Hossam Fahmy
The Association of Foreign Journalists announced on December 6 its nominations for the Golden Globe Awards for Best Film and Television Productions during the year. The nominations for the Grand Film Awards, which will begin with the Golden Globe Awards, And the Oscars, which will be held on February 24 of the same year.
All of the film's productions compete for these awards, but most of the films that reach final nominations and prizes are screened during the winter of the year. Why?
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Most of the production companies release the most important films they see as eligible for the Oscar at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, specifically during November and December.
These films meet the conditions of Oscar nomination in terms of the date of the show, and remain in the minds of the critics and members of the Academy who vote on the awards at the beginning of the year until the Oscars.
On the other hand, in view of the marketing gap, the end-of-year screening of these films gives it a special opportunity to generate revenues during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The announcement of its Golden Globe or Oscar nominations increases popular demand, which is what producers later exploit To ensure that their films remain for consecutive weeks at the beginning of the new year in theaters.
One of the best examples of this is Lola Land, winner of six Oscar Awards in 2017, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in August 2016, but its producers waited until December of the same year to display Within the United States, to capitalize on year-end momentum.
The same thing happened with "The Shape of Water", which ran for 13 awards in 2018, winning four of them, in Venice in August 2017 and in the United States in December of the same year.
The season of empty months
After the Oscars, the season of empty months, January and February in particular, or as America's "Dump months" is called.
Most major production companies in these months have been reluctant to release their productions, with cinemas earning the least revenue. According to the New York Times report, "January is Hollywood's Colony of Leprosy," the average January film revenue in 2002 And 2012 is $ 387 million, and the average revenue for February is $ 615 million, compared with the average revenue for December exceeds $ 1.2 billion.
This is due to several reasons, most of which concern the Golden Globe and Oscar nominations and awards, so there is no time to release new movies, in addition, these are the coolest months of the year in the United States.
In this season, theaters are receiving a limited number of low-cost films, as well as some horror films that do not have a chance to win the season.
Silence of Lambs, however, was the only exception to this rule when it premiered in February 1991, and at the end of the year he was able to win five Oscar Awards for best film, best director and best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.
"The Silence of the Lambs" is the first and only exception so far for the Oscar-winning horror film Best Film of the Year. Anthony Hopkins' iconic performance as Hannibal Lecter in the film has been so memorable that the Oscar-nominated Oscars of this year Billy Crystal began his monologue The opening is wearing a mask similar to the character mask Lecter in the film events.
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In view of the current season, most of the expected productions have been shown to win major awards during the fall and early winter. The film "Vice" was screened at the end of December and was able to reap six nominations for the Golden Globe Awards.
The Green Book, nominated for five Golden Globe awards, was first shown in September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "a private war" were also shown last November. Rami Malek and Rasmond Pike were nominated for the Golden Globe in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories respectively.
In the footsteps of Lala Land and Water Shape, the premiere of "A Star is Born" was released last August at the Venice International Film Festival, while the film was released in the United States at the end of October the first.
The biggest loser for not being shown in America at the end of last year is definitely "You Were Never Here" directed by Lenny Ramsey and starring Wakin Phoenix, who won Best Actor and Best Screenplay at Cannes last year , But he was not offered in the United States until last April, so he lost his chance last year and was so far away from the winter season this year that he did not get enough attention.