2026-2027 Awards Calendar
From the Oscars to your favorite film festivals: Key 2026-2027 Awards Season Dates.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2026
2-12 – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF)
4-7 – Telluride Film Festival (TFF)
10-20 – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Sept. 25 – Oct. 12 – New York Film Festival (NYFF)
OCTOBER 2026
21-25 – AFI Film Festival (AFI)
NOVEMBER 2026
15 – Governors Awards
16 – Golden Globe nomination voting begins
DECEMBER 2026
4 – Critics’ Choice Awards nominations (CCA)
4 – BAFTA nomination voting begins
7 – Golden Globe nominations
7 – Oscar shortlist voting begins (AMPAS)
8 – Producers Guild of America Documentary Feature nominations (PGA)
11 – Oscar shortlist voting ends (AMPAS)
15 – Oscar shortlists (AMPAS)
16 – Casting Society Artios Awards nominations (CSA)
18 – Golden Globe winner voting begins
21 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists nominations (MUAH)
JANUARY 2027
3 – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)
7 – Art Directors Guild nominations (ADG)
7 – BAFTA longlists (BAFTA)
7 – Directors Guild of America nominations (DGA)
7-18 – Palm Springs International Film Festival
8 – Producers Guild of America Theatrical Feature Film nominations (PGA)
10 – Golden Globe Awards
11 – Oscar nomination voting begins (9am PT)
12 – Cinema Audio Society nominations (CAS)
14 – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie nominations (ACE)
15 – Oscar nomination voting ends (5pm PT)
19 – EE BAFTA Film Awards nominations (BAFTA)
21 – Oscar nominations
26 – BAFTA winner voting begins
30 – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
FEBRUARY 2027
3-13 – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)
6 – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards (ACE)
16 – Oscar nominees luncheon
18 – Casting Society Artios Awards (CSA)
19 – Producers Guild of America Theatrical Feature Film winner voting ends (PGA)
20 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Awards (MUAH)
21 – EE BAFTA Film Awards (BAFTA)
25 – Oscar winner voting begins (9am PT)
27 – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
27 – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
28 – 33rd SAG Actor Awards (SAG)
MARCH 2027
4 – Oscar winner voting ends (5pm PT)
6 – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
6 – Film Independent Spirit Awards
7 – Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards (MPSE)
14 – 99th Academy Awards
TBD
January 2027
TBD – Minnesota Film Critics Association Awards (MFCA)
TBD – Golden Globe winner voting ends (GG)
TBD – Palm Springs International Film Awards
TBD – Palm Springs International Film Festival
TBD – National Society of Film Critics Voting (NSFC)
TBD – Critics’ Choice Awards
TBD – Actor Awards (SAG) Nominations (Voting Ends)
TBD – Annie Award nominations
TBD – North Dakota Film Society nominations (NDFS)
TBD – Set Decorators Society Of America nominations (SDSA)
TBD – Art Directors Guild Award Nominations (ADG)
TBD – Actor Awards Nominations (previously known as SAG Awards)
TBD – Directors Guild of America Film and Television Nominations (DGA)
TBD – Directors Guild of America winner voting begins
TBD – American Society of Cinematographers nominations (ASC)
TBD – Producers Guild of America Nominations (Voting Ends)
TBD – Producers Guild of America Nominations
TBD – British Academy Film Awards longlists (BAFTA)
TBD – American Film Institute (AFI) Awards
TBD – Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP
TBD – Casting, Makeup & Hairstyling, Sound & Visual Effects nominating screenings
TBD – Golden Globe Awards
TBD – Oscar Nominations (Voting Begins)
TBD – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nominations (MPSE)
TBD – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
TBD – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
TBD – Online Film Critics Society nominations (OFCS)
TBD – Visual Effects Society nominations (VES)
TBD – Screen Actors Guild winners voting begins
TBD – Guild Of Music Supervisors Award nominations (GMS)
TBD – Oscar Nominations (Voting Ends)
TBD – European Film Awards (EFA)
TBD – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
TBD – Oscar Nominations
TBD – Sundance Film Festival
TBD – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)
TBD – Online Film Critics Society Awards (OFCS)
TBD – British Academy Film Awards Nominations (BAFTA)
TBD – American Cinema Editors nominations (ACE)
TBD – Writers Guild of America nominations (WGA)
February 2027
TBD – 68th Annual Grammy Awards
TBD – London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
TBD – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA)
TBD – Directors Guild of America winner voting ends
TBD – Society Of Composers And Lyricists Awards (SCL)
TBD – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
TBD – British Society of Cinematographers Awards (BSC)
TBD – Oscars Nominees Luncheon
TBD – Berlin International Film Festival
TBD – 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards
TBD – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH)
TBD – People’s Choice Awards (PCA)
TBD – Annie Awards
TBD – Set Decorators Society Of America Awards (SDSA)
TBD – British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
TBD – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
TBD – Oscar winner voting begins
TBD – Screen Actors Guild winner voting ends
TBD – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
TBD – Screen Actors Awards winner voting ends
TBD – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
TBD – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
TBD – Guild Of Music Supervisors Winners (GMS)
March 2027
TBD – The Actor Awards (SAG)
TBD – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
TBD – International Press Academy Satellite Awards
TBD – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
TBD – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
TBD – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
