blondel, Mathieu Keraudran, Adrian Delmotte, Jonas Lopez Del Castillo

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Azimuth

Thomas Teisseire, Cassandre Cinier, Martin Bluy, Mathis Giraudeau

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A Sparrow's Song

Tobias Eckerlin, Vincent Maurer, Elias Weber, Lilli-Luisa Heckmann

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