Critics' Choice Movie Awards facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Critics' Choice Awards |
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| Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| First awarded | 1996 (for 1995 films) |
The Critics' Choice Awards are special prizes given out every year to celebrate the best movies. They used to be called the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award. The Critics Choice Association (CCA), which includes critics from the United States and Canada, presents these awards.
To choose the winners, critics first send in their votes over a week. The movies and people nominated for awards are announced in December. Then, more voting happens, and the winners are revealed at a big ceremony in January. Sometimes, special awards are also given out.
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History of the Awards
The awards were first simply called Critics' Choice Awards. In 2010, the word Movie was added to the name. This was done to make them different from the Critics' Choice Television Awards. Those TV awards started a year later. Now, the name Critics' Choice Awards officially means the ceremony that honors both movies and TV shows.
Where the Ceremonies Were Held
From 2006 to 2009, the awards show took place at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. From 2010 to 2012, it moved to the historic Hollywood Palladium.
How the Awards Were Broadcast
The awards ceremony was first shown on TV in 2001 on E! Entertainment Television. After four years there, it moved to The WB Network for two years. Then it went back to E! for one year. VH1 started broadcasting the show in 2008.
In 2013, the live TV broadcast moved from VH1 to The CW. The 19th ceremony was shown on January 16, 2014, live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. In October 2014, it was announced that the Critics' Choice Movie Awards would move to A&E for 2015 and 2016.
The show then returned to The CW in 2017 and has been there since. Usually, the ceremony is held in the second week of January. This is because the Golden Globe Awards traditionally take the first Sunday of January. However, in 2022, the Critics' Choice Awards claimed the first Sunday of January. This happened after some issues with the group that runs the Golden Globes. To reach more viewers, a deal was made in October 2021 to show the awards on TBS as well. TBS is a sister network to The CW.
Award Categories
The Critics' Choice Awards give out prizes in many different categories. These categories celebrate various parts of filmmaking and acting.
Current Categories
- Best Picture (since 1995)
- Best Director (since 1995)
- Best Actor (since 1995)
- Best Actress (since 1995)
- Best Supporting Actor (since 1995)
- Best Supporting Actress (since 1995)
- Best Young Performer (since 1996)
- Best Acting Ensemble (since 2001)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (since 2009)
- Best Original Screenplay (since 2009)
- Best Comedy (since 2005)
- Best Animated Feature (since 1998)
- Best Foreign Language Film (since 1995)
- Best Cinematography (since 2009)
- Best Production Design (since 2009)
- Best Costume Design (since 2009)
- Best Makeup (since 2009)
- Best Editing (since 2009)
- Best Score (since 1999)
- Best Song (since 1998)
- Best Visual Effects (since 2009)
Retired Categories
- Best Action Movie (2009–19)
- Best Actor in an Action Movie (2012–16)
- Best Actress in an Action Movie (2012–16)
- Best Actor in a Comedy (2012–18)
- Best Actress in a Comedy (2012–18)
- Best Documentary Feature (1995–2015)
- Best Family Film (1997–2007)
- Best Popular Film (2004)
- Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–19)
- Best Sound (2009–11)
Ceremonies Held Each Year
The Critics' Choice Awards have been held every year since 1995. Each ceremony celebrates films released in the previous year.
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
Note: The ceremony is usually named after the year the movies were released, not the year the awards show took place.
See also
In Spanish: Premios de la Crítica Cinematográfica para niños
