2023 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Adapted Screenplay remains mostly the same as last month, just moving the pieces around a bit. One thing to think about is that United Artists... Read More
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
GALECA and Rotten Tomatoes partner for “Crimson Honors” scholarship, awarding financial support to underrepresented LGBTQ women and nonbinary college students of color in Southern California
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and Rotten Tomatoes, entertainment fans’ go-to resource for movie and TV recommendations, today announced the launch of The... Read More
32nd Gotham Awards nominations: ‘Aftersun,’ TÁR,’ ‘Women Talking,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’ lead
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards, singling out 23 feature films, 15 series, and 35... Read More
2022 Napa Valley Film Festival ‘Film, Food and Wine Showcase’ to honor Laura Dern, Janelle Monáe, Luis Guzmán, Stephanie Hsu and more
The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) today announced its NVFF 2022 Film, Food and Wine Showcase programming and honors, to take place at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia on November 10... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (October)
The Oscar shortlists will arrive on December 21, giving us the 15 contenders in Documentary Feature and International Feature Film that will be eligible to... Read More
2022 Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) nominations: ‘Elvis’ leads with 15
The 2022 Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) nominations for Australian-based productions have been announced and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis leads the way with a whopping... Read More
‘Triangle of Sadness,’ ‘Close,’ ‘Holy Spider’ among European Film Award finalists for Feature Film
35 films will be eligible for the 35th European Film Awards feature film award, including Cannes winners Close from Lukas Dhont, EO from Jerzy Skolimowski,... Read More
‘Swallowed,’ ‘The Blue Caftan’ win top NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival awards
NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization and one of the world’s most respected LGBTQ+ film festivals, has announced the recipients for the... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
Often, you only have to look to Costume Design predictions to help guide Production Design (or vice versa, for that matter) as the two so... Read More
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) nixes press conferences for 2023 Golden Globes
There will be no HFPA exclusive press conferences this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today that the organization will not hold any... Read More
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