When are the Oscars? The 2020-21 awards season schedule
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The shows, apparently, must go on.
The COVID-19 crisis forced film production shutdowns and blew up the distribution chain when movie theaters were closed in March, all of which has the various awards groups rethinking their calendars. Here’s a running tab of the entertainment industry’s rescheduled awards, and major film festival and dates. Accepting that the situations must all be fluid — and many dates are still likely to change — here’s what we know right now.
JULY 2020
28 - 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations
SEPTEMBER 2020
2-12 – Venice International Film Festival
4-7 – Telluride Film Festival
10-19 – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
20 – 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards
25-Oct. 11 – New York Film Festival
OCTOBER 2020
8-14 – Hamptons International Film Festival
8-18 – Mill Valley Film Festival
15-18 – Middleburg Film Festival
15-22 – AFI FEST (AFI)
22 – Gotham Award nominations (IFP)
NOVEMBER 2020
30 – 30th Gotham Awards (IFP)
DECEMBER 2020
12 – European Film Awards
18 – New York Film Critics Circle Awards
JANUARY 2021
11 – Gotham Awards (IFP)
26 – National Board of Review Awards
28-Feb. 3 – Sundance Film Festival
FEBRUARY 2021
3 – Golden Globe Award nominations
4 – Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations
7 – Critics’ Choice Awards nominations
9 – Oscar Shortlists announced
16 – Writers Guild of America nominations
25 - Palm Springs Film Festival (Only the film awards presentation. Festival moves to 2022.)
MARCH 2021
3 – Annie Award nominations
5 – Oscar nomination voting begins
7 – 25th Critics’ Choice Awards
10 – Oscar nomination voting ends
14 – 63rd Grammy Awards
15 – Oscar nominations
21 – Writers Guild of America Awards
31 – April 10th – Santa Barbara International Film Festival
APRIL 2021
4 - Screen Actors Guild Awards
7 – African-American Film Critics Association Awards
10 – Directors Guild of America Awards
11 – British Academy Film Awards
15 – Final Oscar voting begins
16 – Annie Awards
20 – Final Oscar voting ends
24 – The Film Independent Spirit Awards
