The 4th Annual VES Awards presented by the Visual Effects Society (VES) will be held on Feb. 15, 2006 at 7:00 pm at the Hollywood Palladium.
Submissions for the 4th Annual awards competition began being accepted online at the VES Awards website (www.vesawards.com) on Sept. 1. The deadline for all submissions is Dec. 2, 2005.
The VES Awards recognize outstanding visual and special effects in 21 categories of film, television, animation, music videos, videogames and commercials. Two new categories for games have been added this year: Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game and Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game.
Key dates currently scheduled are:
Sept. 1-Dec. 2 Submission Period
Jan. 7 Nominating judges panel view & vote
Jan. 9 Nominations announced
Jan. 21 In-person presentation (by invitation only)
Jan. 25-Feb. 10 Online voting
Feb. 15 4th Annual VES Awards
Founded in 1997, the Visual Effects Society (www.visualeffectssociety.com) is a professional, honorary society, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences and applications of visual effects and to improving the welfare of its members by providing professional enrichment and education, fostering community and promoting industry recognition. The VES is the entertainment industrys only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners, including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos and games. Comprised of a diverse group of about 1,250 global members, the VES strives to enrich and educate its own members and members of the entertainment community at large through a multitude of domestic and international events, screenings and programs.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
