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Avatar 3 Dominates VFX Awards with 7 Wins
26 Feb
Summary
- Avatar: Fire and Ash won the top visual effects award.
- The film secured seven awards in total, including character and CG cinematography.
- Weta FX developed a new toolset to accurately simulate fire effects.
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" emerged as the leading film at the 24th Visual Effects Society Awards, securing the prestigious award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. This film garnered a total of seven awards, underscoring its dominance in the visual effects category. Among its triumphs were awards for outstanding character in a photoreal feature for Varang, outstanding CG cinematography, and the Emerging Technology Award for the innovative Kora Fire Toolset.
The VES Awards, held on February 25th at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, celebrated artistry and technological advancements. "Avatar: Fire and Ash" required over 3,000 visual effects shots, with the team specifically addressing the challenge of realistically rendering fire. This effort highlighted the continuous evolution of visual effects technology.
Other significant wins included "KPop Demon Hunters," which received three awards, and "Zootopia 2" for its outstanding environment design. In the television categories, "Andor" and "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" each took home two awards. The event also honored industry pioneers Jerry Bruckheimer with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Sir Richard Taylor with the VES Visionary Award.
