97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Freefly Systems' introduction of handheld stabilized gimbals provides single-person or collaborative remote camera operation with various controllers, enabling previously difficult shots without dolly or crane-supported stabilized heads.

97th ceremony (2024) INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

I'm Still Here

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Brazil

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Utilizing three-axis stabilization through multiple sensors, the DJI Ronin 2 has achieved broad adoption. It is controllable from a diverse set of input devices, enabling filmmakers to create complex, dynamic camera moves.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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The NACMO series of modular motion bases enables filmmakers to dynamically control simulated actions, providing precise movements, enhancing special effects, and enriching the visual experience for audiences worldwide.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Open Image Denoise is an open-source library that provides an elegant API and runs on diverse hardware, leading to broad industry adoption. Its core technology is provided by the widely adopted U-Net architecture that improves efficiency and preserves detail, raising the quality of CG imagery across the industry.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Fire for Hire's gel first publicly demonstrated a \"naked burn,\" where fire appears directly on the skin, enabling a new form of safe fire stunts in motion pictures.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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This widely available gel allows longer targeted burns directly on the skin, broadening the range of fire stunts performed across the industry.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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This denoiser prioritizes temporal filtering using innovative optical flow techniques to preserve crucial details. Novel training strategies allow its machine learning algorithms to denoise computer-generated imagery to the most exacting standards.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Ziva VFX is a system for constructing and simulating muscles, fat, fascia, and skin for digital characters. An artist-friendly interface that emphasizes easily understood physical metaphors, coupled with a robust, physically accurate solver, has enabled a broad range of studios to bring visually rich creatures to life.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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The compact size and live adjustment of operating parameters of these devices facilitate subtle and dynamic camera moves closer to actors, and in tighter quarters than previously possible. Its low latency allows for instinctive operation whether controlled by a single operator or remotely.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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The Tiffen Steadicam Volt revolutionizes inertial stabilization with its advanced two-axis motorized design, creating artificial inertia and simulated friction while providing adjustable tactile feedback. Different modes allow the operator to alter the physical feel of the rig. The Volt empowers filmmakers to achieve dynamic shots with more complex camera movement while maintaining a stable roll axis.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Sound Radix's Auto Align Post 2 allows the seamless blending of multiple moving microphones during film post-production, eliminating phase distortion, saving significant time over manual alignment methods and raising the reproduction quality of dialogue recorded on set.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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This sophisticated machine learning denoiser features a ground-breaking kernel-predicting convolutional network and temporal stability. It has been adopted far beyond its original domain of animation and is an essential tool for creating computer-generated imagery in feature films.

97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Action Factory hydrogels are engineered to allow longer burns at higher temperatures with quick turnaround times, increasing the safety and efficiency of fire stunt performances.

97th ceremony (2024) JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
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97th ceremony (2024) WRITING (Original Screenplay)

Anora

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97th ceremony (2024) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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The ARRI Trinity 2 is a body-worn system that combines a traditional inertial camera stabilization system with electronic gimbal technology, allowing unprecedented freedom of camera movement for acquiring shots with multiple transitions that are otherwise unobtainable.