This is a list of groups, organizations, and festivals that recognize achievements in

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the "Oscar" for Hollywood's

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

), which are mentioned if applicable. Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award. Awards have been divided into four major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of

critics A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or governme ...

; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

; industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry; and audience awards, which are voted by the general public.

Critics' awards

International

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

(Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) Awards, given by the International Federation of Film Critics at various film festivals *

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

(Cannes film festival) is one of the most important and selective film festivals with their prestigious prize the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

. * OFCS (Online Film Critics Society) Awards *

Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who report on the Cinema of the United States, entertainment industry activity and interests in the United States for media (newspaper, ...

Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

* IOFCP (International Online Film Critics' Poll) Awards

Argentina

* Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina ** Premios Cóndor de Plata * Premios Clarín Espectáculos * Konex Awards

Australia

ATOM Awards The ATOM Awards are a group of awards offered to Australian and New Zealand "professionals, educators and students", honoring achievements in the making of film, television, multimedia, and from 2007 multi-modal productions. The Awards were esta ...

Australian Film Critics Association The Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA), formerly Melbourne Film Critics’ Forum, is an Australian professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional socie ...

(AFCA) *

AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previou ...

(AWG) *

Film Critics Circle of Australia The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian ...

(FCCA) *

Inside Film Awards The Inside Film Awards (now known as the IF Awards) is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, developed by the creators of Inside Film Magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, and originally produced fo ...

(IF Awards) * South Australian Screen Awards *

Western Union Short Film Competition The Western Union Short Film Competition is a short film competition, hosted by the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, that is open to filmmakers from Australia and India. It provides filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their films to a wi ...

Bangladesh

Meril Prothom Alo Awards ''Meril Prothom Alo Awards'' or ''Prothom Alo Awards'' is an annual Bangladeshi awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in Bangladeshi Film Industry. The awards are divided into two components, Viewers' Choice and Critics' Choice. The a ...

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

Belgium

Belgian Film Critics Association The Belgian Film Critics Association (french: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC) is an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium. History The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in Br ...

(UCC)

Brazil

Festival de Gramado The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of B ...

Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro The Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, more popularly known as Grande Otelo, is a Brazilian film award. It was established in 2000 as Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil that presented it in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 ...

Canada

Toronto Film Critics Association The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) is an organization of film critics from Toronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of the FIPRESCI. History The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization of Toront ...

(TFCA) *

Vancouver Film Critics Circle The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was founded in 2000 by David Spaner and Ian Caddell, in order to help promote Canadian films and the British Columbia Film and Television Industry. Its membership includes print, radio, on-line, and telev ...

(VFCC)

Czech Republic

Czech Film Critics' Awards Czech Film Critics' Awards ( cs, Ceny české filmové kritiky) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. Awards were established in 2010 as alternative to Czech Lion Awards. Awards are organised by Association ...

Trilobit Award The Trilobit Award ( cs, Ceny Trilobit) is an annual award that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is one of highest awards of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czech ...

Denmark

Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards are given ...

from

Danish Film Critics Association Danish Film Critics Association ( da, Danske Filmkritikere, until 2013 ''Filmmedarbejderforeningen'') is a film critics association that annually since 1948 have handed out the Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given ...

Lauritzen Award The Lauritzen Award ( da, Lauritzen-prisen) is a Danish film award which is handed every year to a female and a male Danish actor once a year by the Lauritzen Fonden. The prize is currently 250,000 DDK to each recipient since 2010. The prize was e ...

France

* Etoiles du Parisien *

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (french: Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma et des films de télévision) has, each year since 1946, awarded a prize (" Prix de la critique", English: "Critics Prize"), the Prix Méliès, to the be ...

Globes de Cristal Award The Awards (English: Crystal Globe Awards) is a set of awards bestowed by members of the France, French Press Association recognizing excellence in home art and culture. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented happ ...

Louis Delluc Prize The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...

Germany

* Award of the German Film Critics Association ()

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards () are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong since 1994. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the mem ...

India

Asianet Film Awards The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artis ...

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...

CineMAA Awards The CineMAA Awards are presented annually by the Maa TV Group to honour artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Telugu Cinema. The awards were introduced in 2004. The CineMAA Awards are voted for by both the public and a commit ...

* Edison Tamil Awards *

Dadasaheb Phalke Award The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadca ...

Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Awards Bangla is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia ...

Filmfare award The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

Filmfare Marathi Awards The Filmfare Marathi Awards are presented annually to both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Marathi film industry of India. The ceremony had been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in pr ...

Filmfare Short Film Awards The Filmfare Short Film Awards are held annually by Worldwide Media. Started in 2016, the short film awards are a part of WWM's and Filmfare's ongoing transition onto the digital platform. These awards invite first-time as well as professional f ...

IIFA Utsavam The annual IIFA Utsavam rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. The ceremony is organised by Wizcraft International, the team behind the IIFA Awards, and represents Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Malay ...

International Indian Film Academy Awards The International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly known as IIFA, is an annual awards ceremony for Bollywood. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for th ...

* Karnataka State Film Award *

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

* Khamrubu International Short Film Festival *

Maharashtra State Film Awards Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. Winners 2000 This year's award ceremony took plac ...

* Nandi Awards (Andhra Pradesh State Film, Music, Television and Arts Awards) *

(

Directorate of Film Festivals The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jur ...

) *

Odisha State Film Awards The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury ...

Prag Cine Awards Prag Cine Awards are presented annually by Prag News & Rengoni, a satellite television channel from Assam. The aim of the award to give support, recognition and inspiration to the Assamese film industry and honour some of the eminent film perso ...

* Rajasthan Film Festival *

RED FM Tulu Film Awards The Red FM Tulu Film Awards is an award ceremony for Tulu films presented by Red FM 93.5 radio station. The awards have been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in Tulu Cinema. Awards List *Lifetime Achievement Award - ...

Santosham Film Awards Santosham Film Awards, currently known as Santosham South Indian Film Awards are one of the most popular awards given for Tollywood films and Telugu Music Artistes. Background The awards first began in 2004 by the annual ''Santosham'' magazine ...

SIIMA Short Film Awards SIIMA Short Film Awards is an award ceremony held annually to award the excellence in Short Films of four different languages – Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. The ceremony was started in 2017 by Vibri Media Group. History After su ...

Screen Awards The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...

South Indian International Movie Awards South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreci ...

Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards was an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which was sponsored by '' Stardust'' magazine. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003. The ...

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...

* TSR- TV9 National Awards *

Vanitha Film Awards The Vanitha Film Awards are presented annually by ''Vanitha'', an Indian magazine from the ''Malayala Manorama'' group in the south Indian state of Kerala. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence i ...

Vijay Awards The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema. It has been given annually since 2006, with the latest—the 10th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held in ...

West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata. The award show is called ''Cinemar Somaborton'' (). ...

Zee Cine Awards The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went internat ...

Zee Cine Awards Telugu The Zee Cine Awards Telugu is an awards ceremony for the Telugu cinema and Telugu music. They were instituted in December 2017, under the name Zee Telugu Golden Awards to award the excellence in Telugu cinema and Telugu Music. History Zee Telu ...

Indonesia

Citra Awards The Indonesian Film Festival ( Indonesian: Festival Film Indonesia, 'FFI') is an annual awards ceremony organised by the Indonesian Film Board and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology to celebrate cinematic achievements in ...

* Maya Awards

Ireland

Dublin Film Critics' Circle The Dublin Film Critics' Circle is an Irish film critic association. From 2006, every year, members of the association give out their annual awards. Winners 2022 winners * Best Film – ''The Quiet Girl'' * Best Director – '' Charlotte Well ...

Italy

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1960 and it has as jury the Rome Foreign Press Association. The first awards ceremony took place in 1960 and was won by the film ...

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

Japan

Japanese Movie Critics Awards are presented annually since 1991. As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics. Award winners 1990s 1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Award ...

Lebanon

* The Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide Awards

Mexico

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

Diosas de Plata The Silver Goddesses ( es, Diosas de Plata) is a film award granted annually by the Mexican Film Journalists Association (PECIME) in recognition of professionals and excellence in the Mexican film industry as assessed by the association's voting me ...

Myanmar

Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of Myanmar. The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. Each winner is pr ...

Star Awards The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The ...

Nigeria

Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards ''Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards'' (AMVCA) is an annual accolade presented by MultiChoice recognizing outstanding achievement in television and film. The inaugural Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards ceremony was held in Lagos, Lagos State ...

Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...

Pakistan

ARY Film Awards The ARY Film Awards ( ur, ), commonly known as The AFA's, is an annual Pakistani awards ceremony honoring the cinematic achievements of film industry. Winners are awarded the golden statue, officially the ARY Film Award of Merit, that is ...

Philippines

Gawad Urian The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP, "the Filipino Film Critics") and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States' New York Fi ...

* Young Critics Circle Film Desk Awards * Gawad PASADO * Gawad TANGLAW * Gawad Genio Awards * The Entertainment Editors' Choice Awards

Portugal

Golden Globes (Portugal) The Golden Globes ( pt, Globos de Ouro) are awards given each year in Portugal since 1996 by the Golden Globes Academy, made up by professionals of SIC TV and Caras magazine, which award several areas of art and entertainment in the country, ...

South Korea

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (), also known as the Critics Choice Awards (), is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It was established in 1980 by the Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC). The c ...

Busan Film Critics Awards Established in 2000, the Busan Film Critics Awards is run by the Busan Film Critics Association (BCFA), a small but independent-minded group of critics based in Busan, South Korea. Each year they announce their choices shortly before the opening o ...

Spain

* CEC Medals *

Feroz Awards The Feroz Awards ( es, Premios Feroz) are Spain-based film and television awards presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España (''Association of Cinematographic Informers of Spain''). They are considered the Spanish e ...

Fotogramas de Plata Fotogramas de Plata are a series of Spanish annual film, theatre and television awards awarded by ''Fotogramas'' film magazine since 1951. On 5 February 1951, ''Fotogramas'' magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jes� ...

Turkey

* SIYAD Awards of Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) *

Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival The Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival is an annual Ankara-based film festival celebrating women's contributions to filmmaking. Established by Halime Güner in 1997 in order to raise awareness and fight for women's human rights, it ...

(Uçan Süpürge Kadın Filmleri Festivali) *

International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2 ...

(Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali) *

International Adana Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2 ...

(Uluslararası Adana Film Festivali) *

Istanbul Animation Festival Istanbul Animation Festival ( tr, İstanbul Animasyon Festivali) is a festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. ...

(İstanbul Animasyon Festivali)

United Kingdom

* ODEON National Youth Film Awards *

National Film Awards UK The National Film Awards UK are presented in an annual award show hosted by the National Film Academy (NFA). As of 2015, it has taken place in Central London at the Porchester Hall. The 5th National Film Awards UK was held on 27 March 2019. Hi ...

Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...

British Film Awards *

London Film Critics Circle The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally. The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards did not convey the full context of the ...

National Movie Awards The National Movie Awards (NMA) was a British film awards ceremony broadcast by ITV in which the winners of the awards were chosen via popular vote. The awards were initiated in 2007 following the success of the National Television Awards, the ...

- first one aired September 29, 2007, on

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

United States

Alliance of Women Film Journalists The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. It is based in New York City and is dedicated to supporting work by and about women in the film industry. The AWFJ is composed of 84 professional female ...

American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leade ...

(AFI) * Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) *

Austin Film Critics Association The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas. Each year, the AFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the same calendar year. A special award, the Austin Film ...

(AFCA) * Black Film Critics Circle *

Boston Society of Film Critics The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) is an organization of film reviewers from Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. History The BSFC was formed in 1981 to make “Boston’s unique critical perspective heard on a national and internati ...

(BSFC) *

Broadcast Film Critics Association The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the ...

(BFCA) * Central Ohio Film Critics Association *

Chicago Film Critics Association The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) is an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The organization was founded in 1990 by film critics Sharon LeMa ...

(CFCA) * Chicago Indie Critics *

Critics' Choice Movie Awards The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Writt ...

Critics' Choice Super Awards The Critics' Choice Super Awards is an awards show presented annually by the Critics Choice Association to honor the finest in genre fiction film, television and home media releases, including action, superhero, horror, science fiction, fanta ...

* Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) * Denver Film Critics Society *

Detroit Film Critics Society The Detroit Film Critics Society is a film critic organization based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 2007, and comprises a group of over twenty film critics. To become a member, the critic must have reviewed at least twelve f ...

* DiscussingFilm Critic Awards *

Florida Film Critics Circle The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is a film critic organization founded in 1996. The FFCC comprises 30 film critics from Florida-based print and online publications. At the end of each year, the FFCC members vote on the Florida Film Critics ...

(FFCC) *

Georgia Film Critics Association The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from the U.S. state of Georgia. Inclusion is open to film critics throughout the entire state of Georgia, although the majority of members are concentrate ...

(GFCA) *

Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, ...

(a.k.a. the Razzies) *

Gotham Awards The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on ...

* Hawaii Film Critics Society *

Houston Film Critics Society The Houston Film Critics Society is a non-profit film critic unincorporated voluntary organization in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The group presents an annual set of film awards for "extraordinary accomplishment in film" in a ceremony h ...

(HFCS) * Indiana Film Journalists Association * Iowa Film Critics Association * Kansas City Film Critics Circle * Las Vegas Film Critics Society *

Los Angeles Film Critics Association The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975. Background Its membership comprises film critics from Los Angeles-based print and electronic media. In December of each year, the organiza ...

(LAFCA) * LAIFFA Awards(Los Angeles Independent Film Festivals) *

Maverick Movie Awards The Maverick Movie Awards annually honors films and screenplays. They were founded as the New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004, and became known as ''Maverick Movie Awards'' in 2008. The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in ...

(MMA) * Music City Film Critics Association *

National Society of Film Critics The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In January 2014, ...

(NSFC) *

National Board of Review The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts. Its awards, which are announced in early December, are considered an early harbinger of the film awards season that culminat ...

(NBR) * Nevada Film Critics Society * New Mexico Film Critics *

New York Film Critics Circle The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magaz ...

(NYFCC) *

New York Film Critics Online The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is an organization founded by Harvey Karten in 2000 composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards. 2001 Various ...

(NYFCO) * New York Film Awards *

Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in ''The New York Times''. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there ...

(NAFCA) * North Carolina Film Critics Association * North Dakota Film Society (NDFS) * North Texas Film Critics Association *

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

Wasserman Award The Wasserman Award is NYU Film School’s top honor in recognition for outstanding achievement in film. The award honors the late Lew Wasserman and his wife Edie, major benefactors of the Tisch School of the Arts. Past winners include Spike Lee, A ...

* Oklahoma Film Critics Circle *

Online Film Critics Society Awards The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who publish their work on the World Wide Web. The organization was founded in January 1997 by Harvey S. Karten ...

(OFCS) * Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards * Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) * Phoenix Film Critics Society * Political Film Society (PFS) *

San Diego Film Critics Society The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) is an organization of film reviewers from San Diego-based publications that was founded in 1997. Overview The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) is composed of print, television, radio and digital ...

(SDFCS) * San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) * Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) * Southeastern Film Critics Association * St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association (SLGFCA) * Sunset Circle Awards * Utah Film Critics Association * Village Voice Film Poll * Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association - (WAFCA) * XRCO Award, X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) Heart-On Awards

Uruguay

* Uruguayan Film Critics Association Awards 2001

Significant Festival awards

As of 1998, ''The Variety (magazine), Variety Guide to Film Festivals'' states that "the Triple Crown of international competitive festivals" are Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice Film Festival, Venice and Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin.

Argentina

* Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata ** Golden Astor, Ástor * BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Armenia

* Yerevan International Film Festival, Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

Australia

* Flickerfest

Bangladesh

* Dhaka Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival ** Rainbow Award (covering all segments)

Belgium

* Flanders International Film Festival Ghent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Sarajevo Film Festival * Heart of Sarajevo * Sarajevo Youth Film Festival

Brazil

* São Paulo International Film Festival

Burkina Faso

* Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO)

Canada

* Atlantic Film Festival * Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival * Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival * Inside Out Film and Video Festival * Montreal World Film Festival * Toronto International Film Festival * Vancouver International Film Festival * Whistler Film Festival * Yorkton Film Festival

China

* Shanghai International Film Festival * Beijing International Film Festival

Croatia

* Motovun Film Festival * Pula Film Festival * ZagrebDox

Czech Republic

* Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ** Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival), Crystal Globe (best picture) ** Special Jury Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF), Special Jury Prize

Egypt

* Cairo International Film Festival **Golden Pyramid Award (best picture) * Luxor African Film Festival * Aswan International Women's Film Festival * Alexandria International Film Festival * El Gouna Film Festival

France

* Cannes International Film Festival **

(best picture) ** Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prize (best picture runner up) ** Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival), Jury Prize ** Un Certain Regard, Prize Un Certain Regard ** Caméra d'Or (best first picture) ** François Chalais Prize ** Trophée Chopard ** Vulcan Award

Germany

* Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) ** Golden Bear (best picture) ** Silver Bear (jury grand prize, director, actor and actress) * Findling Award ()

Greece

* International Thessaloniki Film Festival ** Golden Alexander (best picture)

Hungary

* Hungarian Film and TV Awards

India

* International Film Festival of India **IFFI_Best_Film_Award#Golden_Peacock_Award_winners_(Feature_Films), Golden Peacock for Best Film **IFFI_Best_Film_Award#Golden_Peacock_Award_winners_(Short_Films_-_Discontinued), Golden Peacock for Best Short Film **IFFI_Best_Film_Award#Silver_Peacock_Award_winners_(Best_Feature_Film_-_Discontinued), Silver Peacock for Best Film **IFFI Best Director Award **IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) **IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) **IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal **IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award **IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award * International Film Festival of Kerala ** Golden Crow Pheasant * Mumbai International Film Festival ** Golden Conch (best fiction and best documentary)

Indonesia

* Bari International Film Festival, Bali International Film Festival * Bandung Film Festival * Indonesian Film Festival * Jakarta International Film Festival * Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

Iran

* Fajr International Film Festival * Hafez Awards

Italy

* Venice International Film Festival ** Golden Lion (best picture) ** Coppa Volpi (best actor and actress) * Rome Film Festival * Capri Hollywood International Film Festival *Ischia International Film & Music Festival * Taormina Film Fest * Giffoni Film Festival

Japan

* Tokyo International Film Festival

Morocco

* International Film Festival of Marrakech

Netherlands

* Cinekid Festival * Film by the Sea * Netherlands Film Festival * Rembrandt Award * SCENECS International Debut Film Festival * ShortCutz Amsterdam

Nigeria

* Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) * Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF)

Norway

* Norwegian International Film Festival ** Amanda (award), Amanda (various categories) * Tromsø International Film Festival

Pakistan

* Kara Film Festival

Poland

* Gdynia Film Festival * Polish Film Academy Awards, Polish Film Academy * Camerimage, International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE

Portugal

* Fantasporto

Philippines

* Cinemanila International Film Festival * Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival * Cinema One Originals, Cinema One Originals Film Festival * Metro Manila Film Festival

Russia

* Moscow International Film Festival

South Korea

* Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival * Busan International Film Festival * Seoul Independent Film Festival * Seoul International Film Festival

Spain

* Málaga Spanish Film Festival ('Biznaga') * San Sebastián International Film Festival ('Shell') * Seville European Film Festival ('Giraldillo') * Sitges Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia * Valladolid International Film Festival ('Spike')

Sweden

* Göteborg Film Festival * Stockholm International Film Festival

Switzerland

* Locarno International Film Festival * Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

Turkey

* Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival, Adana International Film Festival * Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya Film Festival *

* Istanbul Film Festival

Ukraine

* Odesa International Film Festival

United Kingdom

* BFI London Film Festival * Sheffield Doc/Fest * UK Film Festival * Public Health Film Festival (PHFF)

United States

* Chicago International Film Festival * Sundance Film Festival * Hawaii International Film Festival ** Vilcek Foundation#New American Filmmakers, Vilcek New American Filmmakers Award * Seattle International Film Festival ** Golden Space Needle (best picture) * Slamdance Film Festival

Industry awards

International

* International Documentary Association, IDA (International Documentary Association) Awards * Location Managers Guild Awards * Taurus World Stunt Awards * Webby Awards * World Soundtrack Awards

Argentina

* Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina, AACCA (Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina) ** Premios Sur

Australia

* AACTA Awards (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards), replaced the AFI Awards (Australian Film Institute Awards) * Asia Pacific Screen Awards * Australian Production Design Guild * Australian Screen Sound Guild *

* Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) * TV Week Logie Awards

Austria

* Austrian Film Awards

Bangladesh

* National Film Awards (Bangladesh) *

Belgium

* Joseph Plateau Awards * Magritte Awards * Ensor Awards

Canada

* Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television ** Bijou Awards (1981) ** Canadian Film Awards (1949-1978) ** Canadian Screen Awards (since 2012) ** Genie Awards (1980-2012) * Alberta Film and Television Awards * Canadian Society of Cinematographers * Directors Guild of Canada * Feminist Porn Awards * Leo Awards * Prix Iris

Denmark

* Robert Awards

Estonia

* Estonian Film and Television Awards

Europe

* European Film Academy ** European Film Awards (formerly the Felix) * Lux Prize (European Parliament LUX Award)

Finland

* Jussi Awards

France

* César Awards * Lumières Award * Prix Jean Vigo * Prix Lumière * Prix Romy Schneider * Prix Suzanne Bianchetti * René Clair Award

Germany

* Bavarian Film Award () * Bogey Awards * German Film Award ()

Hong Kong

* Asian Film Awards * Golden Bauhinia Awards * Hong Kong Film Awards

Ibero-America

* Platino Awards * Fénix Awards

India

* Filmfare Awards South * IIFA Awards *

* Nandi Awards (Andhra Pradesh State Film, Music, Television and Arts Awards) * Star Screen Awards *

Indonesia

* Citra Awards * Indonesian Movie Actors Awards * Maya Awards

Ireland

* IFTA Film & Drama Awards

Israel

* Israeli Academy of Film and Television ** Ophir Awards

Italy

Awards

Japan

* Blue Ribbon Awards * Hochi Film Award * Japan Academy Prize (film), Japan Academy Prize * Mainichi Film Awards * Nikkan Sports Film Award

Latvia

* Lielais Kristaps

Lithuania

* Sidabrinė gervė

Mexico

Nigeria

, popularly known as AMAA and the AMA Awards * Nollywood Movies, Nollywood Movies Network ** Nollywood Movies Awards (NMA) * Best of Nollywood Awards (BON)

Pakistan

* Lux Style Awards * Hum Awards *

Philippines

* FAMAS Awards * Film Academy of the Philippines * Luna Awards * PMPC Star Awards for Movies, Star Awards for Movies

Poland

* Polish Film Awards

Portugal

* Sophia Awards

Romania

* Gopo Awards

Russia

* Nika Award * Golden Eagle Award (Russia), Golden Eagle Award * Russian National Movie Awards

South Africa

* South African Film and Television Awards

South Korea

* Blue Dragon Film Awards * Buil Film Awards * Chunsa Film Art Awards * Director's Cut Awards * Grand Bell Awards * Baeksang Arts Awards * Wildflower Film Awards

Spain

* Actors and Actresses Union Awards * Berlanga Awards * Forqué Awards * Gaudí Awards * Goya Awards * Mestre Mateo Awards

Sweden

* Guldbagge Awards

Taiwan

* Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Golden Horse Awards * Taipei Film Awards

Thailand

* Suphannahong National Film Awards

Turkey

* Yeşilçam Award

United Kingdom

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) ** British Academy Film Awards * British Independent Film Awards

United States

* Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences **

, popularly known as the Oscars * Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films ** Saturn Awards * American Choreography Awards * American Cinema Editors Golden Reels * American Society of Cinematographers * Art Directors Guild * American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Film and Television Awards * AVN Award, AVN (Adult Video News) Awards ** GayVN Awards * Broadcast Music Inc., BMI Film Music Awards * Cinema Audio Society * Costume Designers Guild * Directors Guild of America Awards * Film Your Issue College Film Awards *

* Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors), Golden Reel Award for excellence in sound editing in film and television *

– Independent Feature Project * Hollywood Film Awards * Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Makeup and Hairstylist Guild * The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards * Independent Spirit Awards * International Animated Film Society / ASIFA-Hollywood ** Annie Awards * International Online Cinema Awards * International Press Academy ** Satellite Awards * JEIFA Awards * NAACP ** NAACP Image Awards, Image Awards * Producers Guild of America Awards * Screen Actors Guild Awards * ShoWest/National Association of Theatre Owners Convention * Taurus World Stunt Awards * Visual Effects Society Awards * Writers Guild of America, East & Writers Guild of America, West ** Writers Guild of America Award - Template:WGA Awards Chron, Link * Young Artist Awards

Vietnam

* Kite Awards (Vietnam), Kite Awards * Golden Lotus Prize (Vietnam Film Festival)

Audience awards

International

* Webby Awards, Webby People's Voice Awards

Austria

* Romy Awards

Bangladesh

Canada

* Constellation Awards

Germany

* Jupiter Award (film award), Jupiter Award

India

* Filmfare Awards South *

Indonesia

* MTV Indonesia Movie Awards * Indonesian Box Office Movie Awards * Indonesian Choice Awards * Indonesian Movie Actor Awards, Indonesian Movie Actors Awards

Nigeria

Pakistan

* Lux Style Awards

Poland

* Polish Academy Audience Award

Spain

* GoldSpirit Awards - Soundtracks and film music

United Kingdom

* Empire Awards *

**Audience Award for Most Popular Show (now retired) * Public Health Film Festival, Public Health Film Festival Audience Award * SHAFTA Awards (adult video), SHAFTA Awards

United States

* E! * Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox * MTV Movie & TV Awards * ''Independent Lens'' Independent Lens#Audience Award, Audience Award * Nickelodeon ** Kids' Choice Awards Includes both film and other media awards. ** Teen Choice Awards Includes both film and other media awards. ** People's Choice Awards Includes both film and other media awards.

Sources and references

IMDB search page for data on hundreds of awards and festivals

References

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