Along the lengthy desert trek, the girl is plagued by nightmares of a terrifying monster, but ultimately, the duo breaks free to reach a glistening horizon. Till Sander-Titgemeyer (TS): It’s a short film about the plight of 12-year-old girl Yasmin and her sister as they escape the life their father has predetermined for them. We spoke with Creature and Animation Lead Till Sander-Titgemeyer, Compositing Lead Lukas Löffler, and Rigging TD Lukas Kapp about the film and their experience as VES Student Award winners. In addition to receiving the award and delivering a heartfelt speech, the student artists, who hail from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany, saw their VFX breakdown reel play in front of industry luminaries like James Cameron, Jon Landau, Joe Letteri, and Gale Anne Hurd, among others. To the Sea accepted the Autodesk-sponsored award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project on-stage from Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder. During the event, the VFX team behind Murad Abu Eisheh’s student short film A Calling.

The 21st Visual Effects Society Awards, held last week at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, marked a night of celebration as artists and technologists across the industry gathered to honor the most outstanding visual effects in film, television, and other media from 2022.

Autodesk recap 2022