2020–21 film awards season

The 2020–21 film awards season began in December 2020 with the 33rd European Film Awards and ended in April 2021 with the 93rd Academy Awards.

Awards calendar

Ceremony date	Award	Best Picture winner	Ref.
December 12, 2020	European Film Awards	Another Round	[1]
January 11, 2021	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Nomadland	[2]
January 26, 2021	National Board of Review Awards	Da 5 Bloods	[3]
February 15, 2021	Satellite Awards	Drama: Nomadland Comedy or Musical: The Forty-Year-Old Version	[4]
February 28, 2021	Golden Globe Awards	Drama: Nomadland Musical or Comedy: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	[5]
March 5, 2021	AACTA International Awards	Promising Young Woman	[6]
March 7, 2021	Critics' Choice Awards	Nomadland	[7]
April 10–11, 2021	British Academy Film Awards	Nomadland	[8]
April 22, 2021	Independent Spirit Awards	Nomadland	[9]
April 25, 2021	Academy Awards	Nomadland	[10]

Guild awards

Ceremony date	Award	Main categories winner(s)	Ref.
March 21, 2021	Writers Guild of America Awards	Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Adapted Screenplay: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
March 24, 2021	Producers Guild of America Awards	Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao	[11]
April 3, 2021	Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Contemporary Make-Up: Birds of Prey – Deborah Lamia Denaver, Sabrina Wilson, Miho Suzuki, and Cale Thomas Contemporary Hairstyling: Birds of Prey – Adruitha Lee, Cassie Russek, Margarita Pidgeon, and Nikki Nelms Period and/or Character Make-Up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Carl Fullerton, and Debi Young Period and/or Character Hair Styling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Mia Neal, Larry Cherry, Leah Loukas, and Tywan Williams	[12]
April 4, 2021	Screen Actors Guild Awards	The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, and Jeremy Strong	[13]
April 6, 2021	Visual Effects Society Awards	The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins	[14]
April 10, 2021	ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards	Period: Mank – Donald Graham Burt Contemporary: Da 5 Bloods – Wynn Thomas Fantasy: Tenet – Nathan Crowley	[15]
April 10, 2021	Directors Guild of America Awards	Nomadland – Chloé Zhao	[16]
April 13, 2021	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Contemporary: Promising Young Woman – Nancy Steiner Period: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Sci-fi or Fantasy: Mulan – Bina Daigeler	[17]
April 16, 2021	Golden Reel Awards	The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Renée Tondelli, Michael Hertlein, Jon Michaels, and Jeena Schoenke	[18]
April 17, 2021	American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards	Drama: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten Comedy: Palm Springs – Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler	[19]
April 17, 2021	Cinema Audio Society Awards	Sound of Metal – Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortez Navarrette, and Kari Vähäkuopus	[20]
April 18, 2021	American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Mank – Erik Messerschmidt	[21]

Critics awards

Ceremony date	Award	Best Picture winner	Ref.
December 13, 2020	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Nomadland	[22]
December 18, 2020	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	First Cow	[23]
December 20, 2020	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Small Axe	[24]
December 21, 2020	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Nomadland	[25]
December 21, 2020	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	First Cow	[26]
January 4, 2021	EDA Awards	Nomadland	[27]
January 9, 2021	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Nomadland	[28]
January 11, 2021	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Promising Young Woman	[29]
January 17, 2021	St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards	Nomadland	[30]
January 18, 2021	San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards	Nomadland	[31]
January 18, 2021	Houston Film Critics Society Awards	Nomadland	[32]
January 25, 2021	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Nomadland	[33]
February 7, 2021	London Film Critics Circle Awards	Nomadland	[34]
February 7, 2021	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Nomadland	[35]
February 8, 2021	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Nomadland	[36]
February 10, 2021	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Nomadland	[37]
February 15, 2021	Seattle Film Critics Society Awards	Nomadland	[38]
February 22, 2021	Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards	Nomadland	[39]
March 5, 2021	Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards	Promising Young Woman	[40]
March 8, 2021	Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	Nomadland	[41]
March 19, 2021	Austin Film Critics Association Awards	Minari	[42]

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