Academy Announces the List of 20

The Academy announced the twenty films of 2015 that will be eligible to attend the visual effects bake-off. The list of twenty was determined by the Executive Committee of the visual effects branch.

• Ant-Man

• Avengers: Age of Ultron

• Bridge of Spies

• Chappie

• Everest

• Ex Machina

• Furious Seven

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

• In the Heart of the Sea

• Jupiter Ascending

• Jurassic World

• Mad Max: Fury Road

• The Martian

• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

• The Revenant

• Spectre

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

• Terminator Genisys

• Tomorrowland

• The Walk

Later this month, the Executive Committee will narrow this list down to the ten films that will participate in the bake-off.  At the bake-off, the ten films present their ten minute reels, and the visual effects branch of the Academy votes that night, determining the final five nominees for Best Visual Effects. The nominations will be announced on January 14, 2016.

The full Academy membership votes for the winner of the visual effects Academy Award, which will be presented at the full awards ceremony on February 28, 2016.