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

JUNE 2025

JULY 2025

AUGUST 2025

23rd-September 6th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF)

29th-September 1st – Telluride Film Festival (TFF)

SEPTEMBER 2025

4th-14th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

26th-October 13th – New York Film Festival (NYFF)

OCTOBER 2025

Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations (CCA)

22nd-26th – AFI FEST

25th-November 1st – SCAD Savannah Film Festival

NOVEMBER 2025

British Independent Film Awards nominations (BIFA)

European Film Academy nominations (EFA)

DECEMBER 2025

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

5th – Critics’ Choice Awards nominations

8th – Golden Globe Nominations

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)

National Board of Review (NBR)

New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)

15th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting opens

18th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting begins

JANUARY 2026

2nd – Palm Springs International Film Awards

3rd-12th – Palm Springs International Film Festival

4th – Critics’ Choice Awards

4th – Screen Actors Guild nomination voting ends

7th – Art Directors Guild Award nominations (ADG)

7th – Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (SAG)

8th – Producers Guild of America nomination voting ends

9th – Producers Guild of America nominations (PGA)

11th – Golden Globe Awards

12th – Oscar nomination voting begins

14th – Screen Actors Guild winner voting opens

16th – Oscar nomination voting ends

17th – European Film Awards (EFA)

20th – Cinema Audio Society nominations (CAS)

22nd – Oscar nominations

British Academy Film Awards nominations (BAFTA)

Directors Guild of America Film nominations (DGA) 

National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)

FEBRUARY 2026

7th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)

15th – Film Independent Spirit Awards

22nd – British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

26th- Oscar winner voting begins

27th – Screen Actors Guild winner voting ends

28th  Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)

28th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)

MARCH 2026

1st – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)

5th – Oscar winner voting ends

7th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)

15th – 98th Academy Awards