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CAS AWARDS The Cinema Audio Society (cinemaaudio- society.org) recently announced the nomi- nees in seven catego- ries for its 62nd Annual CAS Awards. The awards recognize out- standing achievement in sound mixing, hon- oring work released in 2025. The 62nd CAS Awards will be held on Saturday, March 7th at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Academy Award–winning re-re- cording mixer Skip Lievsay, CAS (Gravity, No Country for Old Men, Roma), will be honored with the CAS Career Achievement Award. In addition, visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, Frankenstein) will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award. GOLDEN GLOBES One Battle After Another won four awards at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes. The event took place on Sunday, January 11th, and recognized the best in film, television and podcasting in 28 categories. One Battle After Another came into the evening with nine nominations, and ultimately took home Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor), Screenplay and Director, with both going to Paul Thomas Anderson. GOLDEN REEL AWARDS Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced the nominations for its 73rd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. The awards honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and Foley in film, television and gaming. Winners will be announced at the organization's annual gala on March 8th at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Two honorary awards will also be presented at the gala. Kathleen Kennedy will receive the 2026 Filmmaker Award, while supervising sound editor Mark Mangini will receive the Career Achievement Award. GUILD OF MUSIC SUPERVISORS AWARDS The Guild of Music Supervisors (guildofmusicsupervisors.com) announced the nominations for its 16th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (GMSAwards.com). The February 28th ceremony will honor outstanding achievement in the craft of music supervision for film, television, documenta- ries, advertising, trailers and video games. GMS will hold the Music Supervisors Awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Sinners leads this year's list of contenders, earning three nominations, recognizing Niki Sherrod's music supervision and two original songs. Additional film contenders include Wicked: For Good, F1 and Marty Supreme. Top TV contenders include The Studio, Dark Winds and Poker Face. LUMIERE AWARDS The Advanced Imaging Society (theadvanced- imagingsociety.com) announced the winners of its 2026 Lumiere Awards on February 9th, recognizing outstanding creative and technical achievements. Now in its 16th year, the awards honor the artists, engi- neers and innovators whose work pushes the boundaries of storytell- ing and cinematic tech- nology. The Society awarded the "Best Live Action Feature Film" Lumiere Award to Warner Bros.' Sinners, and several members of the film's sound team were present to accept the Lumiere for "Best Audio for a Theatrical Film." Additional winners included Zootopia 2 for "Best Animated Feature Film," Wicked: For Good for Best Motion Picture – Musical, and Avatar: Fire and Ash for Best Theatrical Scene or Sequence. Special honorees included Ethan Hawke (2026 Distinguished Artist Award), director Jon M. Chu (Judy Garland Legacy Award), and F1 film- makers Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer (Harold Lloyd Award). VES AWARDS The Visual Effects Society (www.vesglobal.org) announced the nominees for its 24th Annual VES Awards, which span 25 categories across film, television, spe- cial-venue projects, technological innovation, student projects and more. The VES Awards will be held on February 25th at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Avatar: Fire and Ash, from 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment, is this year's most-nominated project, with ten nominations, including one for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. Among animated contend- ers, there is a three-way tie for top nominations, with Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation's KPop Demon Hunters, Disney and Pixar's Elio, and Disney's Zootopia 2 each receiving five nominations. Netflix's Stranger Things, HBO's The Last of Us and Apple TV+ and BBC Studios' Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age are tied atop the episodic field with four nominations each. INDUSTRY AWARDS www.postmagazine.com 9 POST JAN/FEB 2026 Skip Lievsay, CAS Post's Mari Kohn with honorees Kosinski and Bruckheimer.