2025-2026 Awards Calendar

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Our updating list of important dates and events for the 2025-26 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.

Updated 1/8/2026

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 – Actor Awards (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 – Actor Awards Nominations (previously known as SAG Awards)
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 9 – American Film Institute (AFI) Awards
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 1 – London Critics’ Circle Film 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 12 – 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards
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)