Key Dates and Deadlines Between January 1st and the Oscars (March 4th)
It’s the new year and we now enter what is essentially Phase II of awards season. The majority of critics’ groups have announced winners (or at least nominees) with some still to reveal this month. But January is where the heavy hitters land with the televised awards: The Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and the Screen Actors Guild. It’s also when the majority of non-televised guilds announce their nominations (the first two weeks of January alone are mind-boggling).
But something to really look at with these dates and deadlines is where a voting period lands between other awards bodies announcing. The potential impact from a win at next weekend’s Golden Globes could find itself in a very prime spot of the week of Oscar nomination voting. This year, two of the biggest and most important guilds – the Producers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild – will have announced their winners the weekend before Oscar nominations. With no time to scramble between those dates it could give us possible winners that miss out on the Oscars.
Here is an exhaustive list of key dates and deadlines between now and the 90th Academy Awards on March 4th. And be on the lookout for this year’s Build by Guild: Creating a Best Picture Nominee chart this week.
JANUARY
Jan. 2 – Annie Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 3 – ACE Eddie Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 3 – ADG Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 3 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 3 – CAS Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 3 – Golden Globes: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 3 – WGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 4 – WGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 4 – ADG Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 4 – CDG Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 4 – PGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 5 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Opens
Jan. 5 – PGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 5 – MUAHS Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 5 – AFI Awards: Ceremony
Jan. 5 – ASC Awards: Film Nomination Voting Closes
Jan. 5 – ACE Eddie Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 5 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 7 – Golden Globes
Jan. 8 – ADG Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 8 – MPSE Awards: Film Nominations Voting Opens
Jan. 8 – WGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 10 – ASC Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – CAS Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – CDG Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – DGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 10 – ASC Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 10 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 11 – DGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 11 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 12 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 15: NAACP Image Awards
Jan. 15 – VES Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 17 – MPSE Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 18 – ACE Eddie Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 19 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 19 – SAG Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 20 – PGA Awards
Jan. 21 – SAG Awards
Jan. 22 – MPSE Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 22 – MPSE Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 23 – Oscars: Nominations Announced
Jan. 23 – Annie Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 24 – CDG Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 25 – ADG Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 25 – MUAHS Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 25 – VES Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 26 – ACE Eddie Awards
Jan. 27 – ADG Awards
Jan. 29 – WGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
FEBRUARY
Feb. 2 – CAS Awards: Final Voting Opens
Feb. 2 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 3 – DGA Awards
Feb. 3 – Annie Awards
Feb. 5: Oscars: Nominees Luncheon
Feb. 8 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 8 – VES Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 10 – USC Scripter Awards
Feb. 10 – Oscars: Scientific & Technical Awards
Feb. 11 – WGA Awards
Feb. 12 – ASC Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 13 – VES Awards
Feb. 14 – CAS Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 14 – CDG Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 14 – MPSE Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 16 – MUAHS Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 17 – ASC Awards
Feb. 18 – BAFTA Awards
Feb. 18 – MPSE Awards
Feb. 20 – Oscars: Final Voting Opens
Feb. 20 – CDG Awards
Feb. 24 – CAS Awards
Feb. 24 – MUAHS Awards
Feb. 27 – Oscars: Final Voting Closes
MARCH
March 3 – Independent Spirit Awards
March 4 – Oscars
LEGEND
ACE – American Cinema Editors
ADG – Art Directors Guild
ASC – American Society of Cinematographers
BAFTA – British Academy of Film and Television Arts
CAS – Cinema Audio Society
CDG – Costume Designers Guild
DGA – Directors Guild
MPSE – Motion Picture Sound Editors
MUAH – Makeup and Hairstyling
PGA – Producers Guild
SAG – Screen Actors Guild
WGA – Writers Guild
VES – Visual Effects Society
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