Presented during the PIDS, the Paris Image Digital Summit, the GENIE award recognizes projects released in 2022 in 8 categories:
- Best Visual Effects – Feature Film
- Best Visual Effects – TV Drama
- Best Visual Effects – Advertising
- Best Environment
- Best Character/Creature
- Best FX Simulation
- Best Innovation
- Best Student Film
Every year since 2015, the GENIE Awards aim to honor the talents of French digital creation. This year, MPC Paris is nominated for 4 GENIE awards:
Best VFX in a Series : Totems created by Olivier Dujols & Juliette Soubrier
Hugues Namur (Superviseur VFX) – Sébastien Fauchère (Superviseur VFX) – Emmanuelle Pianko (Productrice VFX) – Christophe ‘Tchook’ Courgeau (Superviseur Environnement) / MPC Paris
Best VFX – Environment : Totems created by Olivier Dujols & Juliette Soubrier
Hugues Namur (Superviseur VFX) – Sébastien Fauchère (Superviseur VFX) – Emmanuelle Pianko (Productrice VFX) – Christophe ‘Tchook’ Courgeau (Superviseur Environnement) / MPC Paris
Best FX Simulation : Notre-Dame, la part du feu created by Hadmar & Olivier Bocquet
Laurent Creusot (Superviseur VFX) – Yann Nivet (Producteur VFX) – Boris Kauffman (Superviseur CG) – Niranjan Sivagurunathan (Superviseur Compositing) / MPC Paris
Best VFX in a Feature Film (co-nomination) : Vesper directed by Kristina Buozyte et Bruno Samper.
Yann Blondel (Superviseur VFX, Excuse My French) / MPC Paris, Light, Mac Guff & Mathematic.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, January 25.