Today begins Precursor Season. Film Independent will announce its nominations for the annual Spirit Awards, a recognition of the best indie films released in 2016. We’ll also get the Best Documentary Feature nominees from the Producers Guild of America. With these, Oscar season will have officially begun and, after Thanksgiving, will begin snowballing through December, January, and February culminating with the Oscars on Feb. 26.

This also means that starting next week, the Precursor Winners & Losers articles will start going live. The Oscar Preview will be moving to Tuesday afternoon through the end of the year before going on hiatus until after Oscar season is finished.

To get you prepared, I’ve put together a list of official and unconfirmed dates of the various precursor awards that will be handed out between now and then. Broken into months, and further into nominating bodies and awards bodies, here is what’s coming down the pipe. Some dates are unconfirmed at this time and are based on their release schedules from this past Oscar season. If you know a date that isn’t included below, please feel free to send us a message through the Contact Us form at the right.

November

Nominations

Tue. 22 – Spirit Awards (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 22 – PGA Documentary (Nominations) (Official)
Mon. 28 – Annie Awards (Nominations) (Official)

Awards

Tue. 29 – National Board of Review (Awards) (Official)
Wed. 30 – New York Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)

December

Nominations

Thu. 01 – Broadcast Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Thu. 01 – Satellites (Nominations) (Official)
Sat. 03 – DC Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 05 – Grammy Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Thu. 08 – Golden Globes (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Thu. 08 – St. Louis Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Fri. 09 – Detroit Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Fri. 09 – San Diego Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Sat. 10 – San Francisco Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – Vancouver Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – Chicago Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Mon. 12 – North Carolina (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 13 – Phoenix Film Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Wed. 14 – Screen Actors (Nominations) (Official)
Wed. 14 – Austin Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Thu. 15 – Kansas City Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 19 – Florida Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 20 – London Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 27 – Online Critics (Nominations) (Official)

Awards

Sat. 03 – Boston Online Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 04 – Los Angeles Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 04 – NY Online Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 05 – DC Critics (Awards) (Official)
Thu. 08 – American Film Institute (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 11 – San Francisco Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 11 – Toronto Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 11 – Boston Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 11 – Broadcast Critics (Awards) (Official)
Mon. 12 – Dallas Area Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – Indiana Film Journalists (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – San Diego Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – Southeastern Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 12 – St. Louis Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 13 – Detroit Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 13 – Houston Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wed. 14 – Utah Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Thu. 15 – Chicago Critics (Awards) (Official)
Fri. 16 – Las Vegas Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 17 – Nevada Film Critics Society (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 18 – Kansas City Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 20 – Phoenix Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wed. 21 – Florida Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wed. 28 – Austin Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)

January

Nominations

Tue. 03 – Cinema Editors (Nominations) (Official)
Wed. 04 – Writers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Thu. 05 – Costume Designers (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Thu. 05 – Art Directors (Nominations) (Official)
Thu. 05 – Academy Awards Voting Begins (Oscars) (Official)
Fri. 06 – British Academy (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 09 – Georgia Film Critics Association (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 10 – Producers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 10 – Cinematographers (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 10 – Audio Society (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 10 – Visual Effects Society (Nominations) (Official)
Tue. 10 – Make-Up Artists Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Wed. 11 – USC Scripter (Nominations) (Official)
Wed. 11 – Directors Guild – Documentary (Nominations) (Official)
Thu. 12 – Directors Guild – Director & First Feature (Nominations) (Official)
Fri. 13 – Academy Awards Voting Ends (Oscars) (Official)
Sun. 22 – Online Film & TV Association (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 24 – Sound Editors (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 24 – Academy Awards (Oscars) (Official)

Awards

Mon. 02 – Vancouver Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 02 – North Carolina (Awards) (Official)
Tue. 03 – Oklahoma Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 03 – Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 03 – Online Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 07 – National Society Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 08 – Golden Globes (Awards) (Official)
Fri. 13 – Georgia Film Critics Association (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 22 – London Critics (Awards) (Official)
Fri. 27 – Cinema Editors (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 28 – Producers Guild (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 29 – Screen Actors (Awards) (Official)

February

Awards

Sat. 04 – Annie Awards (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 04 – Directors Guild (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 04 – Cinematographers (Awards) (Official)
Mon. 06 – Nominees Lunch (Oscars) (Official)
Tue. 07 – Visual Effects Society (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 11 – Art Directors (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 11 – USC Scripter (Awards) (Official)
Sat. 11 – Sci-Tech Awards (Oscars) (Official)
Sun. 12 – Online Film & TV Association (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sun. 12 – British Academy (Awards) (Official)
Mon. 13 – Grammy Awards (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Mon. 13 – Academy Awards Voting Begins (Oscars) (Official)
Sat. 18 – Audio Society (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 19 – Writers Guild (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 19 – Make-Up Artists Guild (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 19 – Sound Editors (Awards) (Official)
Tue. 21 – Costume Designers (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tue. 21 – Academy Award Voting Ends (Oscars) (Official)
Sat. 25 – Spirit Awards (Awards) (Official)
Sun. 26 – Academy Awards (89th) (Oscars) (Official)