2018 Oscars: Analyzing the chances of Foreign Language Film contenders from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Kyrgyzstan
Our sixth piece on this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race turns Eastern Europe with Bulgaria and Bosnia’s Oscar submissions as well as Asia’s Kyrgyzstan. 2018... 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.
Gotham Awards Winner Predictions: Call Me By Your Name vs Get Out
The Gotham Awards aren’t usually looked at as a serious precursor but in a year where everything is so up in the air, I’ll take... Read More
Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Good Time, Lady Bird Lead the 2018 Independent Spirit Award Nominations
The nominations for the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards have been announced and Call Me By Your Name (6), Get Out (5), Good Time (5) and... Read More
Chasing Coral, Cries From Syria, Jane Among Producers Guild Documentary Feature Nominees
The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for Documentary Feature. They are: Chasing Coral City of Ghosts Cries From Syria Earth: One... Read More
Winners Announced for Fall 2017 SFFILM/Rainin Filmmaking Grants
$250,000 Awarded to Narrative Features Through Nine Grants for Projects in Various Stages of Production and a New Post-Production Loan San Francisco, CA – SFFILM, in partnership with... Read More
Get Out, Girls Trip, Marshall Top 49th NAACP Image Awards Nominations
The nominations for the 49th NAACP Image Awards have been announced and in the Motion Picture section Get Out, Girls Trip and Marshall lead the... Read More
Independent Spirit Award Nominations Predictions: Good Time, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Florida Project Could Be Top Contenders
The nominations for the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards are tomorrow and here’s your 11th hour predictions. Lily Collins and Tessa Thompson will announce the... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature – Analyzing the Chances of A Silent Voice and Ethel & Ernest
In our fifth piece on this year’s exciting animated feature race – and its fascinating indie contenders – we turn to two under-the-radar indie films... Read More
Screen Actors Guild Nomination Predictions (Film): Screeners Remain the Name of the Game
Screeners. There probably isn’t an awards body, industry or otherwise, that depends on in-hand screeners for its nominations than the Screen Actors Guild. It’s why... Read More
Golden Globe Predictions (Motion Picture): The Post, Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards, Get Out, Lady Bird and I, Tonya in the fight
The Golden Globes feel more difficult to predict this year than most. With category placements for films like Three Billboards in Drama, Get Out in... 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 
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