Nearly each awards season this decade has needed to shift and readjust calendar dates within the wake of every part from pandemics to business strikes to pure disasters. To date, getting into the 2025 – 2026 Oscar season, the schedule has held regular. However because the adage goes: Man plans, God laughs.
The largest information regarding the subsequent Academy Awards is that the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences prolonged the season two weeks previous its predecessor’s date, which means the 98th Oscars are actually set for Sunday, March 15, 2026. As soon as once more, nomination bulletins will overlap with the Sundance Movie Pageant, and the ceremony will frustratingly battle with SXSW 2026.
For these trying to make Oscar predictions, the largest hurdle this time round would be the BAFTA Awards shifting their schedule ahead, which means it can announce its ultimate nominations practically per week after the Academy Awards proclaims theirs. The precise BAFTA Awards ceremony, nonetheless, will nonetheless happen earlier than ultimate Oscars voting closes.
Elsewhere, the Golden Globes and Critics Selection Awards have swapped locations, main the latter to now be the primary televised awards present of the season. Moreover, that is the primary time in a number of years wherein the DGA, PGA, SAG, and Unbiased Spirit Awards are unfold out throughout 4 weekends, which ought to arguably present some reduction to those that frequent these occasions.
Behold, our frequently up to date checklist of awards dates to recollect:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Oscars submission deadline for Worldwide Function Movie
Monday, October 6, 2025
Scholar Academy Awards
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Artios Awards nominations, non-film classes introduced
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Ultimate Oscars submission deadline for Animated Brief Movie, Documentary Brief Movie and Stay Motion Brief Movie classes
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Oscars submission deadline for Music (Authentic Track)
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Ultimate Oscars submission deadline for Documentary Function Movie
Monday, October 20, 2025
Critics Selection Documentary Awards nominations introduced
Friday, October 24, 2025
Critics Selection Affiliation Celebration of Latino Cinema & Tv
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Gotham Movie Awards nominations introduced
Sunday, November 2, 2025
BAFTA Honours (movie, TV and video games)
Monday, November 3, 2025
British Unbiased Movie Awards (BIFA) nominations introduced
Oscars submission deadline for Music (Authentic Rating)
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Critics Selection Documentary Awards
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Ultimate Oscars normal entry, Greatest Image, RAISE submission deadline
Friday, November 14, 2025
Critics Selection Affiliation Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Tv
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Governors Awards
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
European Movie Awards nominations introduced
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Sunday, November 30, 2025
British Unbiased Movie Awards (BIFA)
Monday, December 1, 2025
Gotham Movie Awards
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Unbiased Spirit Awards nominations introduced
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Critics Selection Awards TV nominations introduced
Friday, December 5, 2025
Critics Selection Awards movie nominations introduced
Monday, December 8, 2025
Preliminary Oscar voting begins at 9 a.m. PT
Golden Globes nominations introduced
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Critics Selection Affiliation’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Tv
PGA Awards documentary nominations introduced
Friday, December 12, 2025
Preliminary Oscar voting ends at 5 p.m. PT
Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards nominations introduced
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 introduced
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artios Awards movie nominations introduced
Thursday, December 18, 2025
PGA Awards nomination voting opens
Monday, December 29, 2025
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAHS) nominations introduced
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Awards gala
Sunday, January 4, 2026
Critics Selection Awards
SAG Awards nomination voting ends at 5 p.m. PT
Monday, January 5, 2026
Annie Awards nominations introduced
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
SAG Award nominations introduced
DGA Awards Tv, Business, and Documentary nominations introduced
Artwork Administrators Guild (ADG) Award nominations introduced
Thursday, January 8, 2026
DGA Awards Movie nominations introduced
DGA Awards ultimate voting opens
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award nominations introduced
PGA Awards nomination voting ends
Friday, January 9, 2026
AFI Awards
PGA Awards nominations introduced
British Academy Movie Awards (BAFTA) longlists
Saturday, January 10 to Sunday, January 11, 2026
Casting, Make-up and Hairstyling, Sound and Visible Results nominating screenings (bake-offs)
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Golden Globe Awards
Monday, January 12, 2026
Oscar nominations voting begins at 9 a.m. PT
Movement Image Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel nominations introduced
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Nationwide Board of Evaluate Awards Gala
Visible Results Society (VES) nominations introduced
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
SAG Awards ultimate voting begins
Friday, January 16, 2026
Oscar nominations voting ends at 5 p.m. PT
PGA Awards ultimate voting opens
Saturday, January 17, 2026
European Movie Awards
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards nominations introduced
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Oscar nominations introduced
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
BAFTA Awards nominations introduced
Writers Guild Awards nominations introduced
American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards nominations introduced
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
PGA Awards ultimate voting ends
Wednesday, February 4 to Sunday, February 14, 2026
Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant
Friday, February 6, 2026
SCL Awards
DGA Awards ultimate voting ends
Saturday, February 7, 2026
DGA Awards
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Oscar Nominees Occasion
Thursday, February 12, 2026
CDG Awards
Saturday, February 14, 2026
MUAHS Awards
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Movie Unbiased Spirit 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 ultimate voting begins at 9 a.m. PT
Friday, February 27, 2026
ACE Eddie Awards
SAG Awards ultimate voting ends
Saturday, February 28, 2026
PGA Awards
ADG Awards
Sunday, March 1, 2026
SAG Awards
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Oscars ultimate 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
