2025-2026 Awards Calendar

Time is a flat circle; once one award season is done, another is ready to start. Actually, if we’re being honest, next year’s award season has been in the works for months. But how will it all shake out? We have all the dates for your favorite season highlights, from the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes to festivals like the annual bashes at the Cannes Film Festival and TIFF. Be sure to bookmark this page for updates as more dates are announced.

Updated 12/03/2025

October 2025

• October 16-23 – Newport Beach Film Festival
• October 17 – Daytime Emmy Awards
• October 20 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
• October 22-26 – AFI FEST
• October 23 – Billboard Latin Music Awards
• October 25-November 1 – SCAD Savannah Film Festival
• October 28 – Gotham Film Awards Nominations

November 2025

• November 3 – British Independent Film Awards Nominations (BIFA)
• November 7 – Grammy Awards Nominations
• November 9 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards
• November 16 – Governors Awards (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
• November 18 – European Film Academy nominations (EFA)
• November 18 – International Documentary Association nominations (IDA)
• November 19 – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
• November 20 – British Independent Film Craft Awards (BIFA)
• November 30 – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

December 2025

• December 1 – Gotham Film Awards
• December 2 – New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
• December 3- Spirit Awards Nominations
• December 3 – National Board of Review (NBR)
• December 3 – Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC)
• December 4 – Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations
• December 4 – AFI Awards
• December 4-6 –  International Documentary Association Awards (IDA)
• December 5 – Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations
• December 5 – Michigan Movie Critics Guild nominations (MMCG)
• December 5 –  Seattle Film Critics Society nominations (SFCS)
• December 6 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association nominations (WAFCA)
• December 7 – Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)
• December 7 – Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (TFCA)
• December 7 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (WAFCA)
• December 7 – St. Louis Film Critics Association nominations (StLFCA)
• December 8 – Golden Globe Awards Nominations
• December 8 – Oscar Shortlist voting begins
• December 8 – African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
• December 9 – Producers Guild Of America Award Documentary nominations (PGA)
• December 9 – Chicago Film Critics Association nominations (CFCA)
• December 10 – Austin Film Critics Association nominations (AFCA)
• December 11 – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA)
• December 12 – Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations
• December 12 – Oscar Shortlist voting ends
• December 12 – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle nominations (SFBAFCC)
• December 14 – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (SFBAFCC)
• December 14 –  St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (StLFCA)
• December 15 – Directors Guild of America nomination voting begins
• December 15 – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Nominations (Voting Begins)
• December 15 – Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (SFCS)
• December 15 – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (PFCS)
• December 15 – London Film Critics Circle nominations (LFCC)
• December 15 – New York Film Critics Online Awards (NYFCO)
• December 15 – Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Awards (SEFCA)
• December 15 – Las Vegas Film Critics Society nominations (LVFCS)
• December 16 – Oscar Shortlists announced (AMPAS)
• December 16 – International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations
• December 16 – Society Of Composers And Lyricists nominations (SCL)
• December 16 – Satellite Award nominations (IPA)
• December 17 – Casting Society Awards nominations (CSA)
• December 17 – Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWFCA)
• December 18 – Producers Guild of America Nominations (Voting Begins)
• December 18 – Online Association Of Female Film Critics nominations (OAFFC)
• December 19 – Golden Globe winner voting begins (GG)
• December 19 – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (LVFCS)
• December 19 – Online Association Of Female Film Critics Awards (OAFFC)
• December 19 – Georgia Film Critics Association nominations (GAFCA)
• December 20 – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (PFCC)
• December 20 – Utah Film Critics Association nominations (UFCA)
• December 24 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association nominations (GWNYFCA)
• December 26 – Minnesota Film Critics Association nominations (MFCA)
• December 27 – Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (GAFCA)
• December 29 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild nominations (MUAH)

January 2026

• January 2 – Minnesota Film Critics Association Awards (MFCA)
• January 3 – Golden Globe winner voting ends (GG)
• January 3 – Palm Springs International Film Awards
• January 3-12 – Palm Springs International Film Festival
• January 3 – National Society of Film Critics Voting (NSFC)
• January 4 – Critics’ Choice Awards
• January 4 – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Nominations (Voting Ends)
• January 5 – Annie Award nominations
• January 5 – North Dakota Film Society nominations (NDFS)
• January 5 – Set Decorators Society Of America nominations (SDSA)
• January 7 – Art Directors Guild Award Nominations (ADG)
• January 7 – Screen Actors Guild Nominations (SAG)
  
• January 8 – Directors Guild of America Film and Television Nominations (DGA)
• January 8 – Directors Guild of America winner voting begins
• January 8 – American Society of Cinematographers nominations (ASC)
• January 8 – Producers Guild of America Nominations (Voting Ends)
• January 9 – Producers Guild of America Nominations
• January 9 – British Academy Film Awards longlists (BAFTA)
• January 10 – Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP
• January 10-11 – Casting, Makeup & Hairstyling, Sound & Visual Effects nominating screenings
• January 11 – Golden Globe Awards
• January 12 – Oscar Nominations (Voting Begins)
• January 12 – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nominations (MPSE)
• January 12 – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
• January 12 – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
• January 12 – Online Film Critics Society nominations (OFCS)
• January 13 – Visual Effects Society nominations (VES)
• January 14 – Screen Actors Guild winners voting begins
• January 14 – Guild Of Music Supervisors Award nominations (GMS)
• January 16 – Oscar Nominations (Voting Ends)
• January 17 – European Film Awards (EFA)
• January 20 – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
• January 22 – Oscar Nominations
• January 22-February 1 – Sundance Film Festival
• January 26 – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)
• January 26 – Online Film Critics Society Awards (OFCS)
• January 27 – British Academy Film Awards Nominations (BAFTA)
• January 27 – American Cinema Editors nominations (ACE)
• January 27 – Writers Guild of America nominations (WGA)

February 2026

• February 1 – 68th Annual Grammy Awards
• February 4-14 – Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• February 6 – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA)
• February 6 – Directors Guild of America winner voting ends
• February 6 – Society Of Composers And Lyricists Awards (SCL)
• February 7 – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
• February 7 – British Society of Cinematographers Awards (BSC)
• February 10 – Oscars Nominees Luncheon
• February 11-18 – Berlin International Film Festival
• February 14 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH)
• February 15 – Film Independent Spirit Awards
• February 18 – People’s Choice Awards (PCA)
• February 21 – Annie Awards
• February 21 – Set Decorators Society Of America Awards (SDSA)
• February 22 – British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
• February 25 – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
• February 26 – Oscar winner voting begins
• February 26 – Casting Society Awards (CSA)
• February 27 – Screen Actors Guild winner voting ends
• February 27 – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
• February 27 – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards (ACE)
• February 27 – Screen Actors Awards winner voting ends
• February 28 – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
• February 28 – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
• February 28 – Guild Of Music Supervisors Winners (GMS)

March 2026

• March 1 – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
• March 5 – Oscar winner voting ends
• March 7 – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
• March 8 – International Press Academy Satellite Awards
• March 8 – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
• March 8 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
• March 8 – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
• March 15 – 98th Academy Awards

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