

PTĭeadline for WGA preliminary series voting.ĬDGA nomination ballots voting closes at 5 p.m. PTĭeadline for Golden Globe Television nomination ballots to be mailed to all HFPA members by Ernst & Youngĭeadline for receipt of Golden Globe Television nomination ballots by Ernst & Young, at 5 p.m. IDA member voting closes for Best Feature and Best Short DocumentaryĬDGA nomination ballot voting opens online at 6 a.m. Preliminary online voting for WGA series beginsĬDGA Submission entries close at 5 p.m. Online voting begins for Art Directors Guild television and feature film nominations IDA member voting opens for Best Feature and Best Short Documentaryįull Cinema eye Honors nominations announcedĭeadline for submissions: Series, TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Awardĭeadline for submission of Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entry forms Submission website for 2021 Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entries opensĪFI Awards submissions close at 5 p.m. PT.įirst Cinema Eye Honors awards announcements International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards shortlists announcedĪmerican Cinema Editors ACE Eddie awards submissions openĬostume Designers Guild of America (CDGA) submissions open online at 6 a.m.

Hamptons International Film Festival opensīIFA screening deadline: all films must be available to be seen by voters.Ĭritics Choice documentary awards nominations deliberations conclude.Ĭritics Choice documentary awards nominations announced. Writers Guild submissions open in all categoriesĬritics Choice Documentary Awards deliberations begin Toronto International Film Festival opensįinal deadline for Critics Choice documentary submissionsīritish Independent Film Awards (BIFA) final entry deadline The Venice International Film Festival opens See the constantly updating calendar below. The Academy has also changed its Oscar submission deadlines and awards calendar, and other awards groups are following suit. Big titles like David Fincher’s biopic “Mank,” starring Oscar-winner Gary Oldman, may thrive without a fall festival launch (Netflix hasn’t sent any films to fall festivals), but smaller, less pedigreed titles, which need discovery from media and audiences, could suffer from the lack of festival attention.ĭiversity Among 2022 Oscar Contenders Offers No Obvious Read on ProgressĮmmy Predictions: Best Limited Series - Was It 'The Queen's Gambit' All Along?Įmmy Predictions: Best Actor in a Drama Series - One More for Porter, or a First for O'Connor? AFI FEST and even January’s Sundance may play a role in the 2021 Oscar race. Most Oscar seasons are comprised of movies that open after Labor Day weekend, but fall film festivals are also under duress: Telluride is canceled, and Venice, Toronto and New York are taking slimmer forms this year.

Even during the 1918 Spanish Flu, Hollywood production continued and most theaters remained open.

Martin Luther King, Jr.), and 1981 (the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan), but the film industry has never seen anything like the 2020 pandemic. The precedents for changing the Oscar date include a delay in 1938 (a flood in Los Angeles), 1968 (the assassination of Dr. The date change and extended eligibility period give a swath of films more time to finish production and reach audiences without sacrificing their chances for Oscar contention. The Academy pushed back the Oscars 2021 telecast to April 25, eight weeks back from the old date, February 28.
