There’s an odd thing happening this year. Sometimes the expected winner isn’t as sure as it was once thought. This is the case of Dune: Part Two. Perhaps there’s a sense of déjà-vu but I’m not so sure. Dune: Part Two won nearly every other prize but lost the big one to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes which won nothing else. That sounds like a split voting kind of situation as The Wild Robot won everything including its topline category. Will this mean anything? Now we have to look to BAFTA before making a final decision.

Awards Tallies

(4) Dune: Part Two, The Wild Robot
(1) Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Civil War, Here, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The Awards

Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes WL PP TL

Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Civil War WL PP TL

Best Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

The Wild Robot WL PP TL

Best Character in a Photoreal Feature

Robbie Williams – Better Man TL

Best Character in an Animation Feature

Roz – The Wild Robot WL PP TL

Best Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

The Arrakeen Basin – Dune: Part Two WL TL

Best Created Environment in an Animated Feature

The Forest – The Wild Robot WL PP TL

Best Effects Simulations in an Photoreal Feature

Atomic Explosions and Wormriding – Dune: Part Two WL PP TL

Best Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

The Wild Robot WL PP TL

Best Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project

The Penguin; Safe Guns WL

Best Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Renaissance Space Station – Alien: Romulus TL

Best CG Cinematography

Arrakis – Dune: Part Two WL PP TL

Best Compositing & Lighting in a Photoreal Feature

Wormriding, Geidi Prime, and the Final Battle – Dune: Part Two WL TL

Emerging Technology Award

Nil
Neural Performance Toolset – Here TL

Visual Effects Society Data

First Awards: 2002 (23)