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All awards and nominations lead to the coveted Academy Awards ceremony. As the industry’s leader in awards analysis, predictions and the entertainment business, you can find the key upcoming dates for this year’s awards season.

All critical dates are in bold. Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, 2021, with voting set to take place for six days beginning on March 5. The 93rd annual Academy Awards (The Oscars) are scheduled to air live on ABC on Sunday, April 25, from multiple locations, including the Dolby Theatre.

Oscar nomination voting will begin before critical groups, and guilds such as the Critics Choice winners (March 7), PGA nominations (March 8), DGA nominations (March 9), ASC nominations (March 9) and BAFTA nominations (March 9) get to reveal their selections. The ACE Eddies nominations will also be announced after voting has concluded (March 11). This is significant as in years like 2012 when nominations are occurring before major guilds weigh-in, we tend to see many surprises on Oscar nomination morning (such as Ben Affleck from “Argo” and Kathryn Bigelow from “Zero Dark Thirty” snubbed and shockers like Benh Zeitlin from “Beasts of the Southern Wild” included).

Check out the key dates below and bookmark the page.

FEBRUARY 2021

Feb 12 – Writers Guild of America Voting Ends (WGA)
Feb 16 – Final Screen Actors Guild Voting Begins (SAG)
Feb 16 – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
Feb 17– Directors Guild of America Voting Opens (DGA)
Feb 18– Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild Nominations (IATSE Local 706)
Feb 19 – Final Writers Guild of America Voting Begins (WGA)
Feb 23 – Final Golden Globe Voting Ends (HFPA)
Feb 25 – Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
Feb 25 – Producers Guild of America Nomination Voting Begins (PGA)
Feb 26 – American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)
Feb 28 – Golden Globe Awards (HPFA) – TELEVISED

MARCH 2021

March 1 – Golden Reel Award Nominations (MPSE)
March 2 – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
March 2 – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
March 2 – Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS)
March 3 – Annie Award nominations (The Annies)
March 4 – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG)
March 5 – Hollywood Critics Association Awards (HCA)
March 5 – Academy Awards Nomination Voting Begins (The Oscars)
March 5 – Final Writers Guild of America Voting Ends (WGA)
March 5-14 – Miami International Film Festival
March 7 – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA) – TELEVISED
March 8 – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
March 9 – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)
March 9 – Cinema Eye Honors Awards (CEHA)
March 9 – Directors Guild of America Nominations (DGA)
March 9 – Final Directors Guild of America Voting Begins (DGA)
March 9 – EE British Academy Film Awards Nominations (BAFTA)
March 10 – Academy Awards Nomination Voting Ends
March 11 – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)
March 11 – Producers Guild of America Nomination Voting Ends (PGA)
March 12 – Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations (DFCS)
March 12 – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
March 12 – Final Producers Guild of America Voting Begins (PGA)
March 13 – USC Scripter Awards (The Scripters)
March 14 – Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (DFCS)
March 15 – 93rd Academy Award Nominations (Oscars) –
March 16–20 – South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW)
March 19 – Final Producers Guild of America Voting Ends (PGA)
March 21 – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
March 24 – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
March 30 – Final Screen Actors Guild Voting Ends (SAG)
March 31 – April 10 – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)

APRIL 2021

April 3 – Make-Up & Hairstylists Guild Awards (IATSE Local 706)
April 4 – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) – televised
April 6 – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
April 7 – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)
April 9 – Final Directors Guild of America Voting Ends (DGA)
April 10 – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
April 10 – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
April 11 – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) – televised
April 13 – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
April 15 – Casting Society of America Artios Awards (CSA)
April 15 – Final Academy Awards Voting Begins
April 16 – Annie Awards (The Annies)
April 17 – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
April 18 – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)
April 18 – Dorian Awards (GALECA)
April 18 – Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
April 18 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
April 20 – Final Academy Awards Voting Ends
April 22 – Film Independent Spirit Awards – TELEVISED
April 25 – 93rd annual Academy Awards (Oscars)