Checking in on the Surreal 2021 Awards Calendar

What a bizarre year this has been. Film awards will, in fact, roll out come hell or high water. All we can hope is that the Oscars aren’t virtual. That would be my Christmas wish. Either which way, film and TV feel kind of blurred since we’ll all be seeing most of these movies on streaming. We are all being forced now to adopt to the new model that is likely our future anyway. Will theaters die all the way? I hope not. But at some point it’s going to be harder to make an argument for “smaller” films to open in a theater, which will be given over to event movies. Maybe. Maybe not. Nothing is predictable at this point.

Truly, this is madness. For it only to be October and to have to parse a race that won’t come to a close until April is hard to fathom in the modern way we follow the race. But before the race became so back logged, when the date changed, the Oscars were held in late March. Back then, Oscar movies were SEEN in December and then evaluated starting in January. But it’s still hard to fathom.

One thing to note: Oscar nomination voting is just five days. From March 5-March 10. 

The Producers Guild has announced that their show will be virtual:

“Our 2021 PGA Awards will look different than previous years with a shift to a virtual presentation, but we’re excited by the opportunity to put on our show in a more accessible, personal, and entirely new way. Shining a light on the tireless work of our peers and the pioneers of our industry who are leading us into the next chapter of entertainment will be a great way to reflect and regroup as we continue to move our industry forward. Amidst the changes happening all around us, our commitment to our members, and to uplifting the art and craft of producing, is steadfast,” said Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, Presidents of the Producers Guild of America.

This list will be kept on our sidebar and we will continue to update it.

These are the biggest hits — you can see the full calendar at Rotten Tomatoes

November
Gotham Independent Film Awards, 11/12

December
European Film Awards, 12/12
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 12/18

January
National Society of Film Critics 1/9
Gotham Independent Film Awards 1/11
National Board of Review Winners, 1/26
WGA-Writers Guild voting begins, 1/29

February
Golden Globe nominations, 2/3
SAG-Screen Actors Guild nominations, 2/4
AMPAS-Voting ends, 2/5
AMPAS – shortlists announced, 2/9
WGA-voting closes, 2/12
WGA-Screenplay Nominations Announced, 2/16
WGA-final voting begins, 2/19
ACE-Editors Guild, Voting begins, 2/19
PGA-Producers Guild, Nomination voting begins, 2/25
Golden Globe Awards 2/28

March
MPSE – (Sound Editors) Nominations, 3/1
CAS-Cinema Audio Society Nominations , 3/2
Annie Awards Nominations, 3/3
WGA-final voting ends, 3/5
AMPAS-Nomination Voting begins, 3/5
VES-Visual Effects Nominations, 3/8
ACE-Voting Ends, 3/8
AMPAS-Nomination Voting Ends, 3/10
ACE-Nominations Announced, 3/11
PGA-Producers Guild voting ends, 3/11
PGA-Producers Guild Nominations Announced, March 12
SAG-Screen Actors Guild Awards, 3/14
AMPAS – Oscar Nominations, 3/15
ACE-Editors Guild, Final Voting Begins, 3/19
PGA-Producers Guild, Final Voting ends, 3/19
WGA-Writers Guild Awards, 3/21
PGA-Producers Guild Awards, 3/24
ACE-Editors Guild, Final Ballots Due, 3/26

April
VES-Visual Effects Society Winners, 4/6
DGA-Directors Guild Awards, 4/10
ADG-Art Directors Guild Awards, 4/10
BAFTAS, 4/11
AMPAS-Final voting begins, 4/15
Annie Awards, 4/16
CAS-Cinema Audio Society Awards, 4/17
MPSE- (sound editors) Awards, 4/18
ACE-Ace Eddie Awards, 4/18
AMPAS-Final voting ends, 4/20
Spirit Awards, 4/24
AMPAS – The 93rd Academy Awards