The 2025 — 2026 Film Awards Calendar Stretches Out the Season

This story is regularly updated.

Just about every awards season this decade has had to shift and readjust calendar dates in the wake of everything from pandemics to industry strikes to natural disasters. So far, entering the 2025 – 2026 Oscar season, the schedule has held steady. But as the adage goes: Man plans, God laughs.

The biggest news concerning the next Academy Awards is that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended the season two weeks past its predecessor’s date, meaning the 98th Oscars are now set for Sunday, March 15, 2026. Once again, nomination announcements will overlap with the Sundance Film Festival, and the ceremony will frustratingly conflict with SXSW 2026.

For those looking to make Oscar predictions, the biggest hurdle this time around will be the BAFTA Awards shifting their schedule forward, meaning it will announce its final nominations nearly a week after the Academy Awards announces theirs. The actual BAFTA Awards ceremony, however, will still occur before final Oscars voting closes. (Also of note: BAFTA’s recently announced North American Honours ceremony has been delayed to 2026, giving a little more wiggle room to this cycle.)

Elsewhere, the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards have swapped places, leading the latter to now be the first televised awards show of the season. Additionally, this is the first time in several years in which the DGA, PGA, SAG, and Independent Spirit Awards are spread out across four weekends, which should arguably provide some relief to those who frequent these events.

Behold, our regularly updated list of awards dates to remember:

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Oscars submission deadline for International Feature Film

Monday, October 6, 2025
Student Academy Awards

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Artios Awards nominations, non-film categories announced

Thursday, October 9, 2025
Final Oscars submission deadline for Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Film and Live Action Short Film categories

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations announced

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Oscars submission deadline for Music (Original Song)

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Final Oscars submission deadline for Documentary Feature Film

Friday, October 24, 2025
Critics Choice Association Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Gotham Film Awards nominations announced

Monday, November 3, 2025
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominations announced
Oscars submission deadline for Music (Original Score)

Sunday, November 9, 2025
Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Final Oscars general entry, Best Picture, RAISE submission deadline

Friday, November 14, 2025
Critics Choice Association Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Governors Awards

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
European Film Awards nominations announced
IDA Documentary Awards nominations announced

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Sunday, November 30, 2025
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

Monday, December 1, 2025
Gotham Film Awards

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced
National Board of Review Awards recipients announced

Thursday, December 4, 2025
IndieWire Honors ceremony
Critics Choice Awards TV nominations announced

Friday, December 5, 2025
IDA Documentary Awards
Critics Choice Awards film nominations announced

Monday, December 8, 2025
Preliminary Oscar voting begins at 9 a.m. PT
Golden Globes nominations announced

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
PGA Awards documentary nominations announced

Friday, December 12, 2025
Preliminary Oscar voting ends at 5 p.m. PT
Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards nominations announced

Monday, December 15, 2025
SAG Awards nomination voting opens
DGA Awards nomination voting opens

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Oscar shortlists announcement
Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) Awards nominations announced

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artios Awards film nominations announced

Thursday, December 18, 2025
PGA Awards nomination voting opens

Monday, December 29, 2025
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAHS) nominations announced

2026

Saturday, January 3, 2026
Palm Springs International Film Awards gala

Sunday, January 4, 2026
Critics Choice Awards
SAG Awards nomination voting ends at 5 p.m. PT

Monday, January 5, 2026
Annie Awards nominations announced

Tuesday, January 6, 2026
New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
SAG Award nominations announced
DGA Awards Television, Commercial, and Documentary nominations announced
Art Directors Guild (ADG) Award nominations announced

Thursday, January 8, 2026
The Cinema Eye Honors
DGA Awards Film nominations announced
DGA Awards final voting opens
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award nominations announced
PGA Awards nomination voting ends

Friday, January 9, 2026
AFI Awards
PGA Awards nominations announced
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) longlists

Saturday, January 10 to Sunday, January 11, 2026
Casting, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound and Visual Effects nominating screenings (bake-offs)

Sunday, January 11, 2026
Golden Globe Awards

Monday, January 12, 2026
Oscar nominations voting begins at 9 a.m. PT
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel nominations announced

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
National Board of Review Awards Gala
Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations announced

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
SAG Awards final voting begins

Friday, January 16, 2026
Oscar nominations voting ends at 5 p.m. PT
PGA Awards final voting opens

Saturday, January 17, 2026
European Film Awards

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards nominations announced

Thursday, January 22, 2026
Oscar nominations announced 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
BAFTA Awards nominations announced
Writers Guild Awards nominations announced
American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards nominations announced

Tuesday, February 3, 2026
PGA Awards final voting ends

Wednesday, February 4 to Sunday, February 14, 2026
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 

Friday, February 6, 2026
SCL Awards
DGA Awards final voting ends

Saturday, February 7, 2026
DGA Awards

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Oscar Nominees Event

Thursday, February 12, 2026
CDG Awards

Saturday, February 14, 2026
MUAHS Awards

Sunday, February 15, 2026
Film Independent Spirit Awards
AAFCA Awards

Saturday, February 21, 2026
Annie Awards

Sunday, February 22, 2026
BAFTA Awards

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
VES Awards

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Artios Awards
Oscars final voting begins at 9 a.m. PT

Friday, February 27, 2026
ACE Eddie Awards
SAG Awards final voting ends

Saturday, February 28, 2026
PGA Awards
ADG Awards

Sunday, March 1, 2026
SAG Awards

Thursday, March 5, 2026
Oscars final voting ends at 5 p.m. PT

Saturday, March 7, 2026
CAS Awards

Sunday, March 8, 2026
WGA Awards
ASC Awards
MPSE Golden Reel Awards

Sunday, March 15, 2026
98th Oscars

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Scientific and Technical Awards