The Directors Guild of America has announced key dates for the 75th Annual DGA Awards, which will take place on February 18 at the Beverly Hilton.
The nominations for the feature film and film debut will be announced on January 11, while the nominations for television, commercials and documentaries will be announced on January 10. The first Guild Awards ceremony was held in 1948.
DGA members will have the opportunity to vote online from December 5 to January 10 for nominations for feature films; from December 9 to January 6 for television nominations in five categories; and from 11 January to 17 February at the theatrical feature film awards. All voting will take place online.
Here is the full schedule of key assignment dates:
Theatrical Feature Film Award
- Online voting for film nominations will open on December 5th
- Deadline for online voting for feature film nominations: 10 January
- Announcement of the five feature film candidates: 11 January
- Online voting for the Theatrical Feature Awards will open on January 11th
- Screening (or broadcast) of five nominated theatrical films: January 16-20
- The deadline for online voting for the Theatrical Feature Film Award is February 17th
television awards
- TV and commercial entry forms are available online: September 8th
- Deadline for TV presentations and commercials: November 14th
- Online voting for TV nominations opens on December 9th
- Deadline for online voting for TV nominations: 6 January
- Announcement of all commercial and televised candidates: 10 January
The first prize for the director of a feature film
- Feature Director Debut Request Form Available Online: September 8th
- Deadline for the presentation of the first feature films: 17 October
- Announcement of the candidates for the director of the first feature film: 11 January
documentary award
- The documentary application form is available online: 8 September
- Deadline for submission of documentary works: 17 October
- Announcement of documentary candidates: 10 January
75th annual DGA Award
- Dinner reservation forms available: January 12th
- Deadline for returning all dinner reservation forms: 6th February
- DGA Awards Ceremony: Saturday 18 February – Beverly Hilton Hotel
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