Oscars 2024: Date of the 96th Academy Awards announced along with key events leading to it

In the 95th Oscars, Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh swept the acting awards for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
(Representational photo/Getty Images)
(Representational photo/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The 96th Academy Awards in 2024 will be another year where the best talents in the motion picture business will be recognized and rewarded for their masterful performances.

Just like every time, Los Angeles will be in the foreground, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its longtime broadcasting partner, ABC, have decided on March 10, 2024, for the ceremony. The Oscars are usually held in February, but for the past three years, the month of March has been chosen to etch a few names in the movie history books.

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Ke Huy Quan, winner of Best Actor in a Supporting Roll award for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once', Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once', Brendan Fraser, winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for ’The Whale', and Jamie Lee Curtis, winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’  pose in the press room during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, and Jamie Lee Curtis during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

What are the key dates for the Oscars 2024?

The Academy has announced key dates leading up to the big day in March. The Academy’s Governor Awards will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2023, while the submission deadline for general-entry categories will be Wednesday, November 15, 2023. The eligibility period for the general entry categories will end on December 31, 2023.

The 95th Oscars, which took place in March 2023, were all about comebacks. Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh swept the acting awards (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actress respectively), for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', a beautiful story about grit and resilience.

The upcoming Oscar awards will have big contenders like Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Dune: Part Two to begin with, but only time will tell whether the big studio movies make an impact on the award season. As always, the Academy will keep an eye out, but for now they have enlisted an all-important list of dates for 2024.

Full list of important dates for the 96th Academy Awards

Below is the full list of important dates for the 2024 Oscars season. These are not set in stone and can change depending on the Academy's final decisions.

General entry category submission deadline: Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Governors Awards: Saturday, November 18, 2023

Preliminary voting begins: Thursday, December 18, 2023, at 9 am PT

Preliminary voting ends: Monday, December 21, 2023, at 5 pm PT

Oscars shortlists announcement: Thursday, December 21, 2023

Eligibility period ends: Sunday, December 31, 2023

Nominations voting begins: Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 9 am PT

Nominations voting ends: Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 5 pm PT

Oscar nominations announcement: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Oscar nominees luncheon: Monday, February 12, 2024

Finals voting begins: Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 9 am PT

Scientific and Technical Awards: Friday, February 23, 2024

Finals voting ends: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 5 pm PT

96th Oscars: Sunday, March 10, 2024

Don't forget to tune into ABC for Oscar coverage on March 10, 2024.

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