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www.postmagazine.com 8 POST JAN/FEB 2026 BITS & PIECES AWARDS SEASON HEATS UP Creative excellence honored across production & post ACE EDDIE AWARDS American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee with its ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award at the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. The event will take place on Friday, February 27th at UCLA's Royce Hall, where winners will also be announced in 14 competitive categories, recognizing the best film editing achievements of the year in film and television. AMPS AWARDS Apple Original Films' F1 won the 2026 AMPS Award for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film, as voted by members of the Association of Motion Picture Sound (amps.net). The UK craft guild represents sound professionals in TV & film. The award went to the film's sound team of Al Nelson; Gwendolyn Yates Whittle; Gary A. Rizzo; Juan Peralta; Gareth John, AMPS; and Dash Mason- Malik, AMPS. ASC AWARDS The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will honor Guillermo del Toro with its Board of Governors Award at its 40th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards Gala, set to take place on March 8th at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. The ASC chose del Toro to receive the Board of Governors Award in recognition of his significant and indelible contributions to the art of filmmaking. This ASC honor is reserved for collaborators who champion directors of photography and elevate the visual craft at the heart of cinema. While Frankenstein is del Toro's most recent feature, his career includes producing and directing a number of acclaimed films, including Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy (2004), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). TRUSTED PARTNER NETWORK RECOGNIZES BEST-IN-CLASS CONTENT SECURITY LOS ANGELES — The Trusted Partner Network (www.ttpn.org), which spent the past three years raising awareness about the need for content security, is taking its mission a step further with the introducing of the Stella Security Award — an honor designed to recognize service providers that achieve the highest level of content security compliance under the organization's next-generation Shield structure. The next-gen Shield structure was launched back in September and is designed to address the continued rise of security incidents, as well as the need to strengthen content security by clearly distinguishing between levels of preparedness. It also gives service providers a visible pathway toward full compliance with the Motion Picture Association's Content Security Best Practices and Additional Recommendations. The Trusted Partner Network is owned and managed by the Motion Picture Association. The Stella Security Award takes that effort one step further by publicly recognizing those or- ganizations that have fully closed all remediation items and demonstrated a sustained, organization-wide commitment to security excellence. Stella, which is Latin for "star," represents "stellar" performance. By giving the highest level of achievement a physical symbol that recipients can proudly display, TPN aims to make security excellence more visible and aspi- rational, both within service provider organizations and among the content owners evaluating them. "Security done well, and the teams dedicated to content security, are of- ten invisible, which means the organizations investing the most effort rarely get recognized," explains TPN president, Terri Davies. "The Stella Award is about changing that dynamic. It acknowledges the service providers that have achieved full compliance and have built a culture of continuous im- provement around content protection. By celebrating those achievements, we're encouraging others to follow the same path." TPN sees the Stella Security Award as a catalyst for broader change across the industry. By clearly defining what best-in-class security looks like and celebrating those who achieve it, the organization aims to create momentum that drives higher standards throughout the global supply chain, ultimately encouraging more service providers to close gaps, strengthen defenses and move toward full compliance. It also gives award recipients a meaningful way to differ- entiate themselves from similar service providers. DigiKore Studios, Google Workspace, HumTum VFX and Mist VFX are the inau- gural Stella Security Award recipients. Qualifying organizations receive a physical award for display at industry events, along with recognition across TPN channels. The Stella Security Award will be presented throughout the year to additional service providers that achieve the TPN Gold Star Shield. Guillermo del Toro