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 – 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)

18th – International Documentary Association nominations (IDA)

19th – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)

20th – British Independent Film Craft Awards (BIFA)

30th – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

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)

3rd – Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations – nominations

4th-6th –  International Documentary Association Awards (IDA)

5th – Critics’ Choice Awards nominations

5th – Michigan Movie Critics Guild nominations (MMCG)

5th –  Seattle Film Critics Society nominations (SFCS)

6th – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association nominations (WAFCA)

7th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)

7th – Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (TFCA)

7th – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (WAFCA)

7th –  St. Louis Film Critics Association nominations (StLFCA)

8th – African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

8th – Golden Globe Nominations

8th – Oscar Shortlist voting begins

9th – Chicago Film Critics Association nominations (CFCA)

9th – Producers Guild Of America Award Documentary nominations (PGA)

10th – Austin Film Critics Association nominations (AFCA)

11th – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA)

12th – 28th Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDGA)

12th – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle nominations (SFBAFCC)

12th – Oscar Shortlist voting ends

14th – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (SFBAFCC)

14th –  St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (StLFCA)

15th – Directors Guild of America nomination voting begins

15th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting begins

15th – Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (SFCS)

15th – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (PFCS)

15th – London Film Critics Circle nominations (LFCC)

15th – New York Film Critics Online Awards (NYFCO)

15th – Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Awards (SEFCA)

15th – Las Vegas Film Critics Society nominations (LVFCS) 

16th – Oscar Shortlists announced (AMPAS)

16th – Society Of Composers And Lyricists nominations (SCL)

16th – Satellite Award nominations (IPA)

17th – Casting Society Awards nominations (CSA)

17th – Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWFCA)

18th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting begins

18th – Online Association Of Female Film Critics nominations (OAFFC)

18th – Austin Film Critics Association Awards (AFCA)

19th – Golden Globe winner voting begins (GG)

19th – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (LVFCS)

19th – Online Association Of Female Film Critics Awards (OAFFC)

19th – Georgia Film Critics Association nominations (GAFCA)

20th – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (PFCC)

20th – Utah Film Critics Association nominations (UFCA)

24th – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association nominations (GWNYFCA)

26th – Minnesota Film Critics Association nominations (MFCA)

27th – Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (GAFCA)

29th – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild nominations (MUAH)

JANUARY 2026

2nd – Minnesota Film Critics Association Awards (MFCA)

3rd – Golden Globe winner voting ends (GG)

3rd – National Society of Film Critics Awards (NSFC)

3rd-12th – Palm Springs International Film Festival

3rd – Palm Springs International Film Awards

4th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)

4th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting ends

5th – Annie Award nominations

5th – North Dakota Film Society nominations (NDFS)

5th – Set Decorators Society Of America nominations (SDSA)

7th – Art Directors Guild Award nominations (ADG)

7th – The Actor Awards nominations (SAG)

8th – American Society of Cinematographers nominations (ASC)

8th – Directors Guild of America nominations (DGA)

8th – Directors Guild of America winner voting begins

8th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting ends

9th – British Academy Film Awards longlists (BAFTA)

9th – Producers Guild of America nominations (PGA)

10th – AARP The Magazine Movies For Grownups Awards (AARP)

10th – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (GWNYFCA)

10th-11th – Casting, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound and Visual Effects  nominating screenings (bake-offs)

11th – 83rd Golden Globe Awards

12th – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nominations (MPSE)

12th – Oscar nomination voting begins

12th – North Carolina Film Critics Association nominations (NCFCA)

12th – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)

12th – Online Film Critics Society nominations (OFCS)

13th – Visual Effects Society nominations (VES)

14th – The Actor Awards winner voting begins

14th – Guild Of Music Supervisors Award nominations (GMS)

16th – Oscar nomination voting ends

17th – European Film Awards (EFA)

20th – Cinema Audio Society nominations (CAS)

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)

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 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 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