2025/2026 Film Awards Calendar

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The 2025/2026 film awards calendar will be updated throughout the year as new dates for film’s biggest and best events, festivals, nominations and awards are announced.

This year’s major film festivals kicked off with Sundance in January, Berlin in February and SXSW in March just after Oscars week. Cannes takes place May 13-24, then we head to Venice from August 27 to September 6, Telluride from August 29 to September 1, Toronto from September 4-14, New York from September 26 to October 13 and AFI from October 22-26.

The Golden Globes continue on CBS (they secured a five-year deal two years ago) and once again be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser after a modest ratings bump last season. The SAG Awards had their second year as a live show exclusively on Netflix. The Critics Choice Awards, like many shows in the wake of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires, moved well into February but are expected to return to go back to back weekends with the Globes once again this season.

The 98th Oscars will be held on March 15, 2026 and hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second year in a row.

Color code:

• Orange – Industry/Guild Nominations
• Green – Industry/Guild Awards
• Blue – Critics Awards Nominations
• Magenta – Critics Awards
• Bronze – Film Festivals
• Purple – Industry Events
• Red – Voting Periods

JANUARY 2025

23rd – February 2nd – Sundance Film Festival – winners

FEBRUARY 2025

13th-23rd – Berlin International Film Festival – winners

MARCH 2025

7th-15th – South by Southwest Film and Television Festival (SXSW)

APRIL 2025

MAY 2025

13th-24th – Cannes Film Festival

JUNE 2025

JULY 2025

AUGUST 2025

23rd-September 6th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF)

29th-September 1st – Telluride Film Festival (TFF)

SEPTEMBER 2025

4th-14th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

26th-October 13th – New York Film Festival (NYFF)

OCTOBER 2025

Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations (CCA)

22nd-26th – AFI FEST

25th-November 1st – SCAD Savannah Film Festival

NOVEMBER 2025

British Independent Film Awards nominations (BIFA)

European Film Academy nominations (EFA)

DECEMBER 2025

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

Golden Globe Nominations

Critics’ Choice Awards nominations

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)

National Board of Review (NBR)

New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)

JANUARY 2026

2nd – Palm Springs International Film Awards

3rd-12th – Palm Springs International Film Festival

4th – Golden Globe Awards

European Film Awards (EFA)

20th – Cinema Audio Society nominations (CAS)

British Academy Film Awards nominations (BAFTA)

Critics’ Choice Awards

Directors Guild of America Film nominations (DGA) 

National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)

Oscar nominations

Producers Guild of America nominations (PGA) 

Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (SAG)

FEBRUARY 2026

22nd – British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

Film Independent Spirit Awards

Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) 

Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)

Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)

MARCH 2026

7th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)

15th – 98th Academy Awards