Five Nominations at 2026 Genie Awards

The Genie Awards unveils the 2026 nominees ! The Yard is proud to be nominated in five categories !

From visual effects and animation to 3D, virtual reality, and immersive experiences, PIDS Enghien celebrates the creative, technical, economic, and artistic challenges shaping an ever-evolving industry. Since their creation in 2015, the GENIE Awards have honored outstanding talent in French digital creation, recognizing VFX supervisors, digital artists, innovators, and legends of the special effects world.

This year, The Yard is honored to be nominated in five categories, highlighting the incredible work and collaboration of our artists and supervisors across feature films and series, and more particularly on Predator : Badlands, Stranger Things 5 and Etoile .

Best Visual Effects – Feature Film

Predator : Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg

• Laurens Ehrmann (Senior VFX Supervisor)
• Elisa Perez (VFX Producer)
• Bertrand Cabrol (CG Supervisor)
• Julien Dias (Compositing Supervisor)

Best Visual Effects – Series

Stranger Things 5 (Netflix), created by Matt & Ross Duffer

• Harry Bardak (VFX Supervisor)
• Audrey Lagnous (VFX Producer)
• Eve Chauvet (CG Supervisor)
• Jeremy Pierre (Compositing Supervisor)

Best Characters / Creatures

Predator : Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg

• Juliette Grandjonc (Lead Look Dev)
• Moïse Hammouda (Asset Artist)
• Bruno Etchepare (Animation Supervisor)
• Rémi Gamiette (Animator)

Best Environment

Predator : Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg

• Frédéric Perrin (Senior Concept & Environment Artist)
• Angela Mikrut (Environment Artist)
• Augustin Pelisson (Environment Artist)
• Ryoma Leneuf (Lighting Artist)

Best FX Simulation

Etoile (Amazon Prime), created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino

• Frédéric Perrin (Senior Concept & Environment Artist)
• Angela Mikrut (Environment Artist)
• Augustin Pelisson (Environment Artist)
• Ryoma Leneuf (Lighting Artist)

We are incredibly grateful to our teams, partners, and collaborators for their talent, dedication, and passion. These nominations are a true testament to the creativity and technical excellence that drive The Yard forward every day.

We would like to congratule warmly all the other nominees, as they represent the creative excellence delivered by French studios. Don’t wait to discover them all here.

Find out more about our work here.

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