M83 Wins GAMFF VFX Visual Effects Award for 'The Great Flood' Following Netflix Film 'Jun,lan'

Visual effects (VFX) specialist company M83 has received the VFX Visual Effects Award at the Gyeongsangbuk-do AI & Metaverse Film Festival (GAMFF) AI & Art Tech Awards for the second year in a row, winning with the Netflix film following their previous success with .

(Photo from left) Cheolmin Jung, Supervisor of M83, and Seongjin Jung, CEO of M83, won the VFX Visual Effects Award at the 3rd Gyeongsangbuk-do AI & Metaverse Film Festival (GAMFF) AI & ArtTech Awards for the Netflix movie "The Great Flood." M83

On September 7, M83 announced that it had won the VFX Visual Effects Award at the 3rd Gyeongsangbuk-do AI & Metaverse Film Festival (GAMFF) AI & Art Tech Awards for its work on the Netflix film .

This year, the VFX Visual Effects Award was jointly given to Sungjin Jung, CEO of M83, and Cheolmin Jung, Supervisor at M83. M83 has now received the award for two consecutive years, having won last year with the Netflix film . Last year, the Netflix series , which M83 participated in producing, also received the Best Picture Award, making M83 a double award winner.

This year’s award-winning film, , is a science fiction disaster movie depicting the story of people isolated in a flooded apartment building on an Earth overtaken by a catastrophic deluge. Extensive and advanced VFX techniques were utilized to realistically portray elements such as large-scale tidal waves, flooding, and underwater scenes.

M83 has accumulated expertise in water and underwater simulation technologies as well as production experience through large-scale naval battle projects such as and . Leveraging this experience, the company has expanded the applications of its marine VFX from naval battles to disaster and underwater sequences, further developing its water and underwater VFX technology and production know-how.

CEO Jung said, "It is deeply meaningful to have our accumulated VFX technology and production know-how recognized once again through this award," adding, "We will continue to enhance our advanced VFX technologies and production capabilities to further increase the quality of our works and participate in the production of both domestic and international content."

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