‘Close,’ ‘Pray for Our Sinners’ win top awards at 30th Hamptons International Film Festival
The 30th anniversary edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival, presented by HamptonsFilm, today announced their award winners for this year’s feature and short film... Read More
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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.
2023 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)
Action films and Best Picture. Those have historically been the keys to the Film Editing Oscar, and in many ways, often the other way around.... Read More
Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announces key 2023 awards dates, splits creative arts into separate event
The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today that their inaugural HCA Creative Arts Awards will occur on Friday, February 17, 2023. Nominations are set to... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
Firstly, pour one out for anyone who isn’t Roger Deakins. The 15-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner in this category can pretty much be penciled... Read More
Los Angeles Film Critics to honor Claire Denis with Career Achievement Award
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen writer-director Claire Denis as the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award. LAFCA’s awards honoring the year’s... Read More
Key West Film Festival announces Chris Cooper and Elegance Bratton as Golden Key Awards recipients
The Key West Film Festival announced today the recipients of its annual Golden Key Awards to be presented to screen legend Chris Cooper and Elegance... Read More
New images and a behind the scenes look at ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Today, Netflix revealed new images, behind the scenes looks and the first poster for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, arriving in select theaters this November and... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)
Not to be outdone by Original Score, Original Song should also feature a wealth of previous winners, an all-time nominee as well as at least... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)
We could be seeing double, well, double double, this December when the Oscar shortlists roll in for the original scores that the Academy music branch... Read More
2022 NewFest: 34th New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival to feature ‘Mama’s Boy,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,’ ‘The Inspection’ and more
The 34th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival will take place throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn and virtually across the US October 13-25, 2022. NewFest, New... Read More
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