Prizes and Awards

OTHER FILM INDUSTRY AWARDS

In addition, the Hollywood labor organizations, or guilds, also present awards. What has been called Hollywood's pre-Oscar Final Four—the quartet of guild award shows the first two weekends of March—includes trophies from the Producers Guild, the Writers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Directors Guild.

Other film industries around the world offer awards as well. For instance, UK film and television awards are presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The organization was formed in 1959 as a result of the amalgamation of the British Film Academy (founded in 1948) and the Guild of Television Producers (founded in 1954). Film and television awards are presented for both production and performance categories.

The European Film Awards are presented by the European Film Academy, which held its first awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, in November 1988. At that time, the group was called the European Cinema Society, but it was renamed in 1991. The trophy was named Felix for the statuette presented from 1988 to 1996, but in 1997, the awards ceremony was relaunched and a new statuette was introduced.