One thing missing from the upcoming awards lineup: January’s Golden Globes, which has been canceled as the Hollywood Foreign Press institutes long overdue reforms. Looking to fill that gap are beefed-up iterations of the Gotham, Independent Spirits, and Critics Choice Awards (CCA).
Here’s our (constantly updated) list of awards dates to remember: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Venice International Film Festival opens Thursday, September 2, 2021 Telluride Film Festival opens Submissions open for the MPSE Golden Reel Awards Thursday, September 9, 2021 Toronto International Film Festival opens Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Submissions close for Gotham Awards Wednesday, September 22, 2021 PGA Awards submission deadline for documentary motion pictures Friday, September 24, 2021 New York Film Festival opens Monday, September 27, 2021 Submissions open for Critics Choice Awards (CCA) TV categories Submissions open for Costume Designers Guild (CDGA) and accessible on CDG website Monday, October 4, 2021 Submissions open for Art Directors Guild (ADG) TV and feature categories Submissions open for American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Feature and TV categories Wednesday, October 6, 2021 BFI London Film Festival opens Wednesday, October 13, 2021 PGA Awards submission deadline for theatrical and animated motion pictures Monday, October 18, 2021 Critics Choice Documentary nominations announced Thursday, October 21, 2021 Gotham Awards nominations announced Monday, October 25, 2021 International Documentary Association features and shorts shortlist announced Monday, November 1, 2021 Submissions open for ACE Eddie Awards nominations Monday, November 8, 2021 Submissions for ADG TV close Submissions open for Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) online Announce DGA documentary nominees Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Cinema Audio Society (CAS) entry submission form available online Wednesday, November 10, 2021 AFI FEST opens Sunday, November 14, 2021 Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced
Monday, November 15, 2021 Oscar general entry categories submission deadline Submissions close for CCA TV categories All IDA awards nominees announcement Deadline for submission of Golden Globe Motion picture and Television entries Tuesday, November 16, 2021 CCA nomination committees begin deliberations Monday, November 22, 2021 American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards submissions open Monday, November 29, 2021 31st Annual Gotham Awards CDGA submission entries close at 5 p.m. PT Tuesday, November 30, 2021 ASC TV eligibility ends Deadline for motion picture nomination ballots to be sent to HFPA members by Ernst & Young Visual Effects Society (VES) submission deadline Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Critics Choice Awards TV nominations announced Friday, December 3, 2021 CCA nomination committees render official recommendations African American Film Critics Awards (AAFCA) screening/screener deadline Sunday, December 5, 2021 ASC Feature and TV entries due Monday, December 6, 2021 CCA TV nominations announced Submissions close for MUAHS at 5 p.m. PT Screen Actors Guild nominations voting opens Tuesday, December 7, 2021 CCA nominating ballots go out to Film Branch members Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Final date for Golden Globe screenings AAFCA top ten films announced Thursday, December 9, 2021 Final date for Golden Globe motion picture press conferences Friday, December 10, 2021 PGA Award nominations announced for documentary motion pictures Preliminary Oscar voting begins 9 a.m. PT Submission deadline closes for the MPSE Golden Reel Awards Midnight (PT) deadline for final CCA Film ballots Deadline for Ernst & Young receipt of Golden Globes nomination ballots, noon PT Monday, December 13, 2021 IDA Member Voting Opens for Best Feature and Best Short categories ASC Spotlight & Documentary entries due (members only) Submission deadline closes for ACE Eddie Awards nominations CCA Film nominations announced 9 a.m. PT Golden Globe nominations announced at 5 a.m. PT Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Indie Spirit Awards nominations announced Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Preliminary Oscar voting ends 5 p.m. PT ASC TV nominations voting begins DGA online voting for theatrical nominations opens Friday, December 17, 2021 Final ballots sent to all HFPA members by Ernst & Young Monday, December 20, 2021 Submissions for ADG features close Nominations begin for MUAHS Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Oscar Shortlists Announcement Nominations announced for Annie Awards CAS entry submissions due online by 5 p.m. PT Monday, December 27, 2021 Online voting for ADG TV and feature nominations begins Friday, December 31, 2021 Oscar eligibility period ends ASC Feature/Spotlight/Docu eligibility ends Monday, January 3, 2022 Deadline for receipt of final Golden Globe ballots by Ernst & Young, 5 p.m. PT
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 CDGA nomination voting opens online at 6 a.m. PT ACE submissions close Thursday, January 6, 2022 CAS nomination ballot voting begins online Friday, January 7, 2022 Nomination voting closes for MUAHS at 5 p.m. PT Sunday, January 9, 2022 The Golden Globes awards non-televised presentation at Beverly Hilton 6 pm PT. SAG nominations voting closes at 5 p.m. PT Monday, January 10, 2022 ASC Feature nominations voting begins Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Nomination ballots sent for ACE Eddie Awards Nominations announced for MUAHS NAACP Image Awards nominations announced Wednesday, January 12, 2022 PGA nomination polls open for theatrical and animated motion pictures Screen Actors Guild nominations announced Saturday, January 15, 2022 VES global nominating panels; LA nomination judging panels vote Monday, January 17, 20922 AAFCA winners announced Tuesday, January 18, 2022 VES nominations announced CAS nomination ballot voting ends online at 5 p.m. PT ACE Eddie nomination ballots sent Wednesday, January 19, 2022 SAG final voting opens Thursday, January 20, 2022 Sundance virtual Film Festival opens Friday, January 21, 2022 Online ADG voting for all nominations ends 5 p.m. PT IDA Member Voting Closes Nominations announced for ACE Eddie Awards Monday, January 24, 2022 ADG nominations announced MPSE nominations announced ASC Feature & TV Nomination voting closes at noon PT Final online voting begins for MUAHS ACE Eddie Awards final ballots due Tuesday, January 25, 2022 ASC nominations announced Final CAS nominees in each category announced Wednesday, January 26, 2022 PGA nomination polls close at 2 p.m. PT for theatrical and animated motion pictures DGA theatrical feature film nominations deadline to vote online CDGA nominations announced WGA deadline for preliminary screenplay online voting Thursday, January 27, 2022 Oscar nominations voting begins 9 a.m. PT PGA nominations announced and final voting opens for theatrical and animated motion pictures DGA theatrical feature film and first time feature film nominations announced, online voting opens WGA nominations for original and adapted screenplay announced ACE Eddies nominations announced Friday, January 28, 2022 Final ballots sent for ACE Eddie Awards Monday, January 31, 2022 Final ACE Eddies ballots sent Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Oscar nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT ASC final voting begins Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Final WGA screenplay, documentary and online series voting begins Thursday, February 3, 2022 Final ADG online voting begins BAFTA nominations announced. Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Oscar Nominations Announcement Thursday, February 10, 2022 Final polls close at 2 p.m. PT for PGA Awards theatrical, documentary, and animated motion pictures
Friday, February 11, 2022 Final online voting closes for MUAHS at 5 p.m. PT Sunday, February 13, 2022 IDA Member Voting Ballots Close Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Final CDGA ballot voting opens online at 6 a.m. PT WGA deadline for voting. Saturday, February 19, 2022 MUAHS Guild Awards held at at The Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday, February 24, 2022 Final CAS voting begins online Friday, February 25, 2022 Final SAG voting closes at noon PT Saturday, February 26, 2022 ASC Student Awards NAACP Image Awards USC Scripter Awards Sunday, February 27, 2022 The 28th annual SAG Awards air on TNT and TBS live from Shrine Exposition Center beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT Monday, February 28, 2022 Final CDGA ballot voting closes at 5 p.m. PT Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival launches 13th Annual AAFCA Awards Thursday, March 3, 2022 Final ADG online voting ends 5 p.m. PT Friday, March 4, 2022 Winners announced at Virtual IDA Ceremony Saturday, March 5, 2022 Winners announced at the 26th annual ADG Awards at at the InterContinental Los Angeles ACE Eddies announced at 4pm PT at the Theater at the ACE Hotel. Sunday, March 6, 2022 Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Beach Monday, March 7, 2022 Oscar Nominees Luncheon Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Final CAS voting ends online at 5 p.m. PT Wednesday, March 9, 2022 The 24th Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) CCA Awards final voting begins. Thursday, March 10, 2022 WGA screenwriters panel Friday, March 11, 2022 Deadline to vote for DGA theatrical feature film award CCA Awards final voting ends AFI Awards lunch at Beverly Wilshire Hotel Saturday, March 12, 2022 DGA awards ceremony Annie Awards held virtually SBIFF closes Sunday, March 13, 2022 The BAFTA Awards The MPSE Golden Reel Awards The Critics Choice Awards will air LIVE on The CW Network and TBS from 7:00-10:00 pm ET (delayed PT, check local listings). Tuesday, March 15, 2022 National Board of Review awards gala Wednesday, March 16, 2022 NYFF’s previously postponed 2022 awards ceremony has been rescheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at TAO Downtown. Thursday, March 17, 2022 Final Oscar voting begins 9 a.m. PT ASC final voting ends Saturday, March 19, 2022 58th Annual CAS Awards at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel PGA Awards held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Sunday, March 20, 2022 36th ASC Awards WGA Awards Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Final Oscar voting ends 5 p.m. PT Sunday, March 27, 2022 94th Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
