American Cinema Editors’s 75th annual ACE Eddie Awards, which was originally scheduled to be held on Jan. 18 and postponed in response to the L.A. fires, will now be held on March 14. The venue will remain UCLA’s Royce Hall.
With the change, the Eddies will now follow the 97th Oscars, which is scheduled for March 2. As previously reported, the Eddies will pivot from a black tie gala to a “come as you are” fundraiser, with a portion of ticket sales and sponsorships being donated to wildfire relief.
“We are incredibly grateful to UCLA and Royce Hall for their flexibility and support in helping us secure this new date,” said ACE executive director Jenni McCormick in a released statement. “We are also thankful for the understanding of our nominees, honorees, sponsors, and partners as we navigated this unforeseen circumstance and added fundraising elements to our show in response to the overwhelming need our community is facing due to the recent wildfires. We look forward to coming together and celebrating the outstanding achievements of our honorees and nominees on March 14th.”
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Said ACE president Sabrina Plisco, “This additional time allows us to readjust, show our resilience as a community and properly celebrate our incredible honorees and nominees in a meaningful way while also giving back to those impacted by the wildfires.”
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“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu is scheduled to receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, and editors Maysie Hoy and Paul Hirsch will receive Career Achievement Awards.
The Eddies, which this year will be hosted by Dave Holmes, recognize outstanding editing in film, television and documentaries. The complete list of this season’s Eddies nominees were announced on Dec. 11.
Numerous events and announcements in Hollywood’s awards season calendar were postponed or cancelled since Jan. 7 when devastating wildfires broke out in Los Angeles, leading to the destruction of thousands of structures and prompting mass evacuations.
The 97th Oscars are still slated to be held on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood though The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did also make changes to its awards season calendar. It extended its nominations voting while its Oscar nominations announcement moved to Jan 23. The Oscars Nominees Luncheon will not be held this year and the Scientific and Technical Awards, which were to be handed out on Feb. 18, will be rescheduled to a later date.
The Critics Choice Awards, which was initially slated to be held on Jan. 12 at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, is currently scheduled to be held Feb. 7 at the same location.
