The Visual Effects Society named an international short film – A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea. – shot in Arabic by a team from Germany’s FilmAkademie Baden-Wurttemberg as winner of its ...

Animation on this year's shortlists is way down after a banner year in 2025. Only 'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' appears ...

Best Visual Effects commentary (Updated Feb. 26, 2025): The best visual effects category has long been where the Academy honors the boundary-pushing work of digital artists, practical effects wizards, ...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have unveiled the shortlists for 10 categories in the Oscars race for 2022, and “No Time to Die” and “Dune” have dominated the technical fields and ...

Though blockbusters are synonymous with computer imagery, dramas and art-house films rely extensively on tech magic, too. Don’t be fooled by the naturalism. By Calum Marsh A woman crosses a bustling ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is currently unveiling the winners of this year’s 95th Academy Awards, and all of the animation-related categories have now been announced. Guillermo ...

Digital Trends spoke to Stoltz and Feldbau about how they made the small-scale approach work for the Daniels’ grand vision for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and what it’s like to see the ...

The team behind Avatar: The Way of Water‘s long-expected Oscar win for Visual Effects learned first-hand how committed Academy officials and show producers are to keeping things moving. Richard ...

UPDATE: Variety was able to identify the 20th unknown visual effects feature through two sources. It is Nick Hamm’s “Gigi & Nate,” a Roadside Attractions drama that tells the true story of a ...