This is a list of groups, organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the 'Oscar' for Hollywood's Academy Awards

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

), which are mentioned if applicable. Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award.

Awards have been divided into three major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of critics

Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...

; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

; and industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry.

International

FIPRESCI

FIPRESCI

The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...

 (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) or International Film Critics Award given by the International Federation of Film Critics at various film festivals

Australia

• Australian Film Critics Association
  Australian Film Critics Association
  The Australian Film Critics Association or AFCA is an Australian film critic organisation.-History:Formed in 1996, AFCA began as the Melbourne Film Critics’ Forum, expanding to a national organisation in 2004...
  
   (AFCA)
• Film Critics Circle of Australia
  Film Critics Circle of Australia
  The Film Critics Circle of Australia is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.-External links:**...
  
   (FCCA)

Canada

• Toronto Film Critics Association
  Toronto Film Critics Association
  The Toronto Film Critics Association is an organization of film reviewers from Toronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is member of FIPRESCI.-History:...
  
   (TFCA) - Link
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle
  Vancouver Film Critics Circle
  The Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded to represent Vancouver's print, on-line and broadcast media and honours the best in Canadian and international filmmaking.-Award categories:International*Best Film*Best Director*Best Actor...
  
   (VFCC) - Link
• Genie Award
  Genie Award
  Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
  
   - Link
• Canadian Film Awards

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
  Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
  The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society...
  
  
• Golden Bauhinia Awards
  Golden Bauhinia Awards
  Golden Bauhinia Awards is a Hong Kong film award organised by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association. Its first award presentation ceremony took place in 1996....
  
  

India

• Anandalok Awards
  Anandalok Awards
  Anandalok Awards or Anandalok Puraskar ceremony is one of the most prominent film events given for Bengali Cinemas in India. The Anandalok, only film magazine in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and Ananda Bazar Patrika presents this Award...
  
  
• Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
  Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
  The Bengal Film Journalists' Association is the oldest Association of Film critics in India, founded in 1937, by the inspiration and determination of the handful of pioneers amongst the then thin section of scribes that were drawn to film journalism with a lofty mission to serve the developing...
  
  
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema.The award for a particular year is...
  
  
• Filmfare Awards
  Filmfare Awards
  The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
  
  
• Filmfare Awards South
  Filmfare Awards South
  Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...
  
  
• Vijay Awards
  Vijay Awards
  The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema. It has given annually since 2006. The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted filmmakers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards"...
  
  
• Global Indian Film Awards
  Global Indian Film Awards
  Global Indian Film Awards was an awards ceremony held between 2005 and 2007, conceptualized to acknowledge excellence in the Indian Film industry and honour artists in 23 categories across various genres, from acting to film making. It is held in a different country each year. 2005 in Dubai,...
  
  
• Golden Kela Awards
  Golden Kela Awards
  The Golden Kela Awards are a satirical take on Bollywood that award the worst performances in Hindi cinema each year.-The Awards:...
  
  
• International Indian Film Academy Awards
  International Indian Film Academy Awards
  The International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA Awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in...
  
  
• National Film Awards
  National Film Awards
  The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
  
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  Directorate of Film Festivals
  The Directorate of Film Festivals in India is an organization that initiates and presents the most prestigious film ceremonies in India. These are the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama...
  
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• Asianet Film Awards
  Asianet Film Awards
  The Asianet Film Awards is the most prominent award ceremony for Malayalam films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam...
  
  
• Star Screen Awards
  Star Screen Awards
  The Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.- History :...
  
  
• Stardust Awards
  Stardust Awards
  The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :...
  
  
• Zee Cine Awards
  Zee Cine Awards
  The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
  
  

Internet

• Cinemarati Awards
• Online Film Critics Society
  Online Film Critics Society
  The Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics who publish their reviews, interviews, and essays on the Internet.The OFCS was founded in 1997...
  
  
• Online Motion Picture Academy
• Skander Halim Memorial Movie Survey
• Award of the Italian Foreign Academy
• Italian Online Movie Awards
  Italian Online Movie Awards
  Italian Online Movie Awards is the name of the movie award assigned every year by a group of Italian movielovers to the best films of the season ....
  
  
• Gransito Movie Awards
  Gransito Movie Awards
  Gransito Movie Awards is an Italian film awards assigned every years, since 2001, by a group of movie lovers and Italian journalists.In April the nominees are announced on the official site; in may the winners are announced....
  
  
• GoldSpirit Awards
  GoldSpirit Awards
  The GoldSpirit Awards, yearly granted through the website BSOSpirit, are devoted to soundtracks and film music fans.BSOSpirit was released on 2001, as a Spanish website relating soundtracks and film music...
  
   - Soundtracks and film music
• The Golden Pipe Awards

Pakistan

• Nigar Award
  Nigar Awards
  The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...
  
  
• Lux Style Award
• Nigar Awards
  Nigar Awards
  The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...
  
  
• National Film Awards

United Kingdom

• BAFTA Awards
• Evening Standard
  Evening Standard
  The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
  
   British Film Awards
• London Film Critics Circle
  London Film Critics Circle
  The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards lacked meaning — for people in LA for example — and the Film Section wished its annual Awards...
  
  
• National Movie Awards
  National Movie Awards
  The National Movie Awards is a British movie awards ceremony broadcast by ITV in which the winners of the awards are chosen via popular vote. The awards were initiated in 2007 following the success of the National Television Awards, the highest-rating awards ceremony for television...
  
   - first one aired September 29, 2007, on ITV
  ITV
  ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
  
  

United States

• American Film Institute
  American Film Institute
  The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
  
   (AFI) - Link
• Austin Film Critics Association
  Austin Film Critics Association
  The Austin Film Critics Association is an organization of film critics from Austin, Texas.Each year, the AFCA votes on their end of year awards for films released in the same calendar year...
  
   (AFCA)
• Boston Society of Film Critics
  Boston Society of Film Critics
  The Boston Society of Film Critics is an organization of film reviewers from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, based publications.The BSFC was formed in 1981 to make "Boston's unique critical perspective heard on a national and international level by awarding commendations to the best of the...
  
   (BSFC) - Link
• Broadcast Film Critics Association
  Broadcast Film Critics Association
  The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada , representing approximately 250 television, radio and online critics....
  
   (BFCA) - Link
• Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA)
• Chicago Film Critics Association
  Chicago Film Critics Association
  The Chicago Film Critics Association is an American film critic association.-Members:Current members include:*Sarah Knight Adamson*Zbigniew Banas*Shelley Cameron*Dave Canfield*Vittorio Carli*Erik Childress*Camerin Courtney*Bonnie DeShong...
  
   (CFCA) - Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
  Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
  The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association is an organization of 35 print, radio/TV and internet journalists from Dallas-Fort Worth-based publications...
  
   (DFWFCA) - Link
• Florida Film Critics Circle
  Florida Film Critics Circle
  The Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of film reviewers from fourteen Florida-based publications and websites. In December, the FFCC meets to vote on their awards for films released during that year.- Categories :* Best Actor...
  
   (FFCC) - Link
• Golden Raspberry Awards
  Golden Raspberry Awards
  A Golden Raspberry Award, or Razzie for short, is an award presented in recognition of the worst in movies. Founded by American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson in 1981, the annual Razzie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles precedes the corresponding Academy Awards ceremony by one day...
  
   (a.k.a. the Razzies)
• Gotham Awards
  Gotham Awards
  The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City...
  
  
• Iowa Film Critics
  Iowa Film Critics
  The Iowa Film Critics is an organization of film reviewers from publications based in the U.S. state of Iowa.Each year, the IFC meets to vote on their Iowa Film Critics Awards for films released in the same or the previous calendar year....
  
   (IFC) - Link
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle
  Kansas City Film Critics Circle
  The Kansas City Film Critics Circle is a group of media film critics in the Kansas City metropolitan area. James Loutzenhiser, a local psychiatrist and film buff, who died in November 2001, founded the group in 1967...
  
   (KCFCC) - Link
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society
  Las Vegas Film Critics Society
  The Las Vegas Film Critics Society is a non-profit organization, composed of selected print, television and internet film critics in the Las Vegas metropolitan area....
  
   (LVFCS) - Link
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January...
  
   (LAFCA) - Link
• National Society of Film Critics
  National Society of Film Critics
  The National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
  
   (NSFC) - Link
• National Board of Review (NBR) - Link
• New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) - Link
• New York Film Critics Online
  New York Film Critics Online
  The New York Film Critics Online is an organization composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards.-Awards:*New York Film Critics Online Awards 2003...
  
   (NYFCO)
• Phoenix Film Critics Society
  Phoenix Film Critics Society
  The Phoenix Film Critics Society is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix-based publications.In December of each year, the PFCS meets to vote on their Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for films released in the same calendar year.Categories of awards include:* Best Actor The Phoenix...
  
   (PFCS) - Link
• Political Film Society
  Political Film Society
  The Political Film Society is a nonprofit corporation that exists to recognize Hollywood films' ability to raise awareness in political matters in the world. Film makers are the ones who are awarded by this organization...
  
   (PFS)
• Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
  Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
  The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award is an award presented annually by the Classic Horror Film Board to honor the top works in horror in film, television, home video, and publishing.-The award:...
  
  
• San Diego Film Critics Society
  San Diego Film Critics Society
  The San Diego Film Critics Society is an organization of film reviewers from San Diego-based publications.Each year the SDFCS meets to vote on their San Diego Film Critics Society Awards for films released in the same calendar year....
  
   (SDFCS) - Link
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle
  San Francisco Film Critics Circle
  The San Francisco Film Critics Circle was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications....
  
   (SFFCC) - Link
• Seattle Film Critics
  Seattle Film Critics
  The Seattle Film Critics Awards were bestowed in 2002-2004 in Seattle, Washington, by an ad hoc group of local critics invited to vote on annual awards....
  
   (SFC)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association
  Southeastern Film Critics Association
  The Southeastern Film Critics Association is an organization of film reviewers from publications based in the Southeastern United States....
  
   (SEFCA) - Link
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
  St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
  The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association is an organization of film critics operating in metropolitan St. Louis and adjoining areas of Missouri and Illinois which was founded in 2004....
  
   (SLGFCA)
• NYU Tisch School of the Arts
  Tisch School of the Arts
  Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
  
   Wasserman Award
  Wasserman Award
  The Wasserman Award is NYU Film School’s top honor in recognition for outstanding achievement in film. The award honors the late Lew Wasserman and his wife Edie, major benefactors of the Tisch School of the Arts. Past winners include Spike Lee, Ang Lee, and Nancy Savoca....
  
  
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
  Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
  The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association is a group of film critics based out of Washington, D.C., United States that was founded in 2003. WAFCA is composed of 34 DC-based film critics from television, radio, print and the internet...
  
   - (WAFCA) - Link

Significant Festival awards

(This is not intended to be a complete list of film festivals, but to showcase the distinctively named awards given at some festivals.)

Argentina

• Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
  Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
  The Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.The festival is managed by the Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, it is not...
  
  
  • Peoples Choice Award

• Mar del Plata Film Festival
  Mar del Plata Film Festival
  The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina...
  
  
  • Ástor Award

Canada

• Montreal World Film Festival
  Montreal World Film Festival
  The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
  
  
  • Grand Prix des Ameriques (best picture)
• Toronto International Film Festival
  Toronto International Film Festival
  The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
  
  
  • People's Choice Award

Croatia

• Motovun Film Festival
  Motovun Film Festival
  Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in Motovun, Croatia. It usually takes place over 5–6 days in late July or early August...
  
  
  • Propeller of Motovun
• ZagrebDox
  ZagrebDox
  ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival established in 2005 and held annually in Zagreb, Croatia.It is the biggest festival of its kind in South East Europe and its goals are to showcase documentary films from the region as well as to provide a meeting place for authors from all...
  
  
  • Big Stamp
  • Little Stamp

Czech Republic

• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
  Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
  The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
  
  
  • Crystal Globe
    Crystal Globe
    Crystal Globe is the main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, first given in the city of Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic, in 1948.In the international competition of films, IFFKV presents the following awards:...
    
     (best picture)

France

• Cannes International Film Festival
  • Palme d'Or
    Palme d'Or
    The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
    
     (best picture)
  • Grand Prize (best picture runner up)
  • Camera d'Or (best first picture)

Germany

• Berlin International Film Festival
  Berlin International Film Festival
  The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
  
  
  • Golden Bear (best picture)
  • Silver Bear (jury grand prize, director, actor and actress)

India

• International Film Festival of India
  International Film Festival of India
  The International Film Festival of India , founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually in the beach town of Goa, in the Western Coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of...
  
  
  • Golden Peacock (best picture)
• International Film Festival of Kerala
  • Golden Crow Pheasant
• Mumbai International Film Festival
  Mumbai International Film Festival
  Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films , is a festival organised in the city of Mumbai by the 'Film Division', Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It has been organised since 1990, and focuses on documentary, short and animation...
  
  
  • Golden Conch (best fiction and best documentary)

Italy

• Venice International Film Festival
  • Golden Lion (best picture)
  • Coppa Volpi (best actor and actress)

Norway

• Norwegian International Film Festival
  Norwegian International Film Festival
  The Norwegian International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Haugesund, Norway. The festival goes back to 1973.In 1985, the Amanda award was instituted. The Amanda is awarded every year at the festival in different movie categories...
  
  
  • Amanda
    Amanda (award)
    The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...
    
     (various categories)
• Tromsø International Film Festival
  Tromsø International Film Festival
  The Tromsø International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Tromsø, Norway.The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991, and today TIFF is the largest film festival in Norway as considered by attendance figures; in 2010 there were 58 267 admissions. In 2006 TIFF...
  
  

Poland

• Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych
  • Golden Lions (Złote Lwy)

• Polish Film Academy
  • Eagels (Orły)

• International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE
  Camerimage
  The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE is a festival dedicated to cinematography and its creators cinematographers.The first seven events were held in Toruń, Poland. The next ten events were held in Łódź...
  
  
  • Golden Frogs (Złote Żaby)

Philippines

• Cinemanila International Film Festival
  Cinemanila International Film Festival
  The Cinemanila International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Manila, the Philippines. It was founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz in 1999....
  
  
• Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
• Metro Manila Film Festival
  Metro Manila Film Festival
  upright|thumb|320px|Metro Manila Film Festival Official LogoThe Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines is the annual film festival held in Manila...
  
  

Spain

• San Sebastián International Film Festival
  San Sebastián International Film Festival
  The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...
  
  
  • Golden Shell (best picture)
• Ciudad de Santander International Sport Film Festival
  • Categories: Shorts; documentary; features on theme of sport

Sweden

• Göteborg Film Festival
  • Göteborg Film Festival Nordic Film Award, The FilmDragon
  • The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
• Stockholm International Film Festival
  Stockholm International Film Festival
  The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...
  
  
  • Bronze Horse (best picture)

Switzerland

• Locarno International Film Festival
  Locarno International Film Festival
  The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
  
  
  • Golden Leopard (best picture)
  • Silver Leopard (best picture)
  • Bronze Leopard (best actor and actress)
• Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
  • The Narcisse Award (the statuette has been designed by H.R. Giger).

Turkey

• Adana International Film Festival
  Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival
  Altın Koza International Film Festival is a film festival of Adana, that was held 17 times since 1969 and took place every year since 2005. The event is organized by the Greater Adana Municipality and takes place in June...
  
  
  • Golden Boll
• AFM International Independent Film Festival
  AFM International Independent Film Festival
  AFM International Independent Film Festival, more commonly known as !f Istanbul is an annual, international film festival dedicated to independent films from all around the world...
  
  
• Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival
  Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival
  The Flying Broom, Women's Film Festival is an annual event celebrating women's contributions to filmmaking. It is organized by an Ankara-based Turkish organization, was established by Halime Güner in 1996 to fight and raise awareness for women's human rights. The event began in 1997.The Flying...
  
  
• Antalya Film Festival
  Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important national film festival in Turkey...
  
  
  • Golden Orange
• International Eurasia Film Festival
  International Eurasia Film Festival
  International Eurasia Film Festival was a film festival that took place annually from 2005 to 2008 in Antalya, Turkey. The festival was jointly organised by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-visual Culture and the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts in conjunction with the Antalya...
  
  
• Istanbul Animation Festival
  Istanbul Animation Festival
  Istanbul Animation Festival is a festival of animated films founded in 2003 and held annually in November. Festival Director and Founder is Efe Efeoglu...
  
  
• Istanbul International Film Festival
  Istanbul International Film Festival
  The Istanbul International Film Festival is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts , a non-profit organisation. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey...
  
  
  • Golden Tulip
  • Film Award of the Council of Europe (FACE)

United Kingdom

• London Film Festival
  London Film Festival
  The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
  
  
  • The Sutherland Trophy (best picture)
• Dinard Festival of British Cinema
  • Golden Hitchcock (best picture)

United States

• Chicago International Film Festival
  Chicago International Film Festival
  The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....
  
  
  • Gold Hugo (best picture)
  • Silver Hugo (picture runner-up, actor, actress, director and cinematography)
• Sundance Film Festival
  Sundance Film Festival
  The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
  
  
  • Grand Jury Prize
  • Audience Award
• Hawaii International Film Festival
  Hawaii International Film Festival
  The Hawaii International Film Festival is a film festival held in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was started in 1981 by Jeannette Paulson Hereniko and has been held annually in the fall for two weeks...
  
  
  • Golden Maile (best picture)
• Seattle International Film Festival
  Seattle International Film Festival
  The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
  
  
  • Golden Space Needle (best picture)
• Slamdance Film Festival
  Slamdance Film Festival
  As a year-round organization, Slamdance serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in the film industry; it is also the only major film festival fully programmed by filmmakers. Slamdance counts among its alumni many notable writers and directors who first gained notice at the...
  
  

Canada

• Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
  Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
  The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals...
  
  
  • Genie Award
    Genie Award
    Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
    
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  • Gemini Awards
  • Prix Gemeaux
• Canadian Society of Cinematographers
• Feminist Porn Award
  Feminist Porn Award
  The Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards, widely known as the Feminist Porn Awards , is an annual adult film awards ceremony that began in 2006 by sex toy company Good for Her. The ceremony was originally coordinated by former store manager Chanelle Gallant and has been organized by current store...
  
  s

Germany

• Bayerischer Filmpreis
  Bayerischer Filmpreis
  The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the State Government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany.The Bavarian Film...
  
  
• Bogey Awards
  Bogey Awards
  The Bogey Awards is a series of German film awards. The award is based on the number of people seeing a film within a given time frame. The prize is awarded by the industry's trade journal Blickpunkt: Film.*Titanium: Viewed by ten million people....
  
  
• Bremer Filmpreis
• Deutscher Filmpreis
  Deutscher Filmpreis
  The Deutscher Filmpreis is the highest German movie award. From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, since 2005 the award has been given by the Deutsche Filmakademie...
  
   (German Film Awards)
• German Screen Awards

India

• Filmfare Awards South
  Filmfare Awards South
  Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...
  
  
• Filmfare Awards
  Filmfare Awards
  The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
  
  
• IIFA Awards
• Kerala State Film Awards for the Malayalam cinema
  Malayalam cinema
  The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...
  
  
• Nandi Awards
  Nandi Awards
  The Nandi Awards is the most Prominent award ceremony for Telugu films, Telugu Theater & Television, presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Nandi" means "bull", the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh.Nandi...
  
   in India for Telugu cinema
  Telugu cinema
  The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...
  
  
• Star Screen Awards
  Star Screen Awards
  The Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.- History :...
  
  
• Stardust Awards
  Stardust Awards
  The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :...
  
  
• Zee Cine Awards
  Zee Cine Awards
  The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
  
  

International

• International Documentary Association
  International Documentary Association
  International Documentary Association , founded in 1982, is a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking and video production makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the...
  
   Awards
• World Soundtrack Awards
  World Soundtrack Academy
  The World Soundtrack Academy , launched in 2001 by the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, is aimed at organizing and overseeing the educational, cultural and professional aspects of the art of film music, including the preservation of the history of the soundtrack and its worldwide promotion...
  
  
• World Stunt Awards

Japan

• Blue Ribbon Awards
  Blue Ribbon Awards
  The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...
  
  
• Japan Academy Prize
• Mainichi Film Awards
  Mainichi Film Awards
  The Mainichi Film Awards are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun , one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946.-Animation awards:...
  
  

Philippines

• Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
  • FAMAS Awards
• Film Academy of the Philippines
  • Luna Awards
• PMPC Star Awards for Movies

Sweden

• Guldbagge Award
  Guldbagge Award
  The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
  
  
• PlexiDraken at Göteborg International Film Festival

United Kingdom

• British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
  
   (BAFTA)
  • British Academy Film Awards
• British Independent Film Awards
  British Independent Film Awards
  The Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.-History:The British...
  
  

United States

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
  
  
  • Academy Awards
    Academy Awards
    An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
    
    , popularly known as the Oscars
• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
  • Saturn Award
    Saturn Award
    The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within...
    
    
• American Choreography Awards
  American Choreography Awards
  The American Choreography Awards was a ceremony and show that honored outstanding choreographers in the fields of feature film, television, music videos, and commercials. They were first known as the L.A. Dance Awards , then as Bob Fosse Awards, and a.k.a. Fosse’s , and eventually the American...
  
  
• American Cinema Editors
  American Cinema Editors
  Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E...
  
   Golden Reels
• American Society of Cinematographers
  American Society of Cinematographers
  The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
  
  
• Art Directors Guild
  Art Directors Guild
  The Art Directors Guild is an American labor union and branch of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees representing almost 2,000 motion picture and television professionals....
  
  
• ASCAP
  American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
  The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them...
  
   (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Film and Television Awards
• AVN (Adult Video News) Awards
  AVN Awards
  The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
  
  
• BMI
  Broadcast Music Incorporated
  Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
  
   Film Music Awards
• Casting Society of America
• Cinema Audio Society
• Costume Designers Guild
  Costume Designers Guild
  The Costume Designers Guild , IATSE LOCAL 892 was founded in 1953 by a group of 30 motion picture costume designers. In 1986, the Costume Designers Guild joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and added Local 892 to its name...
  
  
• Creative Spirit Award
• Directors Guild of America
  Directors Guild of America
  Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
  
   Awards - Link
• EDI Reel Awards
• Film Your Issue
  Film Your Issue
  Film Your Issue is a national issue film contest featuring 30 to 60-second films by U.S. residents from the ages of 18 to 26. Spearheaded by Heathcliff Rothman, in partnership with The American Democracy Project, the contest had its first "beta" round in 2005....
  
   College Film Awards
• Golden Trailers
• Gotham Awards
  Gotham Awards
  The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City...
  
   – Independent Feature Project
• Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an organization composed of working journalists who cover the United States film industry for a variety of outlets, including newspapers and magazines in Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Today, the 90 members of the HFPA represent at least 55...
  
  
  • Golden Globe Awards
• Hollywood Makeup and Hairstylist Guild
• Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards
• Hollywood Reporter YoungStar
• Independent Spirit Awards
  Independent Spirit Awards
  The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit...
  
   - Link
• International Animated Film Society / ASIFA-Hollywood
  • Annie Awards
• International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards
• International Press Academy
  International Press Academy
  The International Press Academy is a large and diverse association of professional entertainment journalists, representing both domestic and foreign markets in print, television, radio, cable and new media outlets. The academy was founded in 1996 by Mirjana Van Blaricom...
  
  
  • Satellite Awards
    Satellite Awards
    The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama...
    
     - Link
• Motion Picture Sound Editors
• NAACP
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...
  
  
  • Image Awards
• Producers Guild of America
  Producers Guild of America
  Producers Guild of America is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide...
  
   Awards - Link
• Publicists Guild of America Awards
• Screen Actors Guild
  Screen Actors Guild
  The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
  
   Awards - Link
• ShoWest/National Association of Theatre Owners
  National Association of Theatre Owners
  The National Association of Theatre Owners is a trade organization based in the United States whose members are the owners of movie theaters. Most major theater chains are members, as are many independent theatre operators; collectively, they account for the operation of over 26,000 motion...
  
   Convention
• USC
  University of Southern California
  The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
  
   Scripter Award
• Visual Effects Society
  Visual Effects Society
  The Visual Effects Society is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of...
  
   Awards
• Writers Guild of America, East
  Writers Guild of America, East
  Writers Guild of America, East is a labor union representing writers of television and film and employees of television and radio news. The 2006 membership of the guild was 3,770....
  
   & Writers Guild of America, west
  Writers Guild of America, west
  Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
  
  
  • Writers Guild of America Award
    Writers Guild of America Award
    The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
    
     - Link
• The Decade Awards

United Kingdom

• ITV
  ITV
  ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
  
  
  • National Movie Awards
    National Movie Awards
    The National Movie Awards is a British movie awards ceremony broadcast by ITV in which the winners of the awards are chosen via popular vote. The awards were initiated in 2007 following the success of the National Television Awards, the highest-rating awards ceremony for television...
    
    

Laurence Olivier Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards

The Laurence Olivier Award is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre. Named after the renowned British actor Laurence Olivier, they are given for West End shows and other productions staged in London...

Audience Award for Most Popular Show

Audience Award for Most Popular Show

See Olivier Awards for more information about the awards and a full list of categories and winners.The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably...

 (now retired)

United States

• Independent Lens
  Independent Lens
  Airing weekly on PBS through ITVS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens introduces new drama and documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens have been presented by hosts Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie...
  
  Audience Award

• Nickelodeon
  Nickelodeon (TV channel)
  Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
  
  
  • Kid's Choice Awards Includes both film and other media awards.

• Fox
  • Teen Choice Awards
    Teen Choice Awards
    The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with...
    
     Includes both film and other media awards.

• Procter & Gamble
  Procter & Gamble
  Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
  
  
  • People's Choice Awards
    People's Choice Awards
    The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett...
    
     Includes both film and other media awards.

2010/2011 award season (North American and European)

Organization/Award	Nominations announced	Winners announced
British Independent Film Awards British Independent Film Awards The Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.-History:The British...	2010-11-01	2010-12-05
National Board of Review National Board of Review Awards 2010 The 82nd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010.All films are in alphabetical order-Top Films:films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the year*The Social Network...		2010-12-02
European Film Awards	2010-11-06	2010-12-04
Los Angeles Film Critics Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2010 The 36th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association , honored the best in film for 2010.-Winners:*Best Picture:**The Social Network**Runner-up: Carlos...	-	2010-12-12
New York Film Critics 2010 New York Film Critics Circle Awards The 76th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on 12 December 2010.-Winners:*Best Actor:**Colin Firth – The King's Speech*Best Actress:**Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right...	-	2010-12-12
American Film Institute American Film Institute Awards 2010 The American Film Institute Awards 2010 honored the best 10 Movies and 10 Television Programs of the year. This is one of the few years where almost all of the films are Best Picture nominees...	-	2010-12-12
Boston Film Critics Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2010 The 31st Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2010, were given on December 12, 2010.-Winners:*Best Film:**The Social Network**Runner-up: Toy Story 3*Best Actor:**Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network...	-	2010-12-12
Satellite Awards Satellite Awards 2010 The 2010 Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 19, 2010...	2010-12-01	2010-12-19
San Diego Film Critics San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010 -Best Actor:Colin Farrell – Ondine*Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole*Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network*Colin Firth – The King's Speech*James Franco – 127 Hours-Best Actress:...	-	2010-12-14
San Francisco Film Critics San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 The 9th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were given on 13 December 2010.-Winners:*Best Picture:**The Social Network*Best Director :**Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan...	-	2010-12-13
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 16th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association on December 16, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.-Winners and runners-up:...	-	2009-12-17
Chicago Film Critics Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.-Best Actor:Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker*Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart*George Clooney – Up in the Air...	2009-12-16	2009-12-21
Florida Film Critics Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 -Winners:*Best Actor:**George Clooney - Up in the Air*Best Actress:**Gabourey Sidibe - Precious*Best Animated Film:**Up*Best Cinematography:**Avatar - Mauro Fiore*Best Director:**Jason Reitman - Up in the Air*Best Documentary Film:...	-	2010-12-20
Las Vegas Film Critics Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2010 The 14th Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were given by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society on 16 December 2010.-Top 10 Films:# The Social Network# Inception# Black Swan# 127 Hours...	-	2010-12-16
Detroit Film Critics Detroit Film Critics Society The Detroit Film Critics Society is a film critic organization in Detroit, Michigan, United States.-2007 Awards:The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2007 were announced on 15 December and the winners were announced on 21 December 2007.-Best Actor:**George Clooney - Michael...	2010-12-10	2010-12-16
Oklahoma Film Critics Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 The 4th Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 2009, were given on 23 December 2009.-Top 10 Films:#The Hurt Locker#Up in the Air#Inglourious Basterds# Days of Summer...	-	2008-12-23
National Society of Film Critics National Society of Film Critics Awards 2009 The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best filmmaking of 2009.-Best Picture::1. The Hurt Locker2. Summer Hours 3. Inglourious Basterds-Best Director::...		2011-01-08
Kansas City Film Critics Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 The 45th Loutzenhiser Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on January 2, 2011.-Winners:Best Actor*Colin Firth – The King's SpeechBest Actress*Natalie Portman – Black SwanBest Animated Film...	-	2011-01-02
Broadcast Film Critics Association Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 The 16th Critics' Choice Awards, which were presented on Friday, January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honored the finest achievements in 2010 filmmaking...	2010-12-13	2011-01-14
Central Ohio Film Critics	-	2011-01-06
Golden Globe Awards 68th Golden Globe Awards The 68th Golden Globe Awards was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais....	2010-12-14	2011-01-16
American Society of Cinematographers American Society of Cinematographers The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...	2008-01-07	2008-01-26
Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of America Awards 2010 The 63nd Directors Guild of America Awards, which was given out on January 29, 2011, honors the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary and television. -Feature Film:Tom Hooper - The King's Speech...	2011-01-10	2011-01-29
Screen Actors Guild 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards ----Best Cast - Motion Picture: The King's Speech----Best Cast - Drama Series: Boardwalk Empire----Best Cast - Comedy Series: Modern Family...	2010-12-16	2011-01-30
Producers Guild of America Producers Guild of America Awards 2010 The 22nd Producers Guild of America Awards, given on January 22, 2011, honouring the best film and television producers of 2010.-Theatrical Picture:The King's Speech*127 Hours*Black Swan*Inception*The Fighter...	2010-01-04	2011-01-22
Denver Film Critics Society Denver Film Critics Society The Denver Film Critics Society is an organization of film critics based in Denver, Colorado. -2009 Winners and Nominees:Best Film*The Hurt Locker**A Serious Man**Star Trek**Up in the AirBest Director...	-	2011-01-28
Writers Guild of America Writers Guild of America Awards 2010 The 63rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2010. Winners were announced on February 5, 2011.-Best original screenplay:Inception — written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros....	2011-01-11	2011-02-05
BAFTA Awards 64th British Academy Film Awards The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. The nominees were announced on 18 January 2011. The King's Speech earned the most nominations with fourteen...	2010-01-18	2011-02-13
American Cinema Editors American Cinema Editors Awards 2009 The 60th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honored the best editors in films and televisions of 2009.-Film:Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic:...	2008-01-11	2008-02-17
Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards 2010 The Independent Spirit Awards 2010 announced its nominees in November 2010. The winners were announced on February 26, 2011.-Best Film :*Black Swan**127 Hours**Greenberg**The Kids Are All Right**Winter's Bone...	2010-11-30	2011-02-26
Academy Awards 2011 83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...	2011-01-25	2011-02-27

Sources and references

• IMDB search page for data on hundreds of awards and festivals