Academy Announce 86th Oscars Timeline

The Academy recently announced the timeline for the 86th Oscars, to be held Sunday March 2nd 2014. This gives you a rough idea of when attention will turn towards the Oscars. One important thing to note is the later ceremony date, giving studios an extra week between nominations and awards. Will this make a difference to the campaigns? Possibly not, but films that ride a wave of temporary enthusiasm cough Avatar cough may well be released a week later than normal to accommodate for the slightly prolonged lobbying period.

I will scour through the detailed rule book this year in due course and pick it apart category by category for you, but for now here’s all you need to know:

Friday, July 12

Scientific and Technical Awards due

Tuesday, September 3

Documentary Short Subject due by 5 p.m. PT

Monday, September 23

Documentary Feature due by 5 p.m. PT

Tuesday, October 1

Live Action Short Film due by 5 p.m. PT

Animated Short Film due by 5 p.m. PT

Foreign Language Film due by 5 p.m. PT

Friday, November 1

Animated Feature Film due by 5 p.m. PT

Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Governors Awards

Monday, December 2, 2013

Official Screen Credits due by 5 p.m. PT

Music due by 5 p.m. PT

Friday, December 27, 2013

Nominations voting begins

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Oscar nominations announced

Monday, February 10, 2014

Nominees Luncheon

Friday, February 14, 2014

Final voting begins

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Scientific and Technical Awards

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT

Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014

86th Academy Awards