2024-2025 Awards Calendar

Our updating list of important dates and events for the 2024-25 award season.

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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.


October 2024


  • October 9-20 – 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF)
  • October 3-13 – Mill Valley Film Festival (MFF)
  • October 14 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations (CCA)
  • October 17-20 – Middleburg Film Festival (Middleburg)
  • October 23-27 – AFI Film Festival (AFI)
  • October 24-31 – Austin Film Festival (AFF)
  • October 26-November 2 – 27th Savannah Film Festival (SCAD)

November 2024


  • November 5 – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominations
  • November 6 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Submission deadline (MUAH)
  • November 10 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCA)
  • November 17 – Governors Awards (AMPAS)
  • November 20 – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
  • November 29 – Black Reel Awards Nominees Deadline (BRA)

December 2024


  • December 1 – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards Nomination deadline (PFCC)
  • December 2 – Gotham Awards (IFP)
  • December 5 – International Documentary Association Awards (IDA)
  • December 7 – 37th European Film Awards (EFA)
  • December 8 – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
  • December 9 – Golden Globe nominations (HFPA)
  • December 10 – Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards (MMCG)
  • December 10 – Producers Guild of America Documentary Motion Pictures nominations
  • December 12 – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA)
  • December 13 – Producers Guild of America Sports, Children’s, and Short Form nominations
  • December 14 – Asian American Awards
  • December 15 – Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (TFCA)
  • December 16 – Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (SFCS)
  • December 17 – Oscars Shortlist Announced
  • December 15 – St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (StLFCA)
  • December 16 – Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (PCC)
  • December 21 – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards Announcement (PFCC)
  • December 23 – Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards (OAFFC)
  • TBD Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC)
  • TBD – Black Film Critics Circle Awards (BFCC)
  • TBD – Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards (BOFCA)
  • TBD – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
  • TBD – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (FFCC)
  • TBD – Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (IFJA)
  • TBD – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (LVFCS)
  • TBD – Nevada Film Critics Society Awards (NFCS)
  • TBD – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)
  • TBD – North Texas Film Critics Association Awards (NTFCA)
  • TBD – San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (SDFCS)
  • TBD – Southeastern Film Critic Association Awards (SEFCA)
  • TBD – U.K. Film Critics Association Awards (UKFCA)
  • TBD – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (WAFCA)
  • TBD – Women Film Critics Circle Awards (WFCC)

January 2025


  • January 2 – Critics Association of Central Florida Awards (CACF)
  • January 2-13 – Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF)
  • January 4 – Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch
  • January 5 – 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (HFPA)
  • January 4 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (GWNYFCA)
  • January 4 – National Society of Film Critics Awards (NSFC)
  • January 6 – Hollywood Creative Alliance Film Awards (HCA)
  • January 6 – North Dakota Film Society Nominations (NDFS)
  • January 7 – National Board of Review Awards (NBR)
  • January 8 – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nominations
  • January 8 – Oscar Nomination voting begins (AMPAS)
  • January 8 – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)
  • January 9 – Cinema Eye Honors Awards (CEH)
  • January 10 – AFI Award Gala (AFI)
  • January 10 – Music City Film Critics Association Awards (MCFCA)
  • January 10 – Producers Guild of America Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures nominations
  • January 11 – Movies for Grownups presented by AARP The Magazine
  • January 11 – Utah Film Critics Association Awards (UFCA)
  • January 12 – Critics’ Choice Awards Awards (CCA)
  • January 13 – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
  • January 14 – Dorian Film Awards Nominations
  • January 17 – International Press Academy Satellite Awards nominations
  • January 17 – Online Film Critics Society Nominations (OFCA)
  • January 17 – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
  • January 27 – Online Film Critics Society Awards (OFCA)
  • January 23-February 2 – Sundance Film Festival
  • TBD – Black Reel Awards (BRA)
  • TBD – Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
  • TBD – Columbus Film Critics Association Awards (COFCA)
  • TBD – Crunchyroll Anime Awards
  • TBD – Denver Film Critics Society Awards (DFCA)
  • TBD – DiscussingFilm Critics Awards (DFCA)
  • TBD – Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (GFCA)
  • TBD – Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards (HCFS)
  • TBD – Houston Film Critics Society Awards (HFCS)
  • TBD – International Press Academy Satellite Awards
  • TBD – Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (KCFCC)
  • TBD – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)
  • TBD – New York Film Critics Online Awards (NYFCO)
  • TBD – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)
  • TBD – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (OFCC)
  • TBD – Portland Critics Association Awards (PCA)
  • TBD – Rotten Tomatoes Awards (GTA)

February 2025


  • February 2 – 67th Annual Grammy Awards
  • February 2 – London Critics Circle Film Awards (LFCCC)
  • February 4-February 15 – Santa Barbara International Film Festival
  • February 6 – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
  • February 8 – 77th Annual DGA Awards (DGA)
  • February 8 – DGA Awards
  • February 8 – PGA Awards (PGA)
  • February 9 – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA)
  • February 10 – Oscars nominees luncheon (AMPAS)
  • February 11 – International Cinephile Society Awards (ICS)
  • February 11 – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
  • February 11-18 – Oscar winner voting (AMPAS)
  • February 12 – Casting Society of America Artios Awards
  • February 12 – Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards (SCL)
  • February 13 – 2025 Dorian Film Awards
  • February 13 – BAFTA Tea Party
  • February 13 – Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Awards (GALECA)
  • February 13-23 – Berlin Film Festival
  • February 15 – Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH)
  • February 15 – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
  • February 16 – EE BAFTA Film Awards (BAFTA)
  • February 16 – People’s Choice Awards (PCA)
  • February 17 – Annie Awards
  • February 17 – Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards (LEJA)
  • February 18 – Academy Scientific and Technical Awards
  • February 21 – African American Film Critics Association Awards
  • February 21 – WGA Nominations
  • February 22 – 61st Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
  • February 22 – 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards
  • February 22 – Cinema Audio Society (CAS) nominations
  • February 22 – NAACP Image Awards
  • February 23 – 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
  • February 23 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
  • February 23 – Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
  • February 24 – Rogers Best Canadian Film and Best Canadian Documentary announcement (TFCA)
  • February 28 – César Awards
  • TBD – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
  • TBD – Austin Film Critics Association Awards (AFCA)
  • TBD – Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards (MNFCA)
  • TBD – Set Decorators Society of America Awards (SDSA)
  • TBD – Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards (VFCC)

March 2025


  • March 2 – 97th Annual Academy Awards (AMPAS)
  • March 2 – USC Scripter Awards
  • March 3 – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards (ACE)
  • March 7-15 – SXSW Conference & Festivals
  • TBD – Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (GMS)
  • TBD – Online Film and Television Association Awards (OFTA)

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