By Will Mavity
With the Makeup & Hairstyling Guild announcing their nominees today and with the Critics Choice Documentary Awards taking place yesterday, now is a good time to let you all in on the important dates you need to know this awards season as far as the precursors are concerned. As mentioned before, this is a shortened season with the Oscars being moved to early February and we do not know what effect that will have on the rest of the season. It’s promising to be an exciting sprint to the finish line, so take a look below at all of the dates and mark your calendars!
NOVEMBER
November 20 – Hollywood Music in Media Awards
November 21 – Independent Spirit Award Nominations
November 25 – Hollywood Critics Nominations
DECEMBER
December 1 – British Independent Film Awards
December 2 – Gotham Independent Film Awards
December 2 – Annie Award Nominations
December 2 – Satellite Awards Nominations
December 3 – NBR Awards
December 4 – New York Film Critics Circle Awards
December 4 – AFI Awards
December 6 – Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations
December 7 – New York Film Critics Online Awards
December 7 – European Film Awards
December 7 – International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards
December 7 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Nominations
December 8 – Critics Choice Award Nominations
December 8 – LA Film Critics Awards
December 8 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Awards
December 8 – St Louis Film Critics Awards Nominations
December 8 – Philadelphia Film Critics Awards
December 9 – Art Directors Guild (ADG) Nominations
December 9 – Golden Globe Nominations
December 9 – San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
December 9 – Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
December 9 – Seattle Film Critics Nominations
December 10 – Women Film Critics Circle Awards
December 10 – African American Film Critics Awards
December 10 – Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Nominations
December 10 – Cinema Audio Society Nominations
December 10 – Southern Eastern Film Critics Awards
December 11 – American Cinema Editors (ACE) Nominations
December 11 – Black Reel Nominations
December 11 – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Nominations
December 11 – Indiana Film Journalists Nominations
December 12 – Chicago Critics Nominations
December 13 – Las Vegas Critics Awards
December 14 – Chicago Critics Awards
December 15 – Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
December 15 – Kansas City Film Critics Awards
December 15 – San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
December 15 – St Louis Film Critics Awards
December 16 – Oscar Shortlists Announced
December 16 – Seattle Film Critics Awards
December 16 – Motion Picture Sound Editors Nominations
December 16 – Indiana Film Journalists Awards
December 17 – Phoenix Film Critics Society
December 18 – Florida Critics Nominations
December 18 – USC Scripter Nominations
December 18 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations
December 22 – Utah Film Critics Association Awards
December 23 – Online Film Critics Society
December 23 – Online Association Of Female Film Critics Awards
December 23 – Florida Critics Awards
December 27 – North Carolina Film Critics Nominations
December 30 – Austin Film Critics Nominations
December 30 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Winners
JANUARY
January 2 – Houston Film Critics Awards
January 3 – North Carolina Critics Awards
January 3 – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations
January 3 – Dorian Award Nominations
January 3 – Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA)
January 4 – National Society of Film Critics Awards
January 5 – Golden Globes
January 6 – Online Film Critics Society Awards
January 6 – WGA (Writers Guild) Nominations
January 6 – VFX Society Nominations
January 7 – BAFTA Nominations
January 7 – DGA (Directors Guild) Nominations
January 7 – PGA (Producers Guild) Nominations
January 8 – Dorian Awards
January 9 – Hollywood Critics Awards
January 10 – Nashville Music City Film Critics Awards
January 11 – Makeup & Hair Guild Awards
January 11 – AARP Movies For Grownups Award
January 12 – Critics Choice Awards
January 13 – Oscar Nominations
January 17 – ACE (American Cinema Editors) Awards
January 18 – PGA (Producers Guild) Awards
January 19 – Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Awards
January 19 – SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards
January 25 – ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) Awards
January 25 – Annie Awards
January 25 – Cinema Audio Society Awards
January 25 – DGA Awards (Directors Guild)
January 25 – USC Scripter Awards
January 28 – Costume Designers Guild Awards
January 29 – VFX Society Awards
January 30 – London Film Critics Circle Awards
FEBRUARY
February 1 – ADG (Art Directors Guild) Awards
February 1 – WGA (Writers Guild) Awards
February 2 – BAFTA Awards
February 7 – Black Reel Awards
February 8 – Independent Spirit Awards
February 9 – Oscars
Please understand that this page may be subject to change as the season progresses. As always, we’ll be here to provide the necessary coverage you need to stay on top of anything and everything awards season!
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