Star Wars Wins at Visual Effects Society Awards

The Visual Effects Society has granted Star Wars: The Force Awakens a total of four awards, including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. Meanwhile, The Revenant won three awards while Mad Max: Fury Road only took home one.

The Force Awakens was left out of the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards, but could this development mean its the new Oscar front-runner for Best Visual Effects?

See the full list of VES winners below:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

The Revenant

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

The Order: 1886

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Game of Thrones — The Dance of Dragons

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

SSE — Pier

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Fast and Furious: Supercharged

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Falcon Chase/Graveyard

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Vikings — To the Gates

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

The Revenant — The Bear

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

Inside Out — Joy

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur — The Farm

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

SSE — Pier — Orangutan

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

Game of Thrones — City of Volantis

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Falcon Chase/Graveyard

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

Game of Thrones — Hardhome

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

The Revenant — Bear Attack

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — BB-8

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
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Mad Max: Fury Road — Toxic Storm

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

Game of Thrones — Hardhome

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

SSE — Pier

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Citipati

Visionary Award

Syd Mead

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ridley Scott