Bafta has introduced the dates for submissions and voting within the upcoming Bafta Movie Awards, which will likely be held in London on February 22, 2026.
Extra time for movie viewing, extra time for voting, and a timeline that locations the announcement of nominations after the equal reveal from the US Academy Awards are among the massive takeaways from Bafta’s announcement in the present day.
The Bafta Movie Awards ceremony will likely be every week later than it was in 2025, when it was held on February 16, and Bafta has used these further days to provide extra time to voters.
Spherical one voting (to find out longlists) closes on January 5, in comparison with December 30 final time round. For appearing classes, spherical one voting closes on December 29, in comparison with December 23 final 12 months.
For the 2025 awards, voters solely had seven days for round-two voting, which determines the nominations. This has been prolonged to 11 days, with longlists introduced on January 9 and round-two voting closing on January 20.
Remaining-round voting (to find out winners) runs from January 28-February 17. This voting window is just like final 12 months, besides a couple of week later within the calendar.
The largest discrepancy with the 2025 awards is the nominations announcement date – January 27, 2026, versus January 15 final time round.
The following US Academy Awards will announce its nominations on January 22 – 5 days earlier than Bafta, even supposing the Oscars ceremony will likely be on March 15, a full three weeks after the Bafta Movie Awards.
This disrupts the normal sequencing of Bafta and Oscar, at the least relating to the announcement of nominations. In 1998, the Bafta Movie Awards and Bafta TV Awards had been cut up into two separate ceremonies, and in 2001, the Bafta Movie Awards moved from its conventional March or April slot into February, leaping forward of the US Academy Awards and changing into a key ceremony signposting the best way to Oscars.
Since 2001, the Bafta nominations have all the time arrived forward of Oscar nominations, however this is not going to be the case for the upcoming movie awards season.
The dates for 2026’s Bafta Movie Awards are beneath.
2026 Bafta Movie Awards – key dates
Submissions
October 23: Deadline for submission of stage one entry kinds
November 4: Classes and supporting statements revealed on Bafta View
November 17: Deadline for stage two entry submission
November 26: Draft entered movies checklist (DEFL) to be made accessible to voters and entrants
December 1: Deadline for requests to adjustments to the draft entered movies checklist
Voting
December 5: Spherical one voting opens at 10am; entered movies checklist (EFL) distributed
December 29: Spherical one voting closes at 4pm (appearing classes)
January 5: Spherical one voting closes at 4pm (all different classes)
January 9: Longlists introduced; spherical two voting opens at 4pm
January 20: Spherical two voting closes at 4pm
January 27: Nominations introduced
January 28: Spherical three voting opens at 10am
February 17: Spherical three voting closes at 4pm
February 22: EE Bafta Movie Awards ceremony
