I always yawn when I hear it’s “Awards Season” in the movie industry.
I yawn for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the speeches. Someone really needs to stop them after say, oh, 15 seconds. They don’t really need to thank the Grip and the Assistant Location manager?
Which brings me to this business of forty people cramming onto the stage for some of the awards.
Not to mention the number of awards.
This is a list of movie award ceremonies held every year. Really. It is. They’re all real.
Academy Awards, USA
Golden Globes, USA
BAFTA Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
AACTA International Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Adana Film Festival
AFI Awards, USA
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Amanda Awards, Norway
American Cinema Editors, USA
Art Directors Guild
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS)
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
Austin Film Critics Association
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Awards of the Japanese Academy
Belgian Film Press Union
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
Bodil Awards
Boston Online Film Critics Association
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
British Independent Film Awards
British Screenwriters’ Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Camerimage
Capri, Hollywood
Casting Society of America, USA
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
CinEuphoria Awards
Club Média Ciné
Costume Designers Guild Awards
César Awards, France
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
David di Donatello Awards
Denver Film Critics Society
Denver International Film Festival
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
Directors Guild of America, USA
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
Empire Awards, UK
Faro Island Film Festival
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
Ghent International Film Festival
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
Gold Derby Awards
Gold Derby Awards
Golden Schmoes Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio
Hamburg Film Festival
Hawaii Film Critics Society
Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
IGN Summer Movie Awards
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell’Ombra
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
Indiewire Critics’ Poll
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
Iowa Film Critics Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Leeds International Film Festival
Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
Mainichi Film Concours
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Nevada Film Critics Society
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
North Carolina Film Critics Association
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
Online Association of Female Film Critics
Online Film & Television Association
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Palm Springs International Film Festival
PGA Awards
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards
Phoenix Critics Circle
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Polish Film Awards
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
San Sebastián International Film Festival
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Satellite Awards
Seattle Film Critics Awards
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
Society of Camera Operators
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Turia Awards
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Venice Film Festival
Village Voice Film Poll
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
World Soundtrack Awards
Zurich Film Festival
And I haven’t even included the Razzis – the Golden Raspberries for the worst movies.
Nor have I included the ARMAs (The Absolutely Ridiculous Movie Awards) or the ITMAs (The It’s My Turn Awards).
And then there’s the BSAAACs – the Best Speech At An Award Ceremony.
And finally the BSNMBSWTTWBDs – the Best Speech Never Made By Someone Who Thought They’d Win But Didn’t of the F**K IT’s for short.
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