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Fremont, CA, USA - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Blackmagic Design today congratulates the distinguished films and filmmakers that were nominated as part of the 98th Academy Awards®.
Twenty seven of the nominated films were created using DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software, including global blockbusters like KPop Demon Hunters and One Battle After Another, to a large number of international short films and documentaries such as Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud and Sirāt.
Oscar nominated films that used DaVinci Resolve Studio include:
- All the Empty Rooms graded by Kath Raisch of Company 3;
- Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud graded and DI conform by Keith Jenson of Brainwomb;
- Avatar Fire and Ash graded by Tashi Trieu;
- Ballad of a Small Player graded by Andrew Daniel at The Look;
- Bugonia graded at Company 3 by Greg Fisher;
- Children No More: Were and Are Gone graded by Erez Laufer;
- Come See Me in the Good Light graded and used for conform by Stephen Derluguian;
- Cutting Through Rocks graded by Pamela Valenzuela of Filmo Estudios;
- F1 graded at Company 3 by Supervising Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld with Parker Jarvie;
- Frankenstein graded at Company 3 by Supervising Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld with Dave Muscat;
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You graded by Nat Jencks of PostWorks New York;
- It Was Just an Accident graded by Christophe Bousquet at M141, with online editorial by Niels Barroin, Pierre Beautrait, Thomas Debauve and Congnan Fan;
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama graded by Senior Colorist Andrew Francis, with online editorial also by GABHA Studios;
- Jurassic World Rebirth graded by Colorist Paul Ensby at Goldcrest Post, with online editorial by Ellie Clissett, Guilhem Coulibaly, Harry Field, Colin Foulkes and Isabelle Soole;
- KPop Demon Hunters graded by Natasha Leonnet of Picture Shop;
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain graded by Grégoire Lesturgie in collaboration with TransPerfect Media;
- The Lost Bus graded by Supervising Colorist Stephen Nakamura with Colorist James Slattery of Company 3;
- One Battle After Another graded by Gregg Garvin at Roundabout Entertainment;
- The Perfect Neighbor graded by Allie Ames of PostWorks New York;
- The Secret Agent graded by freelance colorist Dirk Meier BVK CSI at Rotor Film, with online editorial by Omri Peled and Max Göbel;
- Sentimental Value graded by Senior Colorist Julien Alary of TMLS;
- Sirāt graded by Rafa Marmodoro;
- Train Dreams graded by Sergio Pasqualino Jr. of Bleach Color Grading;
- Two People Exchanging Saliva written and directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh, graded by Nat Jencks of PostWorks New York, with VFX and online by Alexandre Singh, editing by Hanna Park and on set LUTs created by DP Alexandra de Saint Blanquat;
- The Ugly Stepsister graded by Axel Rundquist;
- The Voice of Hind Rajab graded by Lead Colorist Philipp Orgassa of BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion, with online editorial by Anna-Sophie Voll and Benjamin Meyer; and
- Weapons graded by Alex Bickel of Color Collective.
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Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com
