# 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 |
| December 12, 2020 | European Film Awards | Another Round |
| January 11, 2021 | Gotham Independent Film Awards | Nomadland |
| January 26, 2021 | National Board of Review Awards | Da 5 Bloods |
| February 15, 2021 | Satellite Awards | Drama: Nomadland Comedy or Musical: The Forty-Year-Old Version |
| February 28, 2021 | Golden Globe Awards | Drama: Nomadland Musical or Comedy: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm |
| March 5, 2021 | AACTA International Awards | Promising Young Woman |
| March 7, 2021 | Critics' Choice Awards | Nomadland |
| April 10–11, 2021 | British Academy Film Awards | Nomadland |
| April 22, 2021 | Independent Spirit Awards | Nomadland |
| April 25, 2021 | Academy Awards | Nomadland |

### Guild awards

| Ceremony date | Award | Main categories winner(s) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| April 6, 2021 | Visual Effects Society Awards | The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins |
| April 10, 2021 | ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards | Period: Mank – Donald Graham Burt Contemporary: Da 5 Bloods – Wynn Thomas Fantasy: Tenet – Nathan Crowley |
| April 10, 2021 | Directors Guild of America Awards | Nomadland – Chloé Zhao |
| 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 |
| April 16, 2021 | Golden Reel Awards | The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Renée Tondelli, Michael Hertlein, Jon Michaels, and Jeena Schoenke |
| 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 |
| April 17, 2021 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Sound of Metal – Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortez Navarrette, and Kari Vähäkuopus |
| April 18, 2021 | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Mank – Erik Messerschmidt |

### Critics awards

| Ceremony date | Award | Best Picture winner |
| December 13, 2020 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Nomadland |
| December 18, 2020 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | First Cow |
| December 20, 2020 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Small Axe |
| December 21, 2020 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nomadland |
| December 21, 2020 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | First Cow |
| January 4, 2021 | EDA Awards | Nomadland |
| January 9, 2021 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Nomadland |
| January 11, 2021 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Promising Young Woman |
| January 17, 2021 | St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | Nomadland |
| January 18, 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | Nomadland |
| January 18, 2021 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Nomadland |
| January 25, 2021 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nomadland |
| February 7, 2021 | London Film Critics Circle Awards | Nomadland |
| February 7, 2021 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Nomadland |
| February 8, 2021 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Nomadland |
| February 10, 2021 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Nomadland |
| February 15, 2021 | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Nomadland |
| February 22, 2021 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | Nomadland |
| March 5, 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards | Promising Young Woman |
| March 8, 2021 | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Nomadland |
| March 19, 2021 | Austin Film Critics Association Awards | Minari |