20 films have been put forward for the visual effects category and 10 films for the animated shorts category for the 2018 Academy awards. The nominations are:
VFX category
- Alien: Covenant
- Beauty and the Beast
- Blade Runner 2049
- Dunkirk
- Ghost in the Shell
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- Justice League
- Kong: Skull Island
- Life
- Logan
- Okja
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- The Shape of Water
- Spider-Man Homecoming
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- War for the Planet of the Apes
- Wonder Woman
Animated Shorts category
- Cradle, Devon Manney, director (University of Southern California)
- Dear Basketball, Glen Keane, director, and Kobe Bryant, writer (Glen Keane Productions)
- Fox and the Whale, Robin Joseph, director (Robin Joseph)
- Garden Party, Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, directors (MOPA)
- In a Heartbeat, Esteban Bravo and Beth David, directors (Ringling College of Art and Design
- Life Smartphone, Chenglin Xie, director (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)
- Lost Property Office, Daniel Agdag, director, and Liz Kearney, producer (8th in Line)
- Lou, Dave Mullins, director, and Dana Murray, producer (Pixar Animation Studios)
- Negative Space, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, directors (Ikki Films)
- Revolting Rhymes, Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
Later this month this list will be reduced by half. For more information, you can visit the Oscars website.
