VMx Awards · 2026–27 Awards Year
Awards Season Calendar
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August 2026
Producers Guild of America
Documentary producing credits and screener deadline
September 2026
Venice International Film Festival
Venice International Film Festival
Television Academy
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Casting Society
Artios Awards Phase 1 nomination voting
Television Academy
78th Emmy Awards
Film Independent
Spirit Awards television submission deadline
Film at Lincoln Center
64th New York Film Festival
Producers Guild of America
Television producing credits deadline
Film Independent
Spirit Awards film and digital submission deadline
October 2026
Producers Guild of America
Innovation Award producing credits deadline
Producers Guild of America
Theatrical and animated producing credits deadline
Recording Academy
GRAMMY Awards first-round voting
American Film Institute
AFI AWARDS submissions deadline, 5 PM PT
Directors Guild of America
First-time feature and documentary entry deadline
American Film Institute
AFI FEST
Art Directors Guild
ADG television submissions deadline
Golden Globes
Golden Globes submissions deadline
Visual Effects Society
VES Awards submission deadline
November 2026
Actor Awards / SAG-AFTRA
Actor Awards submissions deadline
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
MUAHS Awards submissions deadline
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC television and documentary submissions deadline
Critics Choice Awards
Below-the-line film submissions deadline
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars general entry submission deadline
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC feature film and music video submissions deadline
Directors Guild of America
Feature, television and commercial entry deadline
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Governors Awards
Critics Choice Awards
Television submissions deadline
Golden Globes
TV/podcast nomination ballots sent
Recording Academy
GRAMMY Awards nominations announced
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC television and music video nomination voting
Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild Awards submissions deadline
Golden Globes
TV/podcast nomination ballots due, 5 PM PT
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
MUAHS Awards nomination voting
Golden Globes
Motion picture nomination ballots sent
Producers Guild of America
Sports, children's and short-form nomination voting
Society of Composers & Lyricists
SCL Awards submissions deadline
December 2026
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Golden Reel Awards submissions deadline
Film Independent
Spirit Awards nominations announced
Golden Globes
Final film press conference/upload date
BAFTA
Film Awards Round One voting opens
Critics Choice Awards
Film and television nominations announced
Golden Globes
Film nomination ballots due, 5 PM PT
Society of Composers & Lyricists
SCL Awards first-round voting
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars preliminary voting
American Cinema Editors
ACE Eddie Awards submissions deadline
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC feature film nomination voting
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC Spotlight Award submissions deadline
Art Directors Guild
ADG feature film submissions deadline
Cinema Audio Society
CAS Awards submissions deadline
Golden Globes
Nominations announced, 5 AM PT
Producers Guild of America
Innovation and documentary nominees announced
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Golden Reel Awards nomination voting
Recording Academy
GRAMMY Awards final-round voting
Producers Guild of America
Sports, children's and short-form nominees announced
Actor Awards / SAG-AFTRA
Actor Awards nomination voting
Directors Guild of America
Feature film nomination voting
Directors Guild of America
Television nomination voting
Writers Guild of America
Preliminary series and screenplay voting
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars shortlists announced
Art Directors Guild
ADG nomination voting
Society of Composers & Lyricists
SCL Awards nominations announced
Producers Guild of America
Television nomination voting
Golden Globes
Final ballots sent
American Cinema Editors
ACE Eddie nomination voting
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
MUAHS Awards nominations announced
Producers Guild of America
Theatrical and animated nomination voting
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars eligibility period ends
Critics Choice Awards
Film and television final voting deadline
January 2027
Golden Globes
Final ballots due, 5 PM PT
Critics Choice Awards
32nd Annual Critics Choice Awards
Actor Awards / SAG-AFTRA
Actor Awards nominations announced
Cinema Audio Society
CAS Awards initial voting deadline
Directors Guild of America
Television, commercial and documentary nominees announced
Art Directors Guild
ADG nominations announced
BAFTA
Film Awards longlists published; Round Two opens
Directors Guild of America
Feature and first-time feature nominees announced
American Film Institute
AFI AWARDS honorees-only event
Producers Guild of America
Major film and television nominees announced
Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild Awards nominations announced
Golden Globes
84th Annual Golden Globes
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars nominations voting
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Golden Reel Awards nominations announced
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC nominations announced
Cinema Audio Society
CAS Awards nominations announced
Writers Guild of America
Final series and screenplay voting
Actor Awards / SAG-AFTRA
Actor Awards final voting
American Cinema Editors
ACE Eddie nominations announced
American Cinema Editors
ACE Eddie final voting
Producers Guild of America
Sports, children's and short-form final voting
Society of Composers & Lyricists
SCL Awards final voting
BAFTA
Film Awards nominations announced
Visual Effects Society
VES Awards nominations announced
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars nominations announced
Sundance Institute
Sundance Film Festival — Boulder debut
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
MUAHS Awards final voting
Producers Guild of America
Major film and television final voting
Visual Effects Society
VES Awards final voting
BAFTA
Film Awards Round Three voting opens
Art Directors Guild
ADG final voting
Directors Guild of America
79th Annual DGA Awards
February 2027
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Golden Reel Awards blue-ribbon voting
Society of Composers & Lyricists
8th SCL Awards
American Cinema Editors
77th ACE Eddie Awards
Recording Academy
69th Annual GRAMMY Awards
American Society of Cinematographers
ASC final voting
Writers Guild of America
79th Annual Writers Guild Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars Nominees Luncheon
Visual Effects Society
25th Annual VES Awards
Casting Society
42nd Annual Artios Awards
Cinema Audio Society
CAS Awards final voting deadline
ASIFA-Hollywood
54th Annual Annie Awards
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
14th Annual MUAHS Awards
BAFTA
80th EE BAFTA Film Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars final voting
Art Directors Guild
31st Annual ADG Awards
Producers Guild of America
38th Annual Producers Guild Awards
Actor Awards / SAG-AFTRA
33rd Annual Actor Awards
March 2027
Cinema Audio Society
63rd Annual CAS Awards
Film Independent
42nd Film Independent Spirit Awards
American Society of Cinematographers
41st Annual ASC Awards
Motion Picture Sound Editors
74th Golden Reel Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
99th Academy Awards
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