2022 SXSW lineup announced: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ to open fest, ‘Atlanta’ season 3 premiere to close, plus Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock in ‘The Lost City’
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals (March 11-20, 2022) has announced the full program for the 29th edition of the SXSW Film Festival with the... 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.
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) to honor Ellen Kuras, Peter Levy, Dan Sasaki and John Lindley at March ceremony
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will recognize the work of four exceptional artists at the ASC’s 36th Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography. Ellen Kuras, ASC... Read More
Bleecker Street acquires U.S. rights to Sundance winner ‘892’ starring John Boyega and Michael Kenneth Williams
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to Abi Damaris Corbin’s (The Suitcase) debut feature 892 starring John Boyega (Star Wars, Attack the Block), the... Read More
‘House of Gucci,’ ‘The French Dispatch,’ Zola’ among 37th Casting Society of America (CSA) Artios Awards nominees
The Casting Society of America (CSA) today announced the film nominees for the 37th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of Casting Directors to film,... Read More
2022 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Nomination Predictions
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) are in their second year of dramatically different voting for its longlists and nominees, making predictions... Read More
AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast #88: BAFTA nomination predictions with Kenzie Vanunu
On this 88th podcast I am joined by Kenzie Vanunu to talk about the upcoming BAFTA nominations, which will be announced February 3. Kenzie and... Read More
2022 Sundance: ‘Nanny,’ ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth,’ ‘All That Breathes’ win top awards
After nine days, 84 feature films and 59 short films, the juries have deliberated and the audience has voted, and tonight the 2022 Sundance Film... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions (1/28/22): The Guilded Age
Like a rolling storm they came in, the Makeup and Hairstylists guild (MUAH), BAFTA longlists and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. Then Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA), Visual Effects... Read More
Directors Guild (DGA) nominations: Women rule as Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Huezo, Rebecca Hall and Emma Seligman earn nods
Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter today announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for... Read More
TCM’s annual ’31 Days of Oscar’ lineup announced featuring premieres of ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,’ ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ and more
Turner Classic Movies’ iconic annual programming tradition “31 Days of Oscar” is back on March 1st. This year, for the first time, they will be celebrating The... Read More
With Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Winning an Oscar, Which Multi-Nominee is Next? 
BAFTA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Still Has More Growing Up To Do 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23