2026 Oscar Nominated Films Powered by Blackmagic Design
DaVinci Resolve Studio used on 27 of this year’s nominated films.
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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