Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has announced the awards timetable for the upcoming awards season.

The deadline for motion picture and television submissions is Nov 4 and nominations will be announced on Dec 15 this year.

The Cecil B DeMille Award recipient will be unveiled on Nov 9 and the deadline for nomination ballots to be posted to all HFPA members by Ernst & Young is Dec 1.

The final screening date for features is Dec 7 and the final date for features press conferences is Dec 8.

The deadline for receipt of ballots by Ernst & Young is Dec 12 and final ballots must be posted to members by Dec 26. The deadline for receipt of final ballots is Jan 11, 2012.