Articolo pubblicato il 12 Febbraio 2025 da Gabriele Maccauro

La Award Season che ci condurrà alla cerimonia degli Oscar del 2 marzo 2025 è ufficialmente iniziata. Dopo Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, National Board of Review, European Film Awards, Golden Globe e candidature ai 97esimi Academy Awards, iniziano ad arrivare i premi delle maggiori gilde statunitensi come Critics’ Choice Awards, PGA Awards e DGA Awards, estremamente influenti in ottica Academy Awards. Sono appena stati rivelati dalla Visual Effects Society i vincitori dei VES Awards 2025, i riconoscimenti dedicati al meglio degli effetti speciali dell’anno. Il trionfatore di questa edizione è senza dubbio Dune: Parte 2, con il film di Denis Villeneuve che si porta a casa 4 riconoscimenti. Si difendono bene anche Il Robot Selvaggio, Better Man e Il Regno del Pianeta delle Scimmie, tutti premiati. A seguire, tutti i vincitori dei VES Awards 2025.

Tutti i vincitori dei VES Awards 2025

A seguire, segnalati in grassetto e categoria per categoria, tutti i vincitori dei VES Awards 2025:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• Twisters

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Inside Out 2
• Moana 2
• The Wild Robot
• Transformers One
• Ultraman: Rising

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

• Fallout – The Head
• House of the Dragon: Season 2 – The Red Dragon and the Gold
• Shōgun – Anjin
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Episode 5
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 2 – Eldest

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

• Expats – Home
• Lady in the Lake – It Has to Do With the Search for the Marvelous
• Masters of the Air: Part Three – The Regensburg-Schweinfurt Mission
• The Penguin – Bliss
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Pilot

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape
• Star Wars Outlaws
• What If…? – An Immersive Story
• Until Dawn

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL

• YouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket: The Magic of Sunday
• Disney – Holidays 2024
• Virgin Media – Walrus Whizzer
• Coca-Cola – The Heroes
• Six Kings Slam – Call of the Kings

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT

• D23 – Real-Time Rocket
• The Goldau Landslide Experience
• MTV Video Music Awards – Slim Shady Live
• Tokyo DisneySea – Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure
• Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony; Run

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• Better Man – Robbie Williams
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Noa
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Raka
• Mufasa: The Lion King – Taka

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Inside Out 2 – Anxiety
• The Wild Robot – Roz
• Thelma The Unicorn – Vic Diamond
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Gromit

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

• Secret Level: Armored Core: Asset Management – Mech Pilot
• Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred – Neyrelle
• Disney: Holidays 2024 – Octopus
• Ronja the Robber’s Daughter – Vildvittran the Queen Harpy

OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• Civil War – Washington, D.C.
• Dune: Part Two – The Arrakeen Basin
• Gladiator II – Rome
• Wicked – The Emerald City

OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kung Fu Panda 4 – Juniper City
• The Wild Robot – The Forest
• Transformers One– Iacon City
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aqueduct

OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

• Dune: Prophecy: Pilot – The Imperial Palace
• Dune: Prophecy: Two Wolves – Zimia Spaceport
• Shōgun – Osaka
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 2 – Doomed to Die; Eregion

OUTSTANDING CG CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two – Arrakis
• House of the Dragon: Season 2 – The Red Dragon and the Gold; Battle at Rook’s Rest
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Egg Climb

OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT

• Alien: Romulus – Renaissance Space Station
• Deadpool & Wolverine – Ant-Man Arena
• Dune: Part Two – The Harkonnen Harvester
• Gladiator II – The Colosseum

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

• Dune: Part Two – Atomic Explosions and Wormriding
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Burning Village, Rapids and Floods
• Twisters
• Venom: The Last Dance – Water, Fire & Symbiote Effects

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kung Fu Panda 4
• Moana 2
• The Wild Robot
• Ultraman: Rising

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

• Avatar: The Last Airbender – Legends; Koizilla
• Shōgun – Broken to the Fist; Landslide
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: Pilot – Spaceship Hillside Takeoff
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 2 – Shadow and Flame; Balrog Fire and Collapsing Cliff
• Three Body Problem – Judgement Day

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE

• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two – Wormriding, Geidi Prime, and the Final Battle
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• The Wild Robot

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE

• Shōgun – Broken to the Fist; Landslide
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: Episode 6 – Jaws
• The Boys: Season 4 – Life Among the Septics
• The Penguin – After Hours

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL

• Virgin Media – Walrus Whizzer
• Coca-Cola – The Heroes
• Corcept – Marionette
• Disney – Holidays 2024

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT

• Blitz
• Constellation
• The Penguin – Safe Guns

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD

• Dune: Part Two – Nuke CopyCat
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Artist-driven Machine Learning Character
• Here – Neural Performance Toolset
• Mufasa: The Lion King – Real-Time Interactive Filmmaking, From Stage To Post
• The Penguin – Phase Synced Flash-Gun System

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT

• Dawn (entry from ESMA – École Supérieure Des Métiers Artistiques)
• Student Accomplice (entry from Brigham Young University)
• Pittura (entry from ARTFX – Schools of Digital Arts)
• Courage (entry from Supinfocom – Rubika)

Frame di Il Robot Selvaggio (2024), diretto da Chris Sanders

Quando e dove vedere in streaming la cerimonia degli Oscar 2025

Quella della Visual Effects Society è solo una delle tante gilde, associazioni o sindacati che, ogni anno, premia il meglio del cinema americano e non solo segnando, insieme alla premiazione dei Golden Globe, l’inizio della stagione dei premi che 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 il prossimo 2 marzo 2025 al Dolby Theatre di Los Angeles e sarà possibile seguire in streaming la cerimonia di consegna delle statuette grazie a ABC Network a partire dalle 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET. In Italia sarà possibile seguire l’evento su Rai 1 e Rai Play dall’una di notte.

Fonte: NextBestPicture