Martin Dale Contributor“Eiffel,” “Around the World in 80 Days” and “The Last Duel” were among the winners at the Digital Creation Genie Awards announced at an awards ceremony held Wednesday in the Centre des Arts in Enghien-les-Bains, Paris.
The awards were held as part of the 8th edition of PIDS Enghien, which runs Jan. 26-29.Best visual effects for a feature film was awarded to VFX supervisor Olivier Cauwet and VFX producer Justine Paynat-Sautivet of Pierre Buffin’s Paris-based visual effects powerhouse BUF for their work on “Eiffel,” directed by Martin Bourboulon.Starring Romain Duris (“Mood Indigo”) and Emma Mackey (“Sex Education”), the visually spectacular historic epic about Gustave Eiffel is co-produced and repped by Pathé, which distributed it in France, garnering more than 1 million admissions.
Blue Fox Entertainment has nabbed U.S. rights. BUF has also recently provided VFX work on “The Matrix Resurrections,” and the TV series “Foundation” and “The Nevers.” Best visual effects in the TV fiction category was awarded to Hugues Namur, Delphine Lasserre, Nicolas Borens, Florian Wolff and Christophe Courgeau of MPC Film & Episodic for their work on the TV series “Around the World in 80 Days,” co-created by Ashley Pharoah and Caleb Ranson, produced by Peter McAleese, with Steve Barron as lead director.
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