Neural Performance Toolset, Robbie Williams as an ape, and The Penguin win at VES Awards

The annual awards celebrate global visual effects artists across a wide range of disciplines

By Jenny Priestley

Published: February 12, 2025

The annual awards celebrate global visual effects artists across a wide range of disciplines

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The Visual Effects Society has announced the winners of its annual awards recognising artistry and innovation in film, animation, and television.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes picked up the photoreal feature award while Dune: Part Two picked up four awards. The Wild Robot was named top animated film, winning four awards. In the television categories, Netflix's Sh gun was named best photoreal episode, winning three awards; and The Penguin also garnered three awards.

Image courtesy Paramount As we celebrate the 23rd Annual VES Awards, we're honoured to shine a light on outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation, said VES Chair Kim Davidson. The honorees and their work represent best-in-class visual effects - work that engages audiences and enhances the art of storytelling. The VES Awards is the only venue that showcases and honours these outstanding global artists across a wide range of disciplines, and we are extremely proud of all our winners and nominees!

Winners included:

Outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Outstanding supporting visual effects in a photoreal feature: Civil War

Outstanding visual effects in an animated feature: The Wild Robot

Outstanding visual effects in a photoreal episode: Sh gun: Anjin

Outstanding visual effects in a photoreal episode: The Penguin: Bliss

Outstanding visual effects in a real-time project: Star Wars Outlaws

Outstanding character in a photoreal feature: Better Man: Robbie Williams

Outstanding character in an animated feature: The Wild Robot: Roz

Outstanding CG cinematography: Dune: Part Two: Arrakis

Emerging technology award: Here: Neural Performance Toolset by Metaphysic

The full list of winners is available here.

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