The 2020-2021 awards season was like no other before, with changes to dates, locations and formats due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Screen has curated this list of dates and deadlines for the key international awards, updated according to any changes.
A 2021 calendar for film festivals and markets is available here.
Previous dates
December 2020
1: Oscars – submission deadline for specialty categories (including animated feature, documentary feature, international feature)
1: DGA entry forms available
8: EFAs talk: From Survival To Revival: Building The Post-Covid Future
9: BIFAs nominations announcement
9: EFAs Excellence Awards
10: EFAs Eurimages, short film and EUFA awards
11: EFAs comedy and animation awards
11: WGA deadline for series submissions
12: EFAs European Film Awards Grand Finale
14: Bafta deadline for Stage Two entry submission (confirming individual candidates for nomination) plus statements and appeals
22: Bafta draft entered films list to be made available to voters and entrants
30: Golden Globes deadline for television nomination ballots to be mailed to HFPA members
31: Oscars – international feature submissions must have screened in their country of origin by this date
31: Film Independent Spirit Awards - television series must have aired by this date to be eligible
January 2021
4: SAG deadline for paying November 2020 dues and/or changing address to be eligible for final ballot
4: WGA preliminary series online voting begins
6: Bafta deadline for requests to changes to the draft entered films list and SVFX statements
7: DGA entry deadline for films with planned, scheduled or actual theatrical release between January 1-December 31 2020
11: Bafta – all films must be available to voters on the View portal
11: SAG nominations balloting opens
12: Bafta round one voting opens at 10.00 GMT
12: Golden Globes deadline for receipt of television nomination ballots, 17.00 PT
13: Golden Globes deadline for motion picture nomination ballots to be mailed to all HFPA members
15: Oscars – submission deadline for general categories
18: Goyas nominations announcement
20: WGA deadline for preliminary series online voting
22: WGA deadline for screenplay submissions
26: Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announcement
26: Bafta round one voting closes at 18.00 GMT, deadline for SVFX reels
26: Golden Globes final screening date for motion pictures
27: Golden Globes final date for motion picture press conferences
29: Oscars deadline for withdrawing a film from consideration
29: WGA preliminary screenplay voting begins
30: Golden Globes deadline for receipt of motion picture nomination ballots, 12.00 PT
February
1: Oscars preliminary voting begins
1: SAG nominations balloting closes at 17.00 PT
1: DGA entry deadline for films with planned, scheduled or actual theatrical release between January 1-February 28 2021; and for television entries broadcast January 1 2020 to February 28 2021
2: PGA documentary nominees announced
3: Golden Globes nominations announcement at 05.00 PT
3: WGA TV nominations announcement
4: Bafta longlists announcement
4: SAG nominations announcement, records pulled for final balloting
5: Oscars preliminary voting ends
9: Oscars Shortlists Announcement
10: Golden Globes final ballots mailed to HFPA members
10: SAG final voting opens
10: Césars nominations announcement
12: WGA deadline for preliminary screenplay voting
16: WGA screenplay nominations announced
17: DGA online voting for theatrical feature film nominees opens
18: BIFA ceremony
19: Bafta round two voting opens at 10.00 GMT
19: DGA online voting for television nominations opens
19: WGA screenplay and series online voting begins
23: Golden Globes deadline for receipt of final ballots, 17.00 PT
25: PGA theatrical motion pictures nomination polls open
26: SAG final day to request paper final ballots in lieu of online voting
28: Golden Globes ceremony
28: Oscars – films in general categories must have a release by this date
28: Film Independent Spirit Awards – films must have had either a theatrical release, or intended theatrical release that became a virtual cinema release due to Covid-19, by this date
March
1: Bafta round two voting closes
5: Oscars nominations voting begins
5: DGA deadline to vote online for television nominations
5: WGA deadline to vote for screenplay and series nominations
6: Goyas awards ceremony
7: PGA theatrical motion pictures nomination polls close, 14.00 PT
8: DGA deadline to vote for theatrical feature film nominations, all television and commercial nominations announced
8: PGA theatrical motion pictures nominees announced, final polls open
9: Bafta nominations announcement
9: DGA five theatrical feature film nominees, five first-time feature film director nominees announced, online voting opens
10: Oscars nominations voting ends
10: SAG final votes must be cast online or ballots received by 12.00 PT
12: Césars awards ceremony
14: SAG - Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony
15: Oscars nominations announcement
19: PGA theatrical, documentary motion pictures final polls close
21: WGA Writers Guild Awards ceremony
24: PGA Producers Guild of America awards ceremony
24: David di Donatellos nominations announcement
25: Bafta round three voting opens at 10.00 GMT
April
7: Bafta round three voting closes at 18.00
9: Bafta entered films must be screened to the public by this date (except for films not in the English language and documentaries)
9: DGA deadline to vote online for theatrical feature film award
10: DGA Directors Guild of America awards ceremony
11: Bafta ceremony
15: Oscars final voting begins and nominees luncheon
20: Oscars final voting ends
22: Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony
25: Oscars ceremony
30: Bafta – films not in the English language and documentaries must be screened to the public by this date
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