Producers Guild of America Reveals 35th PGA Awards Nominations for Documentary

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) have revealed the nominees for its 35th annual Producers Guild Awards for Outstanding Producer of a Documentary Motion Picture, including American Symphony, The Mother of All Lies and 20 Days in Mariupol. Last year’s winner, Navalny, went on to win the Oscar.

Seven films will vie for the non-fiction category win when the PGA Awards ceremony takes place on February 25, 2024 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA. Nominations for feature film categories will be revealed on January 12.

Here are the nominees:

20 Days in Mariupol  
American Symphony  
Beyond Utopia  
The Disappearance of Shere Hite  
The Mother of All Lies  
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood  
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Here are the key dates for the 35th annual Producers Guild Awards season:

Eligibility Period for 2024 Producers Guild Awards

• Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Documentary Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures; Sports Children’s and Short Form: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023

Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline

• Documentary Motion Pictures: Friday, September 1, 2023
• Television Programs (Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures; Sports Children’s and Short Form): Friday, September 29, 2023
• Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures: Friday, October 13, 2023

 Screener Submission Deadline

• Documentary Motion Pictures: Friday, September 1, 2023

 Nomination Polls Open

• Sports, Children’s and Short Form: Thursday, November 30, 2023
• Television Series/Specials and Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, December 14, 2023
• Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures: Thursday, December 21, 2023

 Nomination Polls Close

• Sports, Children’s and Short Form: Thursday, December 14, 2023 (2:00 pm PST)
• Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, January 11, 2024 (2:00 pm PST)

 Nominees Announced

• Documentary Motion Pictures: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
• Sports, Children’s and Short Form: Friday, December 15, 2023
• Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Friday, January 12, 2024

 Final Polls Open

• Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Documentary Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Monday, January 22, 2024
• Sports, Children’s and Short Form: Friday, January 26, 2024

 PGA’s East and West Coast Celebrations of the 2024 Producers Guild Awards Nominees and Producing Teams

• Dates to be announced

Final Polls Close

• Sports, Children’s and Short Form: Thursday, February 8, 2024 (2:00 pm PST)
• Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, February 15, 2024 (2:00 pm PST)

 Awards Show

• Sunday, February 25, 2024

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