Each year, Mundos Digitales presents this distinction to an outstanding professional in the fields of animation, visual effects, or new media. This recognition honours their career, talent, and contribution to the advancement of digital creation, highlighting their impact on the industry, their role in the evolution of technology and digital tools that transform the way stories are created and told, or their legacy in new forms of visual and narrative expression.
Mundos Digitales grants its 2026 Special Award for his contribution to the industry to Laura Pedro.
VFX Supervisor
El Ranchito
She has had an extensive career as a visual effects supervisor, which began with A Monster Calls and was consolidated with her acclaimed work on Society of the Snow, alongside Félix Bergés, a project that earned her her third Goya Award, two Gaudí Awards, the European Film Award for Excellence, and inclusion on the Oscar shortlist.
Throughout her career, she has worked on more than half a dozen films, standing out for her ability to find creative and technically precise visual solutions during filming.
Her talent has been recognized with her admission to the Hollywood Academy and, recently, with the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
Her latest released works are Wolfgang by Javier Ruiz Caldera and Cien años de soledad (Netflix).