AN unusually busy day in a truncated awards season for Hollywood left five films — Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Sam Mendes’ “1917,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” and Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit” — at the head of the Oscar pack.

All five were nominated Tuesday for the top prize of both the Directors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards, two of the most reliable Academy Awards bellwethers.

All but “1917,” which took top honors Sunday at the Golden Globes, have been nominated by the industry’s leading three guild awards. The Screen Actors Guild earlier selected “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Parasite,” “The Irishman” and “Jojo Rabbit” for its biggest award, best ensemble.

Tuesday’s rare confluence of announcements puts awards season into hyper speed. The Academy Awards moved up several weeks to Feb. 9 this year, squeezing the pre-Oscars calendar. The British Academy Film Awards also unveiled their nominations Tuesday, with “Joker” leading all films with 11 nods and an all-white acting field that immediately sparked criticism.

Oscar prognosticators pay particular attention to the Producers Guild, which selects 10 movies for the year. Aside from the above five films, the producers also nominated “Joker,” “Marriage Story,” “Knives Out,” “Little Women” and “Ford v Ferrari” for its annual top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award.

Producers Guild Awards, now in its 31st year, have a history of forecasting the Academy Awards. In 21 out of the last 30 years, the PGA winner has corresponded with the Academy Awards best picture winner, including the last two years: “Green Book” in 2019, and “The Shape of Water” in 2018.

The Directors Guild is also a prominent Oscars predictor. Since 1948, only seven times has the DGA winner not gone on to take the directing Academy Award. Last year, Alfonso Cuaron won at the DGA Awards before winning the Oscar, too.

While female filmmakers had a historic year at the box office in 2019, they have been largely on the outside this awards season. The Globes didn’t nominate a woman for best director, or select a female-directed movie for its 10 best picture nominees.

The guild nominations arrived just as Oscar voting was closing, with ballots due at the end of Tuesday. Nominations will be announced Monday.

The Producers Guild Awards will take place Jan. 18 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The DGA Awards will be handed out Jan. 25 at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles.

(SD-Agencies)