Empire Award for The Art of 3D

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Empire Award for The Art of 3D
Awarded forBest 3D film
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by Empire magazine
First awarded2012
Last awarded2013
Currently held by Dredd (2013)

The Empire Award for The Art of 3D was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor the best 3D film of the previous year. The Empire Award for The Art of 3D was first introduced at the 17th Empire Awards ceremony in 2012 with The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn receiving the award and last presented at the 18th Empire Awards ceremony in 2013 with Dredd receiving the award. Winners were voted by the readers of Empire magazine.

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Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

2010s

YearFilmRef.
2012
(17th)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [1]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Thor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2013
(18th)
Dredd [2]
Life of Pi
Prometheus
The Avengers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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References

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  2. "The Art of 3D". Empireonline.com . Bauer Consumer Media. 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2004.