BIG DATES

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

Today: Motion Picture Sound Editors nomination ballots mailed.

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

Sunday: Oklahoma Film Critics, Houston Film Critics Society and Las Vegas Film Critics Society announce winners.

Monday: Art Directors Guild ballots mailed; American Society of Cinematographers nomination ballots mailed; Florida Film Critics Circle announces winners; final ballots mailed to foreign press members. Production design nomination ballots mailed.

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

Dec. 29: Designers Guild nomination 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. 4: Kansas City Film Critics Circle votes 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. 7: BFCA final ballots due; WGA film nominees announced; DGA ballots due; People’s Choice Awards; NAACP Image Award nominations; AFI luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Jan. 8: ADG nomination ballots due; DGA nominations announced; Central Ohio Film Critic’s Assn. announces winners; CAS final five nominations announced; BFCA awards; Scripter announces awards.

Jan. 9: AFI luncheon; WGA final ballots live online; ACE ballots due; ADG noms announced.

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.