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 – winners
JUNE 2025
JULY 2025
AUGUST 2025
23rd-September 6th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) – winners
29th-September 1st – Telluride Film Festival (TFF)
SEPTEMBER 2025
4th-14th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – winners
26th-October 13th – New York Film Festival (NYFF)
OCTOBER 2025
14th – Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations (CCA) – nominations
22nd-26th – AFI FEST
25th-November 1st – SCAD Savannah Film Festival
28th – Gotham Awards nominations – nominations
NOVEMBER 2025
3rd – British Independent Film Awards nominations (BIFA) – nominations
9th – Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) – winners
16th – Governors Awards
18th – European Film Academy nominations (EFA) – nominations
18th – International Documentary Association nominations (IDA) – nominations
19th – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) – winners
20th – British Independent Film Craft Awards (BIFA) – winners
30th – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) – winners
DECEMBER 2025
1st – Gotham Awards – winners
2nd – New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) – winners
3rd – Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC) – winners
3rd – National Board of Review (NBR) – winners
3rd – Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations – nominations
4th-6th – International Documentary Association Awards (IDA)
5th – Critics’ Choice Awards nominations (CCA) – nominations
5th – Michigan Movie Critics Guild nominations (MMCG) – nominations
5th – Seattle Film Critics Society nominations (SFCS) – nominations
6th – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association nominations (WAFCA) – nominations
7th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) – winners
7th – Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (TFCA) – winners
7th – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (WAFCA) – winners
7th – St. Louis Film Critics Association nominations (StLFCA) – nominations
8th – Golden Globe Nominations (GG) – nominations
8th – Indiana Film Journalists Association nominations (IFJA) – nominations
8th – Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards (MMCG) – winners
8th – Oscar Shortlist voting begins
9th – African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) – winners
9th – Chicago Film Critics Association nominations (CFCA) – nominations
9th – Producers Guild Of America Award Documentary nominations (PGA) – nominations
10th – Austin Film Critics Association nominations (AFCA) – nominations
10th – Phoenix Critics Circle nominations (PCC) – nominations
11th – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA) – winners
11th – Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (PCC) – winners
12th – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDGA) – nominations
12th – San Diego Film Critics Society nominations (SDFCS) – nominations
12th – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle nominations (SFBAFCC) – nominations
12th – Oscar Shortlist voting ends
14th – Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (BSFC) – winners
14th – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (SFBAFCC) – winners
14th – St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (StLFCA) – winners
15th – Directors Guild of America nomination voting begins
15th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting begins
15th – Kansas City Film Critics Circle nominations (KSFCC) – nominations
15th – Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (IFJA) – winners
15th – Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (SFCS) – winners
15th – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (PFCS) – winners
15th – London Film Critics Circle nominations (LFCC) – nominations
15th – New York Film Critics Online Awards (NYFCO) – winners
15th – San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (SDFCS) –
15th – Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Awards (SEFCA) – winners
15th – Las Vegas Film Critics Society nominations (LVFCS) – nominations
15th – USC Scripter nominations (USC) – nominations
16th – Oscar Shortlists announced (AMPAS) – shortlists
16th – Satellite Award nominations (IPA) – nominations
17th – Online Association Of Female Film Critics nominations (OAFFC) – nominations
17th – Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWFCA) – winners
17th – Society of Composers & Lyricists nominations (SCL) – nominations
18th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting begins
18th – Black Reel Awards nominations (BRA) – nominations
18th – AACTA International Awards nominations (AACTA) – nominations
18th – Austin Film Critics Association Awards (AFCA) – winners
19th – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (FFCC) – winners
19th – Golden Globe winner voting begins (GG)
19th – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (LVFCS) – winners
19th – Online Association Of Female Film Critics Awards (OAFFC) – winners
19th – Georgia Film Critics Association nominations (GAFCA) – nominations
20th – Boston Online Film Critics Associations Awards (BOFCA) – winners
20th – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (PFCC) – winners
21st – Utah Film Critics Association nominations (UFCA) – nominations
21st – Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (KCFCC) – winners
21st – Women Film Critics Circle Awards (WFCC) – winners
22nd – Alliance of Women Film Journalists nominations (AWFJ) – nominations
22nd – North Texas Film Critics Association nominations (NTFCA) – nominations
23rd – New Jersey Film Critics Circle nominations (NJFCC) – nominations
24th – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association nominations (GWNYFCA) – nominations
25th – Puerto Rico Critics Association nominations (PRCA) – nominations
26th – Minnesota Film Critics Association nominations (MFCA) – nominations
27th – Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (GAFCA) – winners
29th – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild nominations (MUAH) – nominations
29th – North Texas Film Critics Association Awards (NTFCA) – winners
31st – Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards (AWFJ) – winners
31st – New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards (NJFCC) – winners
31st – U.K. Film Critics Association Awards (UKFCA) – winners
JANUARY 2026
1st – Portland Critics Association Awards (PCA) – winners
2nd – Minnesota Film Critics Association Awards (MFCA) – winners
2nd – Puerto Rico Critics Association Awards (PRCA) – winners
3rd – Golden Globe winner voting ends (GG)
3rd – National Society of Film Critics Awards (NSFC) – winners
3rd-12th – Palm Springs International Film Festival
3rd – Palm Springs International Film Awards
4th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA) – winners
4th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting ends
5th – Annie Award nominations (Annies) – nominations
5th – Music City Film Critics Association nominations (MCFCA) – nominations
5th – North Dakota Film Society nominations (NDFS) – nominations
5th – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (OFCC) – winners
5th – Set Decorators Society Of America nominations (SDSA) – nominations
6th – Chicago Indie Critics nominations (CIC) – nominations
6th – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (GWNYFCA) – winners
7th – Art Directors Guild Award nominations (ADG) – nominations
7th – The SAG Actor Awards nominations (SAG) – nominations
8th – American Society of Cinematographers nominations (ASC) – nominations
8th – Casting Society Artios Awards nominations (CSA) – nominations
8th – Directors Guild of America nominations (DGA) – nominations
8th – Directors Guild of America winner voting begins
8th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting ends
9th – British Academy Film Awards longlists (BAFTA) – longlists
9th – Producers Guild of America nominations (PGA) – nominations
10th – Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP (AARP) – winners
10th – BAFTA Tea Party
10th – Film Independent Spirit Awards Brunch
10th-11th – Casting, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound and Visual Effects nominating screenings (bake-offs)
11th – 83rd Golden Globe Awards – winners
12th – British Society of Cinematographers nominations (BSC) – nominations
12th – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nominations (MPSE) – nominations
12th – Oscar nomination voting begins
12th – Music City Film Critics Association Awards (MCFCA) – winners
12th – North Carolina Film Critics Association nominations (NCFCA) – nominations
12th – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS) – winners
12th – Online Film Critics Society nominations (OFCS) – nominations
13th – Visual Effects Society nominations (VES) – nominations
14th – The Actor Awards winner voting begins
14th – Denver Film Critics Society nominations (DFCS) – nominations
14th – Society of LGBTQ Film Journalists Dorian Awards nominations (GALECA) – nominations
14th – Guild Of Music Supervisors Award nominations (GMS) – nominations
16th – Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) – winners
16th – Oscar nomination voting ends
17th – European Film Awards (EFA) – winners
17th – Utah Film Critics Association Awards (UFCA) – winners
18th – International Cinephile Society nominations (ICS) – nominations
18th – Online Film and Television Association nominations (OFTA) – nominations
19th – Latino Entertainment Journalists Association nominations (LEJA) – nominations
20th – Cinema Audio Society nominations (CAS) – nominations
20th – Houston Film Critics Society Awards (HFCS) – winners
20th – Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominations (VFCC) – nominations
22nd – Oscar nominations
26th – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFA)
26th – Online Film Critics Society Awards (OFCS)
27th – American Cinema Editors nominations (ACE)
27th – British Academy Film Awards nominations (BAFTA)
27th – Writers Guild of America nominations (WGA)
FEBRUARY 2026
6th – Directors Guild of America winner voting ends
6th – Society Of Composers And Lyricists Awards (SCL)
7th – British Society of Cinematographers Awards (BSC)
7th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
8th – International Cinephile Society Awards (ICS)
9th – Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards (LEJA)
12th – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA)
14th – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH)
15th – Film Independent Spirit Awards
21st – Annie Awards
21st – Set Decorators Society Of America Awards (SDSA)
22nd – British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
25th – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
26th – Casting Society Artios Awards (CSA)
26th- Oscar winner voting begins
27th – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards (ACE)
27th – The Actor Awards winner voting ends
28th – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
28th – Guild Of Music Supervisors Winners (GMS)
28th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
MARCH 2026
1st – The SAG Actor Awards (SAG)
5th – Oscar winner voting ends
7th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
8th – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
8th – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
8th – Satellite Awards (IPA)
8th – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
15th – 98th Academy Awards
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