PGA’s Innovation Award Showcases What ‘Entertainment’ Can Be In The Future

We are delighted that “The Pirate Queen” has been nominated for a PGA Innovation Award 2025!

It’s a mark of the disruption that Hollywood has faced the past five years that, when the Producers Guild of America sought to honor innovative immersive experiences, one big change in its fifth year was to showcase the finalists in person, so members could actually experience what makes those experiences special.

The winner of the PGA Innovation Award won’t be announced until later in awards season, during one of the preliminary events to the guild’s own PGA Awards in February, said Associate National Executive Director Michelle Byrd.

But last weekend, the PGA showcased the finalists at an in-person event designed to give members an easy hands-on experience trying out the next generation of entertainment. That’s important, because the finalists came in several forms distinctly different from traditional film and TV, none of them as easily experienced as punching in a streaming code to watch a film or TV at home. But the event had been virtual after its first year, thanks to the pandemic.

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