Manchester by the Sea Sweeps Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Manchester by the Sea dominated the winners of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, winning five of the six categories it... 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.
Love & Friendship, Moonlight Lead London Film Critics Circle Nominations
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Two films, one very under-awarded this season and one the awards leader this season, have topped the London Film Critics nominations... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Nominations
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2016 AWFJ EDA Awards. In our 10th... Read More
Detroit Film Critics Society Loves La La Land, Emma Stone, Casey Affleck and 20th Century Women
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Detroit Film Critics Society has announced their winners for 2016. La La Land picked up their top award along with... Read More
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Chooses Moonlight for Best Film, Rebecca Hall for Best Actress
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Moonlight has been named the Best Film of 2016 by the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA). The drama won a total of... Read More
Utah Film Critics Association: Emma Stone Wins First Critics’ Award, La La Land is Best Pic
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Utah Film Critics Association gave La La Land their Best Picture prize but the bigger news was that they also... Read More
St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners: La La Lands Sings Its Way to the Top
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The St. Louis Film Critics Association has announced their winners for the Best in Film for 2016 and La La Land... Read More
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Winners: Manchester by Sea is Best Film, Director, Actor
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Manchester by the Sea won Best Film from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the 2nd oldest critics group in the... Read More
2016-2017 Awards Tracker – The Critics
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Keeping track of who wins what from what group can be confusing so here is a handy-dandy graphic that details the... Read More
2017 Oscars: What You Need to Know about the Foreign Language Film Oscar Finalists
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] When the Academy announced the shortlist of nine films eligible for a Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination next month, plenty of gasps... Read More
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