The IFTA announced independent films captured 60 nominations in feature categories for the 84th Academy Awards.

3D animated feature Hugo leads the field with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and Writing.

Arthur Christmas, the Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, continues to collect post-holiday presents from critics groups across the country, as the 2011 awards season starts to pick up speed.

Razzies shake up movie awards calendar with April Fools’ Day announcement of 2011 Winners; nominations to be Unveiled on Oscar eve.

Patton Oswalt, nominated by the Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles Film Critics’ Associations for his performance in the film Young Adult, will host this year’s 39th Annual Annie Awards.

American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor veteran editors Joel Cox, A.C.E. and Doug Ibold, A.C.E. with the organization’s prestigious Lifetime Career Achievement Award.

The Motion Picture Sound Editors announced the nominees for the 59th annual Golden Reel Awards in movie and TV categories.

The Cinema Audio Society announces the nominees for the 48th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2011.

The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) has opened up its submission process for animated films for their inaugural event to take place June 22 – 24th, 2012.

American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced nominations for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has netted five nominations at the 32nd annual Genie Awards.

Oscar.com, the official online home of the 84th Academy Awards®, is launching its award-winning Oscar Digital Experience today with a first look at Billy Crystal’s return to Oscar’s stage.

Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist leads the field with nominations in 12 categories for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

DGA President Taylor Hackford announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011.

Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles.

Framestore’s highly talented artists have been nominated for three VES awards in categories stretching across features and commercials.

From BFCA press release:

Los Angeles, CA -- The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 17th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards earlier this evening. Hosted by comedians Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the star-studded ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium and aired live on VH1. The Artist was named the year's Best Picture and Michael Hazanavicius won Best Director honors for the film.

The authors and screenwriters of A Dangerous Method, The Descendants, Jane Eyre, Moneyball and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy have been named finalists for the 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.

The AMPAS Board of Governors has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Douglas Trumbull, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as a designer, director, inventor and entrepreneur, for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry.

Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo), Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 26th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards.