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The
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, commonly called the
Critics' Choice Awards, are bestowed annually by the
Broadcast Film Critics AssociationThe Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada , representing approximately 250 television, radio and online critics....
to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Nominees are selected by written ballots in a week-long voting period, and are announced in December. The winners are revealed at the annual Critics' Choice Awards ceremony in January. The awards are currently broadcast live on the
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television network. The 2007 and 2008 Awards were at the
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, the 2009 event -- renamed The Critics' Choice Movie Awards - was held at the refurbished historic Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2010. Special awards are given out at the discretion of the BFCA Board of Directors.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association prides itself on its ability to anticipate
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nominations: between 1997 and 2004, the Critics’ Choice nominations predicted all but two of 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. By comparison, the
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s were three times more likely to differ during the same period. However, the fact that the BFCA — which typically nominates nine or ten films for Best Film — chooses more than the five nominations of the Academy Awards and Golden Globes may account for some of this greater predictive power. The nominations for the 2011 Awards were announced on December 13, 2010.
For yearly results, see :Category:Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
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