On March 5, the motion picture academy turns on the website that allows its 9,362 members to cast their votes for the Oscars online. For the second year in a row, this will be the only way for voters to weigh in with their nominations. 2019 marked the final time that the academy put paper ballots into the post for those members who requested to fill them out by hand.
Voters only have six days to decide on their picks for best pic at the Oscars as well as their favorite achievements in their respective branches. This is the shortest voting period on record and matches that of 2020. It is down from eight days in each of 2018 and 2019 and nine in 2017.
More than a month before the 2021 Oscar nominations voting began, the actors unveiled their slate of contenders. The writers as well as the makeup artists and hairstylists weighed in several weeks in advance while the art directors revealed their roster the week before. The costume designers, sound editors and sound mixers were heard from on the eve of Oscar nominations balloting. The cinematographers, directors, producers and visual effects wizards chime in during voting. And the film editors reveal who made the cut with them the day after Oscar nominations voting ends.
All the key award season calendar dates are detailed below. Winners events are in gold while nomination announcements are italicized.
MARCH
March 5 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Opens
March 5 – MUAHS Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 5 – WGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 7 – Critics Choice Awards
March 7 – DGA Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
March 7 – PGA Awards: Film Nominations Voting Closes
March 8 – PGA Awards: Nominations Announced
March 8 – ACE Awards: Nominations Voting Closes
March 8 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 9 – BAFTA Awards: Nominations Announced
March 9 – DGA Awards: Nominations Announced
March 9 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 10 – ASC Awards: Nominations Announced
March 10 – Oscars: Nominations Voting Closes
March 11 – ACE Awards: Nominations Announced
March 11 – ADG Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 15 – Oscars: Nominations Announced
March 17 – CDG Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 17 – VES Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 18 – MUAHS Awards: Final Voting Closes
March 19 – ACE Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 19 – PGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
March 21 – WGA Awards
March 24 – PGA Awards
March 24 – CAS Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 25 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 26 – ACE Awards: Final Voting Closes
March 29 – Annie Awards: Final Voting Opens
March 29 – CDG Awards: Final Voting Closes
March 29 – VES Awards: Final Voting Closes
March 30 – SAG Awards: Final Voting Closes
APRIL
April 3 – MUAHS Awards
April 4 – SAG Awards
April 6 – VES Awards
April 6 – CAS Awards: Final Voting Closes
April 7 – ADG Awards: Final Voting Closes
April 7 – BAFTA Awards: Final Voting Closes
April 9 – Annie Awards: Final Voting Closes
April 9 – DGA Awards: Final Voting Closes
April 10 – ADG Awards
April 10 – DGA Awards
April 11 – BAFTA Awards
April 12 – MPSE Awards: Final Voting Ends
April 13 – CDG Awards
April 15 – Oscars: Final Voting Opens
April 16 – Annie Awards
April 16 – MPSE Awards
April 17 – CAS Awards
April 18 – ACE Awards
April 20 – Oscars: Final Voting Closes
April 22 – Independent Spirit Awards
April 25 – Oscars
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