VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend HFR 3D Screening of 20th Century Studios’ AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Followed by a Q&A with the Filmmakers

Panelists will include 5-time VES Award-, 2-time Academy Award- and 2-time BAFTA-winning Executive Producer Richard Baneham, 2-time VES Award-, 3-time Annie Award- as well as Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning Wētā FX Senior Animation Supervisor Daniel Barrett, 5-time VES Award- as well as Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning Wētā FX Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Eric Saindon, HPA Award nominated Wētā FX Lead Visual Effects Producer Nicky Muir and Visual Effects Production Manager Peter Litvack, moderated by VES Technology Committee member Barbara Ford Grant. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)

Please RSVP below (VES members must login to RSVP)
Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 11:00AM (RSVPs close on Friday, December 19 at 12:00PM)
Main Theater on the Walt Disney Studios lot
(Please enter through the Buena Vista Gate between Riverside and Alameda)
500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91451

***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields and guests in the subsequent Attendee fields***

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.

Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.