L'anno scorso Inception aveva fatto incetta di nomination e poi aveva ottenuto il maggior numero di premi, quest'anno toccherà forse a Le Avventure di Tintin: il Segreto dell'Unicorno, che ha ottenuto sei nomination nella decima edizione dei VES Awards, i premi di categoria della Visual Effects Society che verranno assegnati in una cerimonia il 7 febbraio, durante la quale Stan Lee verrà insignito del VES 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award e Douglas Trumbull del Georges Méliès Award.

A sorpresa, invece, è stato escluso The Tree of Life, presente invece nella shortlist dei film candidati alla nomination all'Oscar per i migliori effetti visivi. Cinque nomination per Harry Potter e i Doni della Morte – Parte 2 e per Transformers 3, mentre L'Alba del Pianeta delle Scimmie ne ha ottenute quattro, Hugo Cabret tre e Thor e Captain America due. 

Potete vedere le nomination del settore cinema qui sotto:

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
 

  • Captain America: The First Avenger
    Charlie Noble, Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Edson Williams

 

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
    Tim Burke, Emma Norton, John Richardson, David Vickery
     
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Gary Brozenich, David Conley, Charlie Gibson, Ben Snow
     
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Kurt Williams
     
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, Matthew Butler, Scott Farrar

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
 

  • Anonymous
    Andre Cantarel, Volker Engel, Rony Soussan, Marc Weigert
     
  • Hugo
    Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, Rob Legato, Karen Murphy
     
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
    Laya Armian, Chas Jarrett, Seth Maury, Sirio Quintavalle
     
  • Source Code
    Annie Godin, Louis Morin
     
  • War Horse
    Duncan Burbidge, Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Zeh

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

  • Arthur Christmas
    Doug Ikeler, Chris Juen, Alan Short, Mandy Tankenson
     
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
    Melissa Cobb, Alex Parkinson, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Raymond Zibach
     
  • Puss In Boots
    Joe Aguilar, Guillaume Aretos, Ken Bielenberg, Chris Miller
     
  • Rango
    Tim Alexander, Hal Hickel, Jacqui Lopez, Katie Lynch
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin
    Jamie Beard, Joe Letteri, Meredith Meyer-Nichols, Eileen Moran

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
 

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Ukranian Ironbelly
    Yasunobu Arahori, Tom Bracht, Gavin Harrison, Chris Lentz
     
  • Paul – Paul
    Anders Beer, Julian Foddy, Jody Johnson, David Lowry
     
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Caesar
    Daniel Barrett, Florian Fernandez, Matthew Muntean, Eric Reynolds
     
  • The Thing – Edvard/Adam
    Lyndon Barrois, Fred Chapman, Greg Massie, Marco Menco

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

  • Puss In Boots – Puss
    Antonio Banderas, Ludovic Bouancheau, Laurent Caneiro, Olivier Staphylas
     
  • Rango – Rango
    Frank Gravatt, Kevin Martel, Brian Paik, Steve Walton
     
  • Rio – Nigel
    Diana Diriwaechter, Sang Jun Lee, Sergio Pablos, Aamir Tarin
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin – Tintin
    Gino Acevedo, Gustav Ahren, Jamie Beard, Simon Clutterbuck

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

  • Anonymous – London
    Andre Cantarel, Robert Freitag, Rony Soussan, Greg Strasz
     
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Hogwarts
    Keziah Bailey, Stephen Ellis, Clement Gerard, Pietro Ponti
     
  • Thor – Heimdall's Observatory
    Pierre Buffin, Audrey Ferrara, Yoel Godo, Dominique Vidal
     
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 155 Wacker Drive
    Giles Hancock, John Hanson, Tom Martinek, Scott Younkin

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

  • Puss In Boots – The Cloud World
    Guillaume Aretos, Greg Lev, Brett Miller, Peter Zaslav
     
  • Rango – Main Street Dirt
    John Bell, Polly Ing, Martin Murphy, Russell Paul
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin – Bagghar
    Hamish Beachman, Adam King, Wayne Stables, Mark Tait
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin – Docks
    Matt Aitken, Jeff Capogreco, Jason Lazaroff, Alessandro Mozzato
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin – Pirate Battle
    Phil Barrenger, Keith F. Miller, Alessandro Saponi, Christoph Sprenger

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

  • Hugo
    Martin Chamney, Rob Legato, Adam Watkins, Fabio Zangla
     
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Thelvin Cabezas, Mike Perry, R. Christopher White, Erik Winquist
     
  • Thor
    Xavier Allard, Pierre Buffin, Nicolas Chevallier
     
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Michael Balog, Richard Bluff, Shawn Kelly, Jeff White

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

  • Arthur Christmas
    Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira
     
  • Cars 2
    Mahyar Abousaeedi, Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky, Jonathan Pytko
     
  • Rango
    Colin Benoit, Philippe Rebours, Nelson Sepulveda, Nick Walker
     
  • The Adventures of Tintin
    Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables

Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
 

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Hogwarts School Buildings
    Steven Godfrey, Pietro Ponti, Tania Marie Richard, Andy Warren
     
  • Hugo – Train Crash
    Scott Beverly, Allan Faucher, Forest P. Fischer, Matthew Gratzner
     
  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Parking Garage
    John Goodson, Russell Paul, Kristian Pedlow, Vick Schutz
     
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Driller
    Tim Brakensiek, Kelvin Chu, David Fogler, Rene Garcia

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

  • Captain America: The First Avenger
    Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, Cliff Welsh
     
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
    Michele Benigna, Martin Ciastko, Thomas Dyg, Andy Robinson
     
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Jean Luc Azzis, Quentin Hema, Simon Jung, Christoph Salzmann
     
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Chris Balog, Ben O'Brien, Amy Shepard, Jeff Sutherland