The highly anticipated eighth chapter of the Mission: Impossible is officially headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival next month and will be presented Out... 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.
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, during... Read More
BAFTA today confirmed that the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2026. The announcement marks the first of the major... Read More
Mark Fishkin, Executive Director/Founder of the California Film Institute (CAFILM), and Joni Cooper, Director of Programming for the DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), have announced... Read More
Another big week of trailer and teasers, largely thanks to CinemaCon 2025, which gave tons of exclusive sneak peeks to the Las Vegas attendees (like... Read More
Endowment provides essential funding and resources to support Asian and AAPI programming at the Academy Museum and acquisitions into the Academy Collection Academy President Janet... Read More
Sony Pictures hit Las Vegas yesterday with its splashy slate of upcoming from ranging from legendary IP, auteur directors, the a four-film event of the... Read More
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to the film of the recent, smash Tony Award-winning musical performance, Merrily We Roll... Read More
After months of speculation, Sony Pictures officially confirmed the cast of The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, directed by Sam Mendes at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas. Harris... Read More
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) announced today that it will hold its annual Gala Awards dinner on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at TAO... Read More

‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival
Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival
British Film Academy Sets Dates for 2026 BAFTA Awards
9th DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup
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Academy Announces Janet Yang Endowment for Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Filmmaking
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to Live Filmed Version of Tony Award-Winning ‘Merrily We Roll Along’
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Announces Date for 2026 Gala Awards Dinner
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Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award
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