The annual Visual Effects Society Awards, announced on 11 February, celebrate the best VFX of the past year in film, TV, games, commercial and beyond. But one of its highlights is the award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project. Sponsored by Autodesk since its inception, the award throws a large spotlight on the stars of the future and does a good job of making the best 3D software and the best animation software accessible.
This year’s winners are the team behind Pittura, an ambitious and emotive short film exploring the relationship between humans and AI through the lens of art. Set in an alternative Renaissance period, Pittura brings together a talented painter fighting Parkinson’s disease and a robot striving towards a new level of personal expression. The effects work includes scenes that are sometimes epic, sometimes intimate and small.
