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Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Fives Armies on receiving four nominations for The Golden Trailer Awards. Theses awards celebrate ‘the best of the best by showcasing the extraordinary and talented artists, editors, executives, and visual effects and animation wizards who have mastered the art of selling a movie in roughly 2 minutes,’ says the awards executive director Evelyn Walters.

PRNewswire reports that the categories for which The Hobbit: BOTFA received nominations, along with the other contenders, are:

Best Fantasy Adventure
The Divergent Series: Insurgent “Trailer 4″, Lionsgate, Trailer Park
Guardians of the Galaxy “Outlaws”, Disney, mOcean
Hobbit: BOTFA “Defiance”, New Line Cinema, Trailer Park
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 “Courage of One”, Lionsgate, Outpost Media
The Zero Theorem, Amplify, Amplify

Best Music
Dracula Untold “Rule”, Universal Pictures, AV Squad
Furious 7 “Drop Teaser”, Universal Pictures, AV Squad
Guardians of the Galaxy “Outlaws”, Disney, mOcean
The Hobbit: BOTFA “Shadows Teaser”, New Line Cinema, Aspect
Pan “Tick Tock”, Warner Bros., TRANSIT

Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot
The Divergent Series: Insurgent “Stand Together”, Lionsgate, LIONSGATE
Dracula Untold “Power”, Universal Pictures, AV Squad
The Giver “Emotion”, The Weinstein Co., Aspect
Guardians of the Galaxy “World”, Disney, mOcean
Hobbit: BOTFA “Battle Begins”, New Line Cinema, Trailer Park

Best International Poster
As Above So Below “International One-Sheet”, Universal Pictures, Ignition
The Hobbit: BOTFA “Montage Intl One-Sheet”, New Line Cinema, Ignition
The Interview “Tank Intl One-Sheet”, Columbia Pictures, Ignition
Whiplash “One-Sheet”, Sony Pictures Classics, Cold Open

Warner Brothers films received 36 nominations in total.

The awards ceremony will be held on 6 May, 2015 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills

Congratulations to the incredible team at Weta. https://t.co/DbE1DK1cb3

Winner of the first category VFX is Weta Digital and The Hobbit #HPAAwards https://t.co/gGD0j7cKRx

Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film
"Jurassic World"
Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Kevin Martel, Martyn Culpitt // Industrial Light & Magic
"Tomorrowland"
Craig Hammack, Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Maia Kayser, Barry Williams // Industrial Light & Magic
"Into the Woods"
Matt Johnson, Christian Irles, Daniel Tarmy, Nicolas Chevallier, Benoit Dubuc // MPC
"Birdman"
Ara Khanikian, Sebastien Moreau, Sebastien Francoeur, Patrick David, Laurent Spillemaecker // Rodeo FX
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken // Weta Digital