At the 20th annual VES Awards, held on Tuesday (March 8) night at the Beverly Hilton, Warner Bro😼s.' ‘Dune’ and Disney's ‘Encanto’ each took home four awards.
‘Dune’ starring actors Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, directed by Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, won the prestigious ‘Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature’ award, which was presented by Villeneuve himself. Trophies for Model, Effects Simulatio𒅌ns, and Compositing & Lighting were also awarded to the film. Despite the fact that the film premiered on HBO Max on the same day, it was able to thrive in theatres, grossing $41 million in its first weekend, exceeding expectations and leading to a quick greeꦗn light for a sequel weeks later.
‘Encanto’, directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, took home the top toon award fo🍌r ‘Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature’, as well as awards for ‘Animated Characteꦑr’, ‘Created Environment’, and ‘Virtual Cinematography’.
‘Dune’ and ‘Encanto’ both roped in six nominations ♈each. ‘Last Night in Soho’ (Supporting Visual Effects), ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (Created Environment), ‘Jungle Cruise’ (Special [Practical] Effects), ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ (Simulation), and ‘Finch’ (Animated Character) were the other winners in the award show.
‘Foundation’, an Apple TV+ drama, was the only TV show to win multiple awards tonight, taking home trophies for VFX in a Photoreal Episode and Effects Simulations for various episodes💛.
‘Loki’, a Disney+ Marvel series, received the most nominations wiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚth four, but only took home one statuette for Compositing & Lighting. One trophy each went to ‘See’ and ‘The Witcher’.
‘Sheba; Hope Reef’ took home two awards in the commercials category, and Call of Duty: Vanguard won for Visual Effects in a 🍎Real-Time Project.
Guillermo del Toro, a two-time Oscar winner and current nominee, received the VES Award for Creative Excellence this year, but he was ill and unable to attend. J. Miles Dale, del Toro's long𒈔time produci✅ng partner, accepted on his behalf.
Lynwen Brennan, EVP/GM of Lucasfilm, received a standing ovation as she accepted the VES Lifetime Achievemen🍌t Award on behalf of Lucasfilm, Industri🍸al Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound.
Eric Roth, Executive Director of the Visual Effects Society, kicked off the show, which was supposed to be hosted by Patton Oswalt, but he was out due to a broken leg. ✤As a result, the organisation enlisted the help of Drew Carey. He, too, had an "emergency" and couldn't make it, according to Roth.
Here’s is a compl♚ete list of all the winners at the awards show.
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE - 'Dune'
OUTSTAND🐠ING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE - 'Last Night in Soho'
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMAT🔜ED FEATURE - 'Encanto'
OUTSTANDING ๊VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOR✤EAL EPISODE - 'Foundation, “The Emperor’s Peace” '
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREA꧃😼L EPISODE - 'See, “Rock-A-Bye” '
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REA🃏L-TIME PROJECT - 'Call of Duty: Vanguard'
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL - 'Sheba; “Hope Reef” '
OU🦄TSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT - 'Jurassic World Adventure'
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A ⭕PHOTOREAL FEATURE🐽 - 'Finch; Jeff'
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED 🌟FEATURE - 'Encanto; Mirabel Madrigal'
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHAR🅘ACTER IN AN EPISODE OR REAL-TIME PROJECT - 'The Witcher; Nivellen the Cursed Man'
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A COMMERCIAL - 'Smart Energy; “Einstein Knows Best”; Einstein'
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVI﷽RONMENT🍌 IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE - 'Spider-Man: No Way Home; The Mirror Dimension'
OUTSTANDING CREATED E♒NVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE - 'Encanto; Antonio’s Room'
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, ܫCOMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT - 'Sheba; “Hope Reef” '
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CI🦹NEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG🍎 PROJECT - 'Encanto, “We Don’t Talk about Bruno” '
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT🦂 𓃲- 'Dune; Royal Ornithopter'
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS🐠 IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE - 'Dune; Dunes of Arrakis'
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIM💃ULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE - 'Raya and the Last Dragon'
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A♍N ♕EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT - 'Foundation, “Collapse of the Galactic Empire” '
OUTSTANDING COMPOSI💖TING & LIGHTING IN A FEATUಞRE - 'Dune; Attack on Arrakeen'
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE🎶 - 'Loki, “Lamentis”; Shuroo City Destruction'
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMM🦂ERCIA🔯L - 'Verizon; “The Reset” '
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHO💝TOREAL PROJECT - 'Jungle Cruise'
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT 🥀PROJECT - 'Green'
