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72nd Annual DGA Awards Updates 1 0 I D G A M O N T H L Y Preparing for Online Voting & Awards Screeners Online voting for the 72nd Annual DGA Awards is scheduled to begin on Monday, December 2, 2019. Members may vote for the Feature Film Award (both nomination and fi nal ballots) via the secure online voting system created for the DGA by eBallot. Voting for the Television categories is scheduled to begin on Friday, December 6, 2019. The eBallot site is accessible only to DGA members via a link on the DGA's website. You must have an email address on fi le with the DGA in order to log-in. Please call (310) 289-5382 or email ccrowley@dga.org if you have not yet provided an email address. The studios and distributors will send "for your consideration" screeners, digital screener notices and screenings mailings to all DGA members in good standing, including retirees. DGA members who are suspended are not eligible to receive screeners or to vote on the DGA Awards. Directors Guild of America/Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Pre-Nomination Screenings We are pleased to announce that the companies listed below have agreed to open their pre-nomination Academy consideration screenings to DGA members. These screenings will take place in private screening rooms, and in some limited cases, commercial theatres. You will receive mailings directly from the companies regarding screenings being held in private screening rooms. These screenings will also be advertised in the trade papers and the DGA website's Awards section for logged-in members. Participating companies include, but are not limited to, the following: A24 Films • Amazon Studios • Annapurna Pictures • Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures Dreamworks • Focus Features • Fox Searchlight • IFC Films • Lionsgate Magnolia Pictures • Netfl ix • Paramount Pictures • Roadside Attractions • Samuel Goldwyn • Screen Gems • Sony Pictures Classics • Twentieth Century Fox • Universal Pictures • Walt Disney • Warner Bros. For detailed information about these programs and updating your Awards mailing address, visit the Awards section of www.dga.org. Upcoming Submission Dates September 24, 2019 • Television & Commercial entry forms will be available at www.dga.org October 4, 2019 • Deadline for submitting First-Time Feature Director or documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast during the period of Jan. 1 - Sept. 30, 2019 November 4, 2019 • Deadline for submitting First-Time Feature Director or documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast during the period of Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019 For the complete 72nd Annual DGA Awards Schedule, please visit the Awards section of www.dga.org. For more information please contact the DGA Awards Offi ce at 310-289-2038 or Awards@dga.org. 72 nd