Here are the three features nominated in the Best Visual Effects category:

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20th Century Fox
Director: James Cameron
Written By: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Studios: BUF, Framestore CFC, Gentle Giant Studios, Giant Studios, Halon Entertainment, Hybride Technologies, Hydraulx, Industrial Light & Magic, Lola Visual Effects, Pixel Liberation Front, Stan Winston Studio, The Third Floor, Weta Digital.
Supervisors: Joe Letteri; Steve Ingram, John Bruno, Jonathan Fawkner (Framestore), Anthony Ivins (LOOK Effects), John Knoll (ILM), Daniel Leduc (Hybride), Dan Lemmon, Erik Liles (Hydraulx), Richard Martin (Hybride), Steven Quale, Stephen Rosenbaum (WETA), Jonathan Rothbart, Eric Saindon, Wayne Stables, David Stinnett (Blur), Mathilde Tollec (BUF), R. Christopher White, Edson Williams (Lola), Guy Williams
Synopsis: A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Release Date: December 18

   
District 9
TriStar Pictures

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Written By: Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
Studios: The Embassy, Goldtooth Creative, Image Engine Design, MXFX Special Effects, Weta Digital, Weta Workshop, XYZ-RGB (scanning), Zoic Studios
Supervisors: Matt Aiken (WETA), Keegan Douglas (Goldtooth), Steve Ingram, Dan Kaufman (Image Engine), Max Poolman
Synopsis: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.
Release Date: August 14
   

Star Trek
Paramount
Director: J.J. Abrams
Written By: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana
Star Trek
Studios: Digital Domain, Evil Eye Pictures, Industrial Light & Magic, Kerner Optical, Lola Visual Effects, OOOii, Persistence of Vision Entertainment, Quantum Creation FX, Svengali Visual Effects, The Third Floor, Tinsley Transfers, Vital Distraction
Supervisors: Roger Guyett, Russell Earl (ILM), Christopher James Hall (Kerner), Matt McDonald (Evil Eye Pictures), Kelly Port (Digital Domain), Daniel P. Rosen (Evil Eye), Stefano Trivelli (Svengali), Edson Williams (Lola)
Synopsis: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Release Date: May 8


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