Movie Awards Season Calendar

The movie awards season is now well underway. Within the next few months, movie critics, fans, and professionals in the movie industry itself will be recognizing the best in cinematic achievement for 2019.

Many Cosmique Movie Award voters rely on these awards for inspiration of which films to watch and consider nominating. For that reason, the Cosmo season follows the rest of the industry. Many voters don’t even hear about some awards until they see clips at the Oscars, and for that reason, our nomination season begins with the telecast of the Academy Awards.

For your reference, here’s the schedule of awards recognizing the best films of 2019:

• November 21, 2019 – Nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards announced
• December 3, 2019 – National Board of Review honorees announce
• December 4, 2019 – New York Film Critics Circle winners announced
• December 9, 2019 – Golden Globe nominations announced
• December 9, 2019 – Art Directors Guild Award nominations announced
• December 10, 2019 – Costume Designers Guild Award nominations announced
• December 11, 2019 – Screen Actors Guild Award nominations announced
• December 11, 2019 – American Cinema Editors Eddie nominations announced
• December 16, 2019 – Oscars shortlists announced
• December 27, 2019 – Dorian Award Ballots mailed (Galeca, Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)
• December TBA – New York Film Critics Association winners
• December TBA – AFI top 10 
• December TBA – Critics Choice Award nominations
• December TBA – Los Angeles Film Critics Association winners
• TBA – Women Film Critics Circle [dates unknown]
• January 2, 2020 – Oscar nominations voting opens
• January 2, 2020 – Dorian ballots due
• January 3, 2020 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards nominations announced
• January 3, 2020 – Dorian nominations announced
• January 4, 2020 – National Society of Film Critics winners announced
• January 5, 2020 – Golden Globes ceremony
• January 6, 2020 – Writers Guild of America Awards nominations announced
• January 7, 2020 – Oscar nominations voting closes
• January 7, 2020 – Producers Guild of America Awards nominations announced
• January 7, 2020 – Directors Guild of America Award nominations announced
• January 7, 2020 – New York Film Critics Circle Awards Gala
• January 8, 2020 – Final Dorian ballots due
• January 8, 2020 – Dorian winners announced
• January 12, 2020 – Critics Choice Awards ceremony
• January 13, 2020 – Oscar nominations announced
• January 17, 2020 – American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards ceremony
• January 18, 2020 – Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony
• January 19, 2020 – Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony
• January 25, 2020 – Directors Guild of America Awards ceremony
• January 25, 2020 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards ceremony
• January 26, 2020 – Grammy Awards ceremony
• January 27, 2020 – Oscar nominees luncheon
• January 28, 2020 – Costume Designers Guild Awards ceremony
• January 30, 2020 – Final Oscar voting opens
• January TBA – National Society of Film Critics Awards ceremony
• February 1, 2020 – Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony
• February 1, 2020 – Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony
• February 2, 2020 – British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards ceremony
• February 4, 2020 – Final Oscar voting closes
• February 8, 2020 – Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony
• February 9, 2020 – Oscars ceremony
• February 9, 2020 – Cosmique Movie Award nominations open
• March 13, 2020 – Cosmo nomination ballots due
• March 20, 2020 – Cosmo nominations announced, final balloting begins
• April 24, 2020 – Final Cosmo ballots due
• TBA – Cosmo winners announced