BIG DATES

Award season is in full swing, so to keep you up to speed, here are some key dates to mark on your calendar:

Today: Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. votes and announces winners

Thursday: Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. (Golden Globe) nominations announced at 5 a.m.; Chicago Film Critics Assn. announces winners

Sunday: Boston Society of Film Critics votes and announces winners; AFI 10 movies of the year announced

Monday: American Cinema Editors nomination ballots mailed; Costume Designers Guild submission forms due; Toronto Film Critics Assn., San Diego Film Critics Society, San Francisco Film Critics Circle announce winners

Tuesday: Phoenix Film Critics Society announces winners; Screen Actors Guild nomination ballots due by noon; Cinema Audio Society nomination ballots mailed

Dec. 18: British Academy of Film and Television Arts final screening date; SAG nominations announced.

Dec. 26: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nomination ballots mailed; SAG final ballots mailed

Jan. 2: Producers Guild of America theatrical motion picture nomination ballots due; CAS nominations ballots to be returned by 5 p.m.

Jan. 3: National Society of Film Critics vote and announce winners

Jan. 5: Broadcast Film Critics Assn. final ballots mailed; BAFTA first round of voting closes; Scripter announces five finalists; ASC nominations ballots due; NYFCC award dinner; PGA nominations announced

Jan. 6: BAFTA second round of voting activated; Writers Guild of America film ballots to be completed online

Jan. 11: Golden Globe Awards

Jan. 12: Oscar nomination polls close at 5 p.m.; ACE nominations announced; ASC final ballots mailed; LAFCA award dinner; the International Animated Film Society begins online voting