The 2020-2021 Awards Season Calendar

[OscarGuy]

Most critics groups receive screeners, even for films that haven't released to the general public (That's how I saw Promising Young Woman this year). So, most likely they saw it either as Magilla said at festivals or via screener. I know some studios are doing the full court press with Netflix going all in on Trial of the Chicago 7 (massive coffee table book came with this year's screeners...it was a bit shameless, but Globe voters will probably love it).

[Big Magilla]

The Father played Sundance last January and various other film festivals throughout the year so critics have seen it even though it has not had an official theatrical release.

[Reza]

Guilds will as most of them have set timetables closer to the Oscars. However, film critics are by and large sticking with the 2020 calendar year. I know mine (the OFCS and GALECA) are. That said, the films just have to open in 2020 on a single screen to be considered, so they could get around that, who knows. Either that or Boston wasn't paying much attention to the fact that The Father, which was supposed to open this coming weekend, moved to February.

So does that mean the Boston critics voted for The Father without watching the film? I find that hard to believe.

[OscarGuy]

Guilds will as most of them have set timetables closer to the Oscars. However, film critics are by and large sticking with the 2020 calendar year. I know mine (the OFCS and GALECA) are. That said, the films just have to open in 2020 on a single screen to be considered, so they could get around that, who knows. Either that or Boston wasn't paying much attention to the fact that The Father, which was supposed to open this coming weekend, moved to February.

[Reza]

French Exit, The Mauritanian and The Father for starters, although that apparently doesn't bother Boston which has just voted something or another to The Father which won't open until 2/26/2021.

I think all the guilds are going to take into consideration these late openers. The studios may have given them screeners.

[Big Magilla]

French Exit, The Mauritanian and The Father for starters, although that apparently doesn't bother Boston which has just voted something or another to The Father which won't open until 2/26/2021.

[Reza]

The awards in December and January may be interesting in and of themselves, but they will not be true indicators of the Oscars in the way they have been in the past because most, if not all, of them will be based on films released theatrically or instreaming through the end of 2020 and will not take into consideration the Oscar bait releases of January and February.

Which Oscar bait films come out in January and February?

[Big Magilla]

BAFTA Awards will be handed out on April 11.

The awards in December and January may be interesting in and of themselves, but they will not be true indicators of the Oscars in the way they have been in the past because most, if not all, of them will be based on films released theatrically or instreaming through the end of 2020 and will not take into consideration the Oscar bait releases of January and February.

[Reza]

DECEMBER 2020

9th – SFFILM Awards Night

12th – European Film Awards (EFA)

13th – Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (BSFC)

15th – Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations (IFJA)

18th – Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations (CFCA)

18th – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)

19th – Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards (BOFCA)

20th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)

21st – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA)

28th – North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominations (NCFCA)

JANUARY 2021
4th – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)

9th – National Society Of Film Critics (NSFC)

11th – Gotham Awards (IFP)

11th – Screen Actors Guild Nomination Voting Begins (SAG)

24th – Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC)

26th – National Board of Review Awards (NBR)

28th-February 3rd – Sundance Film Festival (virtual/cross country hybrid)

29th – Writers Guild of America Nomination Voting Begins (WGA)

FEBRUARY 2021
1st – Satellite Nominations

1st – Screen Actors Guild Nomination Voting Ends 12pm PT (SAG)

2nd – Hollywood Critics Association Nominations (HCA)

3rd – Golden Globe Award Nominations (HFPA)

4th – Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)

7th – Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations (CCA)

8th – Washington DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA)

9th – Oscar Shortlists Announced (AMPAS)

10th – Final Screen Actors Guild Voting Begins (SAG)

12th – Writers Guild of America Voting Ends (WGA)

16th – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)

17th – Directors Guild of America Voting Opens (DGA)

18th – Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild Nominations (IATSE Local 706)

19th – Final Writers Guild of America Voting Begins (WGA)

25th – Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

25th – Producers Guild of America Nomination Voting Begins (PGA)

26th – American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)

28th – Golden Globe Awards (HPFA)

MARCH 2021
2nd – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)

2nd – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)

3rd – Annie Award nominations

4th – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG)

5th – Hollywood Critics Association Awards (HCA)

5th – Oscar Nomination Voting Begins

5th – Final Writers Guild of America Voting Ends (WGA)

7th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)

8th – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)

9th – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)

9th – Directors Guild of America Nominations (DGA)

9th – Final Directors Guild of America Voting Begins (DGA)

9th - EE British Academy Film Awards Nominations (BAFTA)

10th – Oscar Nomination Voting Ends

10th – Final Screen Actors Guild Voting Ends 12pm PT (SAG)

11th – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)

11th – Producers Guild of America Nomination Voting Ends (PGA)

12th – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)

12th – Final Producers Guild of America Voting Begins (PGA)

12th - 46th César Awards

14th – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)

15th – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)

16th – 20th – South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) – virtual

19th – Final Producers Guild of America Voting Ends (PGA)

21st – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)

24th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)

31st – April 10th – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)

APRIL 2021
3rd – Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild Awards (IATSE Local 706)

6th – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)

7th – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)

9th – Final Directors Guild of America Voting Ends (DGA)

10th – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)

10th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)

11th – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

13th – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)

15th – Final Oscar Voting Begins

16th – Annie Awards

17th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)

18th – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)

18th – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)

20th – Final Oscar Voting Ends

24th – Film Independent Spirit Awards

24th - Razzie Awards

25th – Academy Awards (AMPAS)