Critics Choice Association
organization
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) is an American association of film and television critics and entertainment journalists. The organization was founded in 1995 as the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). In 2011, it established the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) as a sister organization for television critics, and in 2019 the two groups were consolidated under the current name, the Critics Choice Association.
The association presents the annual Critics Choice Awards, which recognize achievement in film and television. It also presents the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, Critics Choice Real TV Awards, and Critics Choice Super Awards, and stages the Celebration of Cinema and Television events.
History
The Broadcast Film Critics Association was founded in 1995 by Joey Berlin and Rod Lurie. It had 44 members at the time of its inaugural awards ceremony. It presented its first film awards for films released in 1995.
In 2011, the BFCA created the Broadcast Television Journalists Association as a sister organization for television journalists. The BTJA presented the first Critics Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 20, 2011.
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