Film award is a cinematic award which can be awarded in several categories. Unlike the film festival, the film award is not accompanied by a public screening of competitive films. Film awards are usually awarded based on the results of a secret voting of experts and less often on the results of the jury discussion.

Three most prestigious film awards

Academy Awards

Academy Awards, popularly known as "

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" — the award of the American Academy of cinema — is the most famous and prestigious award in filmmaking industry, both domestic and international. The first award ceremony "Oscar" was held in 1929. Now the Oscars ceremony is broadcast live in dozens of countries around the world. Unlike most film festivals, "Oscars" are awarded by the results of a General vote of the Academy members, and not by the choice of the jury. And such a democracy has brought this film a well-deserved popularity, though deprived of elitism.

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of ...

is one of the most prestigious awards in both filmmaking and television industry, seeks to offer an independent view of Hollywood cinema. The award ceremony takes place in

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(USA). American film award Academy of science fiction, fantasy and horror films, also known as the award "Saturn" (eng. "Saturn Award"), enjoys well-deserved popularity among fans of science fiction in the movies. Has been awarded since 1972 by the voting members of the Academy. The founder of the award is Dr. Donald A. Reed (1935-2001).

BAFTA Awards

British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA) is one of the most prestigious awards in United Kingdom, held in London annually in mid-February. For the first time the awarding of the best British filmmakers of this prize was held in 1947. And if then there were only three nominations, now there are nineteen, and four special nominal awards are awarded. The BAFTA award, which has become international, and the Golden globe award, the winners of which are chosen by members of the Hollywood foreign press Association, are a kind of dress rehearsal for Oscar, because in most cases they anticipate the voting results of members of the American Academy of cinema. In addition to cinematography, BAFTA also presents awards in the field of television and art for children.

The Big Four Critics' Awards

These are the four most prestigious film critics awards known as " The Big Four", for those including;

Los Angeles Film Critics' Association

The

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(LAFCA) is an American

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media ou ...

organization founded in 1975, honoring members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields over the calendar year.

National Board of Review

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, known as

National Board of Review The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts. Its awards, which are announced in early December, are considered an early harbinger of the film awards season that culminat ...

(NBR) is a non-profit organization of

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area film enthusiasts. Its awards, which are announced in early December, are considered an early harbinger of the film awards season that culminates in the

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

National Society of Film Critics

The

National Society of Film Critics The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In January 2014, ...

(NSFC) is an American

organization founded in 1966 in the New York City apartment of the '' Saturday Review'' critic

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, one of several co-founding film critics who was refused membership to the

New York Film Critics Circle The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magazi ...

due to it preferred critics who worked for mainstream newspapers. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes.

New York Film Critics' Circle

The

(NYFCC) is an American

organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from

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-based daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, online publications.

Other awards

Annie Awards

The

Annie Awards The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally desi ...

, known as "Annie", is an annual award ceremony in the field of animation, which the

branch of the

International Animated Film Association The International Animated Film Association (French: ''Association Internationale du Film d'Animation'', ASIFA) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the best known animation artists of the time such a ...

, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in

animation Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

shown in cinema and television. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation, the award has been given to individual works since 1992.

Golden Raspberry Awards

The

Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, ...

, known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards, is a parody award ceremony honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. It is an opposite ceremony of the Academy Awards.

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