The awards season

Ciak, turns. For red carpet, festivals and galas, to be followed in real time on Marieclaire. com. The film awards season began on January 5 with the People's Choice Awards and the Palm Springs Film Festival and will close Feb. 27 with the Oscars (then comes Cannes, but that's another story). A premium is the other? No way.

Mini-Guide - with all the dates to mark in calendar - to extricate themselves from (good) statues and figurines. January 14: Critics' Choice Awards Who can vote: the best of critical U.S. and Canada, gathered in the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Who wins: he has a good chance to compete for an Oscar.

Jan. 16: Golden Globes Who can vote: a panel of journalists from the foreign press members at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Who will win: it's in fast lane that leads Oscar (see Kate Winslet in 2009). January 20 to 30: Sundance Film Festival Who can vote: by the time you know that the jury will be South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho.

Who wins: at least hoped to find a distributor (last year's journey to the Precious Oscar began right here). January 22: Producers Guild Awards Who can vote: union members of U.S. producers. Who will win: it can legitimately aspire to trigger a chain reaction (such as Kathryn Bigelow last year).

Jan. 29: Directors Guild of America Awards Who can vote: union members of U.S. filmmakers. Who wins: a woman is not safe, this year (no effect Bigelow!). The nominees are all male. January 30: Sag Awards Who can vote: members of the Screen Actors Guild, more than one hundred thousand. Who wins: The Actor takes home a statuette, second only to Oscar, Golden Globe, Bafta and Emmy in terms of prestige.

February 5: Writers Guild of America Awards Who can vote: the membership association which collects film writer and TV writers. Who will win: it could suddenly become a face (re) also known by the layman. We tifiamo Aaron Sorkin, writer of The Social Network. February 10 to 20: Berlinale Who can vote: an international jury chaired this year by Isabella Rossellini.

Who wins: ensures international visibility. But often not recognized by the general public. February 13: Bafta (+ Grammy) Who can vote: members of the Academy English. Who wins: he hopes to do the double two weeks later, the Oscars. February 26: Independent Spirit Awards and Golden Raspberry Awards Who can vote: for the first members of the nonprofit IFP / West for the second of those funny guys Raspberry Foundation.

Who wins: goes home happy in the first case, we get depressed or ride up in the second (but can be hoped for in the OSCE, see Sandra Bullock in 2010). February 27: Oscar Who can vote: members of the Academy USA (about six thousand people). Who wins: it is certainly strange speech.

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