Here we go! It’s that time of the year again! With the announcement of the Gotham Award nominations yesterday, and as we start the month of November, we are embarking on the most exciting phase of awards season: the precursors! The team at Next Best Picture is excited to bring you the most fun time of the year, when the race really starts to heat up with various nominations and winners from all kinds of critics groups and organizations. We will do our best to stay on top of all important dates throughout the season, so please be sure to bookmark this Awards Calendar page and return to it regularly, as updates will be posted there (not here).
​Take a look below at all of the 2025 – 2026 awards season dates and mark your calendars!
OCTOBER
10/14: Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations (CCDA)
10/28: Gotham Award Nominations (GOTHAM)
NOVEMBER
11/3: British Independent Film Award Nominations (BIFA)
11/9: Critics Choice Documentary Award Winners (CCDA)
11/16: Governors Awards (AMPAS)
11/18: European Film Award Nominations (EFA)
11/18: International Documentary Association Nominations (IDA)
11/19: Hollywood Music In Media Award Winners (HMMA)
11/19: Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Award Nominations (HCA)
11/20: British Independent Film Craft Award Winers (BIFA)
11/30: British Independent Film Award Winers (BIFA)
DECEMBER
12/1: Gotham Award Winners (GOTHAM)
12/2: New York Film Critics Circle Winners (NYFCC)
12/2: Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Award Winners (HCA)
12/3: National Board of Review Winners (NBR)
12/3: Independent Spirit Award Nominations (SPIRIT)
12/3: Atlanta Film Critics Circle Winners (AFCC)
12/4 – 12/6: International Documentary Association Winners (IDA) (Three-day-event)
12/5: Critics Choice Award Nominations (CCA)
12/5: Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominations (MMCG)
12/5: Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations (SFCS)
12/6: Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Nominations (WAFCA)
12/7: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners (LAFCA)
12/7: Toronto Film Critics Association Winners (TFCA)
12/7: Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Winners (WAFCA)
12/8: Golden Globe Award Nominations (GG)
12/8: Michigan Movie Critics Guild Winners (MMCG)
12/8: New York Film Critics Online Nominations (NYFCO)
12/8: Oscar Shortlist Voting Begins At 12pm ET (AMPAS)
12/9: Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations (CFCA)
12/9: Producers Guild Of America Award Documentary Nominations (PGA)
12/10: Austin Film Critics Association Nominations (AFCA)
12/11: Chicago Film Critics Association Winners (CFCA)
12/12: Costume Designers Guild Nominations (CDG)
12/12: Oscar Shortlist Voting Ends At 8pm ET (AMPAS)
12/15: Seattle Film Critics Society Winners (SFCS)
12/15: Phoenix Film Critics Society Winners (PFCS)
12/15: London Film Critics Circle Nominations (LFCC)
12/15: New York Film Critics Online Winners (NYFCO)
12/15: Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Winners (SEFCA)
12/15: Screen Actors Guild Nomination Voting Begins (SAG)
12/15: Directors Guild Of America Nomination Voting Begins (DGA)
12/16: Oscar Shortlists (AMPAS)
12/16: Society Of Composers And Lyricists Nominations (SCL)
12/16: Satellite Award Nominations (IPA)
12/17: Casting Society Artios Nominations (CSA)
12/17: Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association Winners (DFWFCA)
12/18: Online Association Of Female Film Critics Nominations (OAFFC)
12/18: Austin Film Critics Association Winners (AFCA)
12/18: Producers Guild Of America Nomination Voting Begins (PGA)
12/19: Golden Globe Winner Voting Begins (GG)
12/19: Online Association Of Female Film Critics Winners (OAFFC)
12/19: Georgia Film Critics Association Nominations (GAFCA)
12/20: Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Winners (PFCC)
12/20: Utah Film Critics Association Nominations (UFCA)
12/23: Minnesota Film Critics Association Nominations (MNFCA)
12/24: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations (GWNYFCA)
12/27: Georgia Film Critics Association Winners (GAFCA)
12/29: Makeup And Hair Stylists Guild Nominations (MUAHS)
JANUARY
1/2: Minnesota Film Critics Association Winners (MNFCA)
1/3: Golden Globe Winner Voting Ends (GG)
1/3: National Society of Film Critics Winners (NSFC)
1/4: Critics Choice Award Winners (CCA)
1/4: Screen Actors Guild Nomination Voting Ends At 8pm ET (SAG)
1/5: Annie Award Nominations (ANNIE)
1/5: North Dakota Film Society Nominations (NDFS)
1/5: Set Decorators Society Of America Nominations (SDSA)
1/7: Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
1/7: Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (SAG)
1/8: Directors Guild Of America Nominations (DGA)
1/8: American Society Of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)
1/9: British Academy Film Award Longlists (BAFTA)
1/9: Producers Guild of America Award Nominations (PGA)
1/10: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Winners (GWNYFCA)
1/10: AARP The Magazine Movies For Grownups Award Winners (AARP)
1/11: 83rd Golden Globe Award Winners (GG)
1/12: Oscar Nomination Voting Begins At 12pm ET (AMPAS)
1/12: Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award Nominations (MPSE)
1/12: North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominations (NCFCA)
1/12: North Dakota Film Society Winners (NDFS)
1/12: Online Film Critics Society Nominations (OFCS)
1/13: Visual Effects Society Nominations (VES)
1/14: Screen Actors Guild Winner Voting Begins (SAG)
1/14: Guild Of Music Supervisors Award Nominations (GMS)
1/16: Oscar Nomination Voting Ends At 8pm ET (AMPAS)
1/17: European Film Award Winners (EFA)
1/20: Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
1/22: Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
1/26: North Carolina Film Critics Association Winners (NCFA)
1/26: Online Film Critics Society Winners (OFCS)
1/27: British Academy Film Nominations (BAFTA)
1/27: American Cinema Editors Eddie Award Nominations (ACE)
1/27: Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
FEBRUARY
2/6: Society Of Composers And Lyricists Winners (SCL)
2/7: Directors Guild Of America Winners (DGA)
2/7: British Society of Cinematographers Winners (BSC)
2/12: Costume Designers Guild Winners (CDG)
2/14: Makeup Artists And Hair Stylists Guild Winners (MUAH)
2/15: Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners (SPIRIT)
2/21: Annie Award Winners
2/21: Set Decorators Society Of America Winners (SDSA)
2/22: British Academy Film Award Winners (BAFTA)
2/25: Visual Effects Society Winners (VES)
2/26: Casting Society Of America Artios Winners (CAS)
2/26: Oscar Winner Voting Begins At 12pm ET (AMPAS)
2/27: American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Winners (ACE)
2/27: Screen Actors Guild Winner Voting Ends At 3pm ET (SAG)
2/28: Guild Of Music Supervisors Winners (GMS)
2/28: Art Directors Guild Winners (ADG)
2/28: Producers Guild Of America Winners (PGA)
MARCH
3/1: Screen Actors Guild Award Winners (SAG)
3/5: Oscar Winner Voting Ends At 8pm ET (AMPAS)
3/7: Cinema Audio Society Winners (CAS)
3/8: Satellite Award Winners (IPA)
3/8: American Society Of Cinematographers Winners (ASC)
3/8: Motion Picture Sound Editors Award Winners (MPSE)
3/8: Writers Guild Of America Winners (WGA)
3/15: 98th Academy Award Winners (AMPAS)
This page is subject to change as the season progresses. If you know of an upcoming dates, please don’t hesitate to contact us and let us know. As always, we’ll be here to provide the necessary coverage you need to stay on top of anything and everything awards season!
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