MUMBAI: Members of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have shortlisted ten films for the ‘Visual Effects‘ category.

Among the films that have been shortlisted are Hugo, The Tree of Life, Captain America: The First Avenger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and X-Men: First Class.

All members of the visual effects branch of the Academy will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on January 19 and vote for five final nominees for the award.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on January 24.