Precursor Season Begins Tomorrow

This week marks the official beginning of Oscar season (tomorrow, specifically). For the next month, precursors are going to come fast and furious. We will do our best to make things as easy to follow as possible. Below is a calendar of events with several dates that are pure conjecture and others that have been verified. Those that are listed as “Unconfirmed” may or may not happen on the date specified, but based on past history, the likelihood is strong that the date will hold. Tuesday, November 27 will be the beginning with the Spirit Awards will be the first up with their nominations, followed by an array of critics groups and other organizations.

In addition to the crystal ball clarifications that will come up, 8 groups will be celebrating a milestone anniversary this year, including some of the biggest names in the precursor business. Let’s congratulate these groups on their achievements.

70 Years

Golden Globe Awards

65 Years

Directors Guild of America
Writers Guild of America

60 Years

Motion Picture Sound Editors

25 Years

Chicago Film Critics

20 Years

Cinema Audio Society
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics

15 Years

Costume Designers Guild

In one hour, we’ll be posting our final pre-precursor predictions. From then on out, we’ll update as often as we can, but will not be able to do daily updates.

Awards Season Calendar

Indicates a Nominations Announcement
Indicates an Awards Announcement
Indicates an Academy Awards Event

November

Week #1

Tuesday, Nov. 27

Spirit Awards (Official)
New York Critics (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Dec. 1

Governors Awards (Official)

December

Week #2

Sunday, Dec. 2

Washington D.C. Area Critics (Unconfirmed)

Monday, Dec. 3

Annie Awards (Official)
Satellite Awards (Official)

Wednesday, Dec. 5

Grammy Awards (Official)
National Board of Review (Unconfirmed)

Friday, Dec. 7

Detroit Critics (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Dec. 8

Week #3

Sunday, Dec. 9

Houston Critics (Unconfirmed)
Boston Critics (Official)
Los Angeles Critics (Official)
New York Online Critics (Unconfirmed)
San Francisco Critics (Unconfirmed)

Monday, Dec. 10

San Diego Critics (Unconfirmed)
St. Louis Critics (Unconfirmed)
American Film Institute Top Ten (Official)
Washington D.C. Area Critics (Official)
Indiana Film Critics (Unconfirmed)

Tuesday, Dec. 11

Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics’ Choice) (Official)
Las Vegas Critics (Unconfirmed)

Wednesday, Dec. 12

Chicago Critics (Unconfirmed)
Screen Actors Guild (Official)
Austin Critics (Unconfirmed)
Dallas-Fort Worth Critics (Unconfirmed)
San Diego Critics (Unconfirmed)
Toronto Critics (Unconfirmed)

Thursday, Dec. 13

Golden Globe Awards (Official)
Detroit Critics (Unconfirmed)

Friday, Dec. 14

Houston Critics (Unconfirmed)
Utah Critics (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Dec. 15

Week #4

Sunday, Dec. 16

Satellite Awards (Official)

Monday, Dec. 17

Academy Awards Nomination Voting Begins (Official)
Chicago Critics (Unconfirmed)
Florida Critics (Unconfirmed)
Southeastern Critics (Unconfirmed)
St. Louis Critics (Unconfirmed)

Tuesday, Dec. 18

London Critics (Unconfirmed)

Week #5

Monday, Dec. 24

Online Film Critics Society (Official)

Tuesday, Dec. 25

Phoenix Critics (Unconfirmed)

January

Week #6

Tuesday, Jan. 1

Vancouver Critics (Unconfirmed)

Thursday, Jan. 3

Academy Awards Nomination Voting Ends (Official)
Art Directors Guild (Official)
Producers Guild of America (Official)

Friday, Jan. 4

Writers Guild of America (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 5

National Society of Film Critics (Unconfirmed)

Week #7

Monday, Jan. 7

Visual Effects Society (Official)
Online Film Critics Society (Official)
Vancouver Critics (Official)

Tuesday, Jan. 8

Cinema Audio Society (Official)
Directors Guild of America (Official)
Toronto Critics (Best Canadian Film Winners Announced) (Unconfirmed)

Wednesday, Jan. 9

British Academy Awards (Official)
American Society of Cinematographers (Official)

Thursday, Jan. 10

Academy Award Nominations (Official)
Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics’ Choice) (Official)

Friday, Jan. 11

American Cinema Editors (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 12

Week #8

Sunday, Jan. 13

Golden Globe Awards (Official)

Monday, Jan. 14

USC Scripter Awards (Official)

Thursday, Jan. 17

Costume Designers Guild (Unconfirmed)

Friday, Jan. 18

Motion Picture Sound Editors (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Jan. 19

Week #9

Sunday, Jan. 20

London Critics (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 26

Producers Guild of America (Official)

Week #10

Sunday, Jan. 27

Online Film & Television Association (Official)
Screen Actors Guild (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 2

Annie Awards (Official)
Art Directors Guild (Official)
Directors Guild of America (Official)

February

Week #11

Monday, Feb. 4

Academy Awards Nominees Lunch (Official)

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Visual Effects Society (Official)

Friday, Feb. 8

Academy Awards Voting Begins (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 9

Scientific & Technical Awards (Unconfirmed)
USC Scripter Awards (Official)

Week #12

Sunday, Feb. 10

British Academy Awards (Official)
American Society of Cinematographers (Official)
Grammy Awards (Official)
Online Film & Television Association (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 16

Cinema Audio Society (Official)
American Cinema Editors (Official)

Week #13

Sunday, Feb. 17

Motion Picture Sound Editors (Official)
Writers Guild of America (Official)

Tuesday, Feb. 19

Costume Designers Guild (Official)
Academy Awards Voting Ends (Official)