2018 VFX Academy Award: 10 Films Advance To The Oscar Bake-Off
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down the visual effects Oscar shortlist from twenty films to ten.
The shortlisted films, determined by the Academy’s visual effects branch executive committee, are:
- Alien: Covenant
- Blade Runner 2049
- Dunkirk
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Kong: Skull Island
- Okja – Park I and Part II
- The Shape of Water
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- War for the Planet of the Apes
Cartoon Brew has previously published an in-depth rundown of this year’s contenders, and the five films that we suggested could be nominated all made the cut to the next round.
All members of the Visual Effects Branch will now be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Following this “vfx bake-off,” the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.