The 89th annual edition of the Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2016. In the 90 days leading up to Oscar Sunday, a slew of precursor prizes will be handed out. While the last of these will be the Indie Spirit Awards, which are due to take place just 24 hours before the Oscars, those nominations are announced in late November.
Prior to the Jan. 13 deadline for Oscar nomination ballots, the Critics’ Choice Awards and Golden Globes will have taken place. The BAFTA Awards will have announced nominations as will the actors, directors, producers and writers guilds. And the major critics groups already will have weighed in with their top picks too.
Below, we detail these key dates.
Note: Winners events are in gold while nomination announcments are italicized.
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OCTOBER
Oct. 20 – Gotham Awards: Nominations Announced
Oct. 22 – SAG Awards: Film Submissions Close
NOVEMBER
Nov. 12 – Governors’ Awards
Nov. 17 – SAG Awards: Nominations Voting Opens
Nov. 18 – WGA Awards: Film Submissions Close
Nov. 22 – Independent Spirit Awards: Nominations Announced
Nov. 25 – Golden Globes: Nominations Voting Opens
Nov. 28 – Gotham Awards
Nov. 28 – Critics’ Choice Awards: Nominations Voting Opens
Nov. 29 – Critics’ Choice Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
Nov. 30 – DGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Opens
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DECEMBER
Dec. 1 – Critics’ Choice Awards: Nominations Announced
Dec. 1 – PGA Awards: Film Nomination Voting Opens
Dec. 5 – Golden Globes: Screening Deadline
Dec. 6 – WGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Opens
Dec. 7 – Golden Globes: Press Conferences Deadline
Dec. 8 – Critics’ Choice Awards: Final Voting Opens
Dec. 9 – Critics’ Choice Awards: Final Voting Closes
Dec. 9 – Golden Globes: Nominations Voting Closes
Dec. 11 – Critics’ Choice Awards
Dec. 11 – SAG Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
Dec. 12 – Golden Globes: Nominations Announced
Dec. 14 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Voting Opens
Dec. 14 – SAG Awards: Nominations Announced
Dec. 19 – Golden Globes: Final Voting Opens
Dec. 19 – SAG Awards: Final Voting Opens
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JANUARY
Jan. 3 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 3 – WGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 4 – PGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 4 – Golden Globes: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 4 – WGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 5 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Opens
Jan. 8 – Golden Globes
Jan. 9 – DGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 9 – WGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 10 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – PGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 10 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 10 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 12 – DGA Awards: Film Nominations Announced
Jan. 12 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
Jan. 13 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Closes
Jan. 24 – Oscars: Nominations Announced
Jan. 27 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 27 – SAG Awards: Final Voting Closes
Jan. 28 – PGA Awards
Jan. 29 – SAG Awards
Jan. 30 – WGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
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FEBRUARY
Feb. 3 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 4 – DGA Awards
Feb. 8 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 11 – Oscars: Scientific & Technical Awards
Feb. 12 – BAFTA Awards
Feb. 13 – Oscars: Final Voting Opens
Feb. 19 – WGA Awards
Feb. 21 – Oscars: Final Voting Opens
Feb. 25 – Independent Spirit Awards
Feb. 26 – Oscars
