AwardsWatch - Awards

New York Film Critics Circle choose December 18 for awards, will not consider any film released after December 31

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) announced today that it will reveal its yearly award winners for film on December 18, 10 days later... Read More

National Board of Review awards move to January 2021

Erik Anderson September 9, 2020

The National Board of Review, usually the first awards body to hand out film accolades, has picked up from its usual late November slot and... Read More

Academy announces new, sweeping representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility

Erik Anderson September 8, 2020

For the last few years, the Oscars, after coming under intense scrutiny when 2016 had only white acting nominees and spawning the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite (coined... Read More

Dan Levy, Janelle Monáe, Billy Porter, Regina King and more set to appear in first LGBTQ Entertainment Critics TV Awards special

Erik Anderson September 8, 2020

‘The Dorians TV Toast 2020 on Revry,’ Hosted by Talk Radio Icon Karel from his Virtual Pub, Streams Globally September 13th September 8, 2020 (Hollywood,... Read More

SFFILM announces 2020 Documentary Film Fund winners

Erik Anderson September 3, 2020

SFFILM Makers’ Non-Fiction Post-Production Fund Awards a Total of $80,000 to Four Projects SFFILM today announced the four winners of 2020 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund grants totaling $80,000, which support... Read More

12th African American Film Critics Association awards (AAFCA) get April 2021 date

Erik Anderson September 2, 2020

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will hold its 12th Annual AAFCA Awards honoring outstanding achievement in film on April 7, 2021, it was... Read More

Emmy nominees who could be one step closer to EGOT

Erik Anderson September 2, 2020

With every new Emmy, Grammy, Oscar or Tony Awards the entertainment industry finds itself with emerging EGOT contenders. Some looking for a 2nd or 3rd... Read More

Emmys: ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,’ Joseph Gordon-Levitt win early juried awards

Erik Anderson September 1, 2020

NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Adult Swim’s Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, FX’s Archer and YouTube’s HITRECORD from Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among this year’s first batch of Emmy... Read More

Dan Levy (‘Schitt’s Creek’) may be on the way to a happy ending and make Emmy history

Amanda Spears August 31, 2020

The auteur is having a moment at the Emmys—writing, directing and/or starring in a series is the new normal on the comedy side. While winning... Read More