2020 Awards Season Calendar

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

This is as unconventional an awards season as it gets. The pandemic has shifted release calendars for every major distributor, it’s shut down nearly every cinema across North America at one point or another (with the largest markets still closed), and it’s moved the Academy Awards to the end of April - which means the eligibility period for the Oscars extends beyond the traditional December 31 date.

While most precursors are following a “normal” schedule for choosing the Best of 2020, the alternative awards season calendar is going to be confusing, especially for those of you keeping a close eye on your Oscars predictions.

Stay tuned as we update the 2020 Awards Season Calendar with the latest dates and links to nominations and winners.

SEPTEMBER 2020
2nd - Venice International Film Festival begins
10th - Toronto International Film Festival begins
12th - Venice International Film Festival ends - WINNERS
19th - Toronto International Film Festival begins - WINNERS

OCTOBER 2020
15th AFI FEST begins
22nd - AFI FEST ends - WINNERS
26th - Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES

NOVEMBER 2020
12th - Gotham Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES
16th - Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards - WINNERS
23rd - EnergaCAMERAIMAGE Awards - WINNERS
24th - IDA Documentary Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES

DECEMBER 2020
9th - British Independent Film Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES
12th - European Film Awards - WINNERS
14th - National Film Registry Announced 2020 List of Films - HONOREES
18th - New York Film Critics Circle Awards - WINNERS
20th - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - WINNERS

JANUARY 2021
8th - North Dakota Film Society Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES
11th - Gotham Awards - WINNERS
11th - Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations voting begins
14th - Academy Announces Hersholt Humanitarian Award Recipients - HONOREES
15th - North Dakota Film Society Awards - WINNERS
16th - IDA Documentary Awards - WINNERS
25th - 2020 AFI Awards - WINNERS
26th - Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced - NOMINEES
26th - National Board of Review Awards - WINNERS
26th - Golden Globes Announce Cecil B. DeMillle Recipient - HONOREE
26th - USC Scripter Awards finalists announced - FINALISTS
28th - Sundance Film Festival begins - LINEUP

FEBRUARY 2021
1st - Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations voting ends
2nd - Producers Guild of America Awards Documentary nominations announced
3rd - Golden Globe Awards nominations announced
3rd - Sundance Film Festival ends
4th - Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations announced
7th - Critics’ Choice Awards nominations announced
9th - Oscar shortlists announced
16th - Screen Actors Guild Awards final voting begins
16th - Writers Guild of America nominations announced
18th - Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild nominations announced
19th - BAFTA nominations voting begins
25th - Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
26th - American Film Institute AFI Awards
28th - Golden Globe Awards

MARCH 2021
1st - BAFTA nominations voting ends
1st - Golden Reel Awards nominations announced
2nd - Art Directors Guild nominations announced
2nd - Cinema Audio Society nominations announced
3rd - Annie Awards nominations announced
4th - Costume Designers Guild nominations announced
5th - Academy Awards nomination voting begins
7th - Critics’ Choice Awards
9th - American Society of Cinematographers nominations announced
9th - BAFTA nominations announced
9th - Cinema Eye Honors Awards
9th - Directors Guild of America nominations announced
10th - Academy Awards nomination voting ends
11th - American Cinema Editors nominations announced
12th - Producers Guild of America Awards nominations announced
15th - Academy Awards nominations announced
21st - Writers Guild of America Awards
24th - Producers Guild of America Awards
31st - Santa Barbara International Film Festival begins

APRIL 2021
3rd - Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild Awards
4th - Screen Actors Guild Awards
6th - Visual Effects Society Awards
7th - African-American Film Critics Association Awards
10th - Art Directors Guild Awards
10th - Directors Guild of America Awards
11th - BAFTA Awards
13th - Costume Designers Guild Awards
15th - Casting Society of America Artios Awards
15th - Academy Awards final voting begins
16th - Annie Awards
17th - Cinema Audio Society Awards
18th - American Cinema Editors Awards
18th - Dorian Awards
18th - Golden Reel Awards
18th - American Society of Cinematographers Awards
20th - Academy Awards final voting ends
22nd - Film Independent Spirit Awards
25th - Academy Awards