Cannes 2017: Did Any of the Winners Start Their Oscar Campaigns?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has wrapped with more than a few surprises when the winners were announced at the Closing... 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.
Cannes 2017 Winners: The Square wins the Palme, Nicole Kidman given 70th anniversary prize
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ruben Östlund’s satirical drama The Square has won the Palme D’Or of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The tale of... Read More
Cannes 2017: Winner Predictions
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Predictions for the top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival are never easy. While there are critics’ reviews and polls upon... Read More
Cannes 2017: Claire Denis and Chloe Zhao Win Top Directors’ Fortnight Prizes
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017’s Directors’ Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao’s The Rider, which was picked up by... Read More
Frameline 41 Goes Genre Queer: Full Lineup of San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival Announced
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Frameline , the world’s longest-running and largest showcase of queer cinema, is pleased to announce that Frameline41 , the San Francisco... Read More
Oscar Profile: WONDER
Wonder Lionsgate – 11/17 Dir: Stephen Chbosky Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Daveed Diggs, Mandy Patinkin, Sonia Braga, Izabela Vidovic What It’s... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Huge Shakeup as ‘Wonderstruck’ Plummets and Spielberg’s ‘Pentagon Papers’ Tops
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In the biggest shakeup since starting Frontrunner Friday for the 2018 Oscar season, the previous #1 (and the official #1 for... Read More
Cannes Unveils ‘Wonderstruck,’ the First Oscar Player of the Festival
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has just kicked off and the new film from Todd Haynes, Wonderstruck, was first out of the gate and gives... Read More
A Brief History of Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival and Who Might Win This Year
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 70th Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week (Thursday, to be exact) but did you know that only Cannes Palme... Read More
TRAILER: First Look at Emma Stone and Steve Carell in ‘Battle of the Sexes’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Fresh of her Academy Award win for Best Actress, Emma Stone (La La Land) hits the court with Academy Award nominee... Read More
Who’s Won What? – The 2025/2026 Critics Awards Leaders 
St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA): ‘Sinners’ Dominates with 10 Wins 
Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Go For ‘One Battle After Another,’ Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke and More