Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian score most nominations at VES Awards

Awards season rolls on as the Visual Effects Society announces the nominations for its annual VES awards. On the movie side, Alita: Battle Angel, The Lion King and Toy Story 4 are in the lead with four nods apiece. But they’re both bested by a pair of TV shows: Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian, which received six noms apiece.

Here are the categories where the final season of Game of Thrones is nominated:

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode (for “The Bells”)
• Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project (for the Red Keep Plaza)
• Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project (for “The Bells”)
• Outstanding Compositing in an Episode (for both “The Bells” and “The Long Night”; the show is competing against itself here)
• Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project (for “The Bells”)

So these visual effects professionals really thought a lot of “The Bells.” And if you watched it, it’s not hard to suss out why. I don’t think that episode will ever stop being hard to watch, but it looks amazing:

The Mandalorian is up for a mess of awards, too, and is competing in three of the same categories as Thrones. I think we can all agree that Baby Yoda should win “Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project.”

Check out the full list of nominations below:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

• “Alita: Battle Angel”
• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Gemini Man”
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
• “The Lion King”

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

• “1917”
• “Ford v Ferrari”
• “Joker”
• “The Aeronauts”
• “The Irishman”

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

• “Frozen II”
• “Klaus”
• “Missing Link”
• “The Lego Movie 2”
• “Toy Story 4”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

• “Game of Thrones”: “The Bells”
• “His Dark Materials”: “The Fight to the Death”
• “Lady and the Tramp”
• “Lost in Space”: Episode: Ninety-Seven
• “Stranger Things”: “Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum”
• “The Mandalorian”: “The Child”

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

• “Chernobyl”: 1:23:45
• “Living With Yourself”: “Nice Knowing You”
• “See”: “Godflame”
• “The Crown”: “Aberfan”
• “Vikings”: “What Happens in the Cave”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

• “Call of Duty Modern Warfare”
• “Control”
• “Gears 5”
• “Myth: A Frozen Tale”
• “Vader Immortal: Episode I”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

• Anthem “Conviction”
• BMW “Legend”
• Hennessy: “The Seven Worlds”
• PlayStation: “Feel The Power of Pro”
• Purdey’s: “Hummingbird”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

• “Avengers: Damage Control”
• “Jurassic World: The Ride”
• “Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run”
• “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance”
• “Universal Sphere”

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature

• “Alita: Battle Angel”: Alita
• “Avengers: Endgame”: Smart Hulk
• “Gemini Man”: Junior
• “The Lion King”: Scar

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature

• “Frozen II”: The Water Nøkk
• “Klaus”: Jesper
• “Missing Link”: Susan
• “Toy Story 4”: Bo Peep

Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project

• “Lady and the Tramp”: Tramp
• “Stranger Things 3”: Tom/Bruce Monster
• “The Mandalorian”: The Child; Mudhorn
• “The Umbrella Academy”: Pilot; Pogo

Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial

• “Apex Legend”: Meltdown; Mirage
• “Churchill”: Churchie
• “Cyberpunk 2077”: Dex
• “John Lewis”: Excitable Edgar; Edgar

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

• “Aladdin”: Agrabah
• “Alita: Battle Angel”: Iron City
• “Motherless Brooklyn”: Penn Station
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”: Pasaana Desert
• “The Lion King”: The Pridelands

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

• “Frozen II”: Giants’ Gorge
• “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”: The Hidden World
• “Missing Link”: Passage to India Jungle
• “Toy Story 4”: Antiques Mall

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

• “Game of Thrones”: The Iron Throne; Red Keep Plaza
• “Lost in Space”: Precipice; The Trench
• “The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance”: The Endless Forest
• The Mandalorian”: Nevarro Town

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project

• “Alita: Battle Angel”
• “The Lion King”
• “The Mandalorian”: The Prisoner; The Roost
• “Toy Story 4”

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

• “Lost in Space”: The Resolute
• “Missing Link”: The Manchuria
• “The Man in the High Castle”: Rocket Train
• “The Mandalorian”: The Sin; The Razorcrest

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

• “Dumbo”: Bubble Elephants
• “Spider-Man: Far From Home”: Molten Man
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
• “The Lion King”

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

• “Abominable”
• “Frozen II”
• “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”: Water and Waterfalls
• “Toy Story 4”

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

• “Game of Thrones”: The Bells
• “Hennessy: The Seven Worlds”
• “Lost in Space”: Precipice; Water Planet
• “Stranger Things 3”: Melting Tom/Bruce
• “The Mandalorian”: The Child; Mudhorn

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature

• “Alita: Battle Angel”
• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Captain Marvel”: Young Nick Fury
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
• “The Irishman”

Outstanding Compositing in an Episode

• “Game of Thrones”: The Bells
• “Game of Thrones”: The Long Night; Dragon Ground Battle
• “Stranger Things 3”: Starcourt Mall Battle
• “Watchmen”: Pilot; Looking Glass

Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial

• “BMW Legend”
• “Feeding America; I Am Hunger in America”
• “Hennessy; The Seven Worlds”
• “PlayStation: Feel the Power of Pro”

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

• “Aladdin”: Magic Carpet
• “Game of Thrones”: The Bells
• “Terminator: Dark Fate”
• “The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance”: “She Knows All the Secrets”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

• “Downfall”
• “Love and Fifty Megatons”
• “Oeil Pour Oeil”
• “The Beauty”

The 18th annual VES Awards will go down on January 29 in Beverly Hills.

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