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Go behind the scenes with editors and visual effects artists from this year's Academy Award-nominated films.
Awards season has built up to this.
The 95th Academy Awards air on ABC this Sunday, March 12th, at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT. This year’s nominees run the gamut from action-packed blockbusters that brought people back into theaters like Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to quiet films like The Banshees of Inisherin and Women Talking to The Fabelmans, Spielberg’s deeply personal ode to cinema, to the glitzy lush world of Elvis, the horror of war in All Quiet on the Western Front, the psychological tension of Tar, and the wicked satire of Triangle of Sadness. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All At Once that breaks every mold.
Congrats to all the nominees, and thank you to our nominated customers who help bring the magic of the movies to life!
Visual Effects
Roto/prep artist Jay Joshi and compositor Carmen Wong share how they used Silhouette and Mocha Pro, respectively, on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Annie Amaya, roto/paint artist, flies into Top Gun: Maverick.
Missed our live stream with members of the editing team from Avatar: The Way of Water? Hear what it was like to navigate one of the most complex VFX pipelines in cinematic history. Watch the replay.
Film Editing
Hear from the nominated editors on The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everyone All At Once, Tar, and Top Gun: Maverick as Art of the Cut’s Steve Hullfish deep dives into what it was like to edit each film. Each story is chock full of heart, wisdom, and inspiration. Read the interviews or listen to the podcast episodes.
Best Picture
Discover how the tight-knit visual effects team (only 5 main artists!) from Everything Everywhere All At Once created over 80% of the effects with some help from Mocha Pro and Continuum, and Steven Spielberg’s long-time editors chat about the collaboration process on The Fabelmans.
Animated Feature Film
Editors from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio discuss the unique challenges of editing stop-motion animation and what they learned along the way. Read more.
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