Sono stati svelati tutti i vincitori della Visual Effects Society per la stagione cinematografica 2026 e che, insieme alle nomination agli Oscar e ai recenti Golden Globe, European Film Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards e National Board of Review, ci porta a tuffarci di fatto nel pieno della cosiddetta Awards Season, ovvero quel lungo periodo che sfocerà nella cerimonia degli Academy Awards, in programma nella notte tra il 15 e 16 marzo 2026. Come prevedibile, Avatar: Fuoco e Cenere domina e si porta a casa tutti i riconoscimenti per cui era in corsa (tranne uno), con il film di James Cameron che lascia solamente le briciole ai suoi rivali, in primis KPop Demon Hunters. Fronte televisivo, grande successo per Andor, serie tratta dal mondo di Star Wars. A seguire, tutti i vincitori della Visual Effects Society 2026.

Tutti i vincitori della Visual Effects Society 2026

A seguire, segnalati in grassetto e categoria per categoria, tutti i vincitori della Visual Effects Society 2026:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Keith Alfred Dawson
• Jurassic World: Rebirth – David Vickery, Carlos Ciudad, Steve Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, VES
• The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, Gavin Round, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin
• Avatar: Fire and Ash – Richard Baneham, Peter Litvack, Eric Saindon, Nicky Muir, Steve Ingram
• How To Train Your Dragon – Christian Manz, Christopher Raimo, Glen McIntosh, Glenn Melenhorst, Terry Palmer

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• Dongji Rescue – Tim Crosbie, Celeste Chen, Christian Sjöstedt, Lea Benjovitz
• A House of Dynamite – Chris Harvey, Dione Wood, Jon Mitchell, Matthew Lane
• Warfare – Simon Stanley-Clamp, Kaley Edwards, Andrew Kinnear, Samir Ansari, Ryan Conder
• Sinners – Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Nick Marshall, Espen Nordahl, Donnie Dean
• After the Hunt – Fabio Cerrito, Virginia Cefaly, Marco Fiorani Parenzi, Maura Manfredi

OUTSTANDING ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Bad Guys 2 – Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, Benjamin Willis
• KPop Demon Hunters – Joshua Beveridge, Jacky Priddle, Benjamin Hendricks, Clara Chan
• Zootopia 2 – Gregory Smith, Laurie Au, Marlon West, Shweta Viswanathan
• In Your Dreams – Sacha Kapijimpanga, Carey Smith, Nicola Lavender, Steve Pilcher
• Elio – Claudia Chung Sanii, Mary Alice Drumm, Harley Jessup, Dave Quirus

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

• Andor; “Who Are You?” – Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Scott Pritchard, Olivier Beaulieu, Luke Murphy
• It: Welcome to Derry; “Winter Fire” – Daryl Sawchuk, Steve Dellerson, Pier Lefebvre, Steven Tether, Darcy Callaghan
• The Last of Us; “Through the Valley” – Alex Wang, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Nick Epstein, Philip Engström, Joel Whist
• Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age; “The Big Freeze” – Russell Dodgson, Tracey Gibbons, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie
• Stranger Things; “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” – Betsy Paterson, Tessa Roehl, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Hill

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

• Man vs Baby; “Chapter One” – Rob Duncan, Ashlee Turner, Jean-Nicolas Costa, Adrian Eugene Daniel Williams
• The Residence; “The Fall of the House of Usher” – Seth Hill, Tesa Kubicek, John Nelson, Gabriel Vargas
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon; “Costa Da Morte” – Jao M’Changama, Justine Paynat-Sautivet, Sébastien Voisin, Xavier Allard, Pau Costa Moeller
• Severance; “Hello, Ms. Cobel” – Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Brian Holligan, Radost Ridlen
• Death By Lightning; “The Man from Ohio” – Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Marko Ljubez, David Ramos

OUTSTANDING VISUAL ARTS IN A REAL TIME PROJECT

• Ghost of Yōtei – Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Joanna Wang, Jasmin Patry
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Shota Hirasawa
• Doom: The Dark Ages – Todd Boyce, Andrew Willis, Ian Malerich, Derek Best
• South of Midnight – Ian Mac Gregor, Yasmeen Leclerc, Petro Kosariekov, Connor Bugni
• Battlefield 6 – Chris Bayol, Sean Tomek, Skye White, Jacob Bergman

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL

• Coors Light; “Slow Monday” – Bruno Fukumothi, Ella Glazer, David Fleet, Martino Madeddu
• BMW; “Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus” – Tom Raynor, Helen Tang, Jack Harris, Alex Kulikov
• Virgin Media; “Trunk Trucker” – Sebastian Caldwell, Larisa Covaciu, Ben Cronin, Alex Grey
• Columbia Sportswear; “Engineered for Whatever” – Kamen Markov, Alexia Paterson, David Lochhead, Henrique Campanha
• Battlefield 6; “It’s Good to Be Back” – 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
• 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

• A Minecraft Movie; Queen Malgosha – Kevin Estey, Fabio Leporelli, Matteo Stirati, Nick Grace
• Lilo & Stitch; Stitch – Matthew Shumway, Claus Pedersen, Xiying Zhai, Enrique Mateo-Sagasta
• Superman; Krypto the Superdog – Loic Mireault, Martine Chartrand, Marianne Morency, Matthias Schoenegger
• Avatar: Fire and Ash; Varang: Leader of the Ash Clan – Stephen Clee, Stuart Adcock, Keven Norris, Joseph Kim

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Elio; Ooooo the Liquid Supercomputer – Catherine Luo, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Ferdi Scheepers, Julian Teo
• Elio; Glordon – Marco Burbano, Edgar Rodriguez, Ben Rush, Patrick Yu Wang
• Zootopia 2; Gary De’Snake – Adam Green, Jennifer Stratton, Christoffer Pedersen, Jesse Erickson
• KPop 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

• 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 & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE

• Avatar: Fire and Ash; Bridgehead Industrial City – Ziad Shureih, Stefano Oggeri, Jaume Creus Costabella, Hugo Debat-Burkarth
• F1; 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 & 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 & 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

Quando e dove vedere in Italia in streaming la cerimonia degli Oscar 2026

Dopo mesi di premi e di riconoscimenti da parte di varie gilde statunitensi e premi di rilievo come gli European Film Awards e, soprattutto, le nomination ai 98esimi Academy Awards, con i vincitori della Visual Effects Society siamo definitivamente nel pieno della stagione dei premi che ci condurrà alla cerimonia degli Oscar: ma quando si terrà e dove sarà possibile vederla? La Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences consegnerà i prestigiosi premi Oscar nella notte tra il 15 e 16 marzo 2026 al Dolby Theatre di Los Angeles e sarà possibile seguire in streaming la cerimonia di consegna delle statuette su Hulu e ABC Network, così come per i prossimi due anni, prima della rivoluzione: dal 2029 infatti, la cerimonia si sposterà su youtube. In Italia sarà possibile seguire l’evento su Rai 1 e Rai Play.

Fonte: awardswatch