BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Global Social Season//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Global Social Season — Film X-WR-CALDESC:The international calendar of where to be and when REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-778@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270315 SUMMARY:Academy Awards — 99th Academy Awards LOCATION:Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood\, Los Angeles\, United State s DESCRIPTION:Film's central award\, voted by Academy members and presente d on a Sunday night in March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.\nhttps: //globalsocialseason.com/events/academy-awards\nDates: Announced by the Academy and ABC in a press release dated April 7\, 2026: the 99th Osca rs take place on Sunday\, March 14\, 2027\, live at 7:00 p.m. EST / 4:0 0 p.m. PST from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood\, broadcast on A BC and in more than 200 territories. The Academy's published season cal endar runs from a final submission deadline of November 12\, 2026 and t he Governors Awards on November 15\, 2026\, through preliminary voting December 7-11\, 2026\, shortlists on December 15\, 2026\, nominations v oting January 11-15\, 2027\, the nominations announcement on January 21 \, 2027\, the Nominees Luncheon on February 16\, 2027 and final voting February 25 to March 4\, 2027. Conan O'Brien hosts for a third consecut ive year. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/academy-awards STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-382@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270523 SUMMARY:Cannes Film Festival — 80th edition LOCATION:Palais des Festivals et des Congrès\, Cannes\, France DESCRIPTION:Twelve days on the Croisette each May: competition premieres \, the film industry's largest market\, and free screenings on the beac h.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-film-festival\nDates: Tuesday May 11 to Saturday May 22\, 2027\, reported by Screen Internati onal in June 2026 as the festival's confirmed dates for its 80th editio n and carried by the Cannes tourist office listing. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-film-festival STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-438@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270912 SUMMARY:Venice International Film Festival — 84th edition (expected) LOCATION:Palazzo del Cinema\, Lido di Venezia\, Venice Lido\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The oldest film festival in the world\, held on the Lido eac h September and the effective opening of the awards season.\nhttps://gl obalsocialseason.com/events/venice-film-festival\nDates: Not yet announ ced. La Biennale had published no 2027 Mostra dates at the time of writ ing. The estimate follows the festival's settled pattern of eleven days opening on a Wednesday and closing on a Saturday in the window that st raddles late August and early September (2024: August 28 - September 7\ ; 2025: August 27 - September 6\; 2026: September 2-12). Dates are norm ally confirmed in the winter\, with the program announced in late July. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-film-festival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-797@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270111 SUMMARY:Golden Globe Awards — 84th Golden Globe Awards LOCATION:International Ballroom\, The Beverly Hilton\, Beverly Hills\, U nited States DESCRIPTION:A televised dinner in a Beverly Hills ballroom each January that honors both film and television and opens the awards season.\nhttp s://globalsocialseason.com/events/golden-globe-awards\nDates: The organ izer's own site carries Sunday\, January 10\, 2027 for the 84th Golden Globe Awards\, with Nikki Glaser returning as host and CBS and Paramoun t+ again carrying the broadcast\, and describes it as the first major a ward show of the season. The page fetched did not restate the venue\, s o the per-edition venue is left null\; the ceremony has been held in th e International Ballroom of The Beverly Hilton since 1961. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/golden-globe-awards STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-785@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270222 SUMMARY:BAFTA Film Awards — 80th British Academy Film Awards LOCATION:Royal Festival Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London\, United Kingdo m DESCRIPTION:Britain's film awards\, voted by BAFTA's membership and pres ented on a February Sunday at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank .\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/bafta-film-awards\nDates: Sund ay 21 February 2027\, published by BAFTA in its press release opening e ntries for the 2027 EE BAFTA Film Awards and carried in Screen Internat ional's report on the 2027 rule changes\, which lists the voting calend ar as longlists on 7 January 2027\, nominations on 19 January 2027 and the ceremony on 21 February. BAFTA's own press pages return HTTP 403 to automated fetching\, so the organizer's wording was read through a sea rch index and the date verified against the Screen International articl e\, which was fetched directly. The 2027 round also expands the Outstan ding British Film longlist from fifteen to twenty titles\, gives the ca sting chapter a vote in the performance categories\, renames the family film category\, and requires disclosure of generative-AI use. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/bafta-film-awards STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-849@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270907 SUMMARY:Telluride Film Festival — 54th edition (expected) LOCATION:Sheridan Opera House and theatres across Telluride and Mountain Village\, Telluride\, Colorado\, United States DESCRIPTION:Four days over Labor Day weekend in a Colorado box canyon\, with no competition and no programme announced before you arrive.\nhttp s://globalsocialseason.com/events/telluride-film-festival\nDates: Not y et announced. No 2027 dates appeared on telluridefilmfestival.org at th e time of writing\; the festival publishes little in advance by design. The estimate follows its fixed pattern\, which the organizer states pl ainly on its own site - the festival runs every Labor Day weekend\, Fri day through the Monday holiday\, over four days (2024: 30 August - 2 Se ptember\; 2025: 29 August - 1 September\; 2026: 4-7 September). Labor D ay 2027 falls on Monday 6 September\, giving Friday 3 September to Mond ay 6 September. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/telluride-film-festival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-432@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270920 SUMMARY:Toronto International Film Festival — 52nd edition (expected) LOCATION:TIFF Lightbox and the King Street West theatres\, Toronto\, Can ada DESCRIPTION:Eleven days of North American premieres in downtown Toronto\ , decided by an audience vote that has become the awards season's best forecast.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/toronto-international- film-festival\nDates: Not yet announced. TIFF's fixed pattern is eleven days opening on the Thursday after Canadian Labour Day and closing ele ven days later on a Sunday (2025: September 4-14\; 2026: September 10-2 0). Labour Day in 2027 falls on September 6\, which places the 52nd edi tion on September 9-19\, 2027. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/toronto-international-film-fes tival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-428@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201 SUMMARY:Sundance Film Festival — First Boulder edition LOCATION:Boulder Theater\, Chautauqua Auditorium\, Macky Auditorium and other venues across Boulder and the CU Boulder campus\, Boulder\, Color ado\, United States DESCRIPTION:The American independent film calendar's opening event\, in Park City until 2026 and in Boulder\, Colorado from January 2027.\nhttp s://globalsocialseason.com/events/sundance-film-festival\nDates: Announ ced by the Sundance Institute on February 24\, 2026: January 21-31\, 20 27 in Boulder\, Colorado\, the festival's first edition outside Utah. N amed venues are the Boulder Theater\, Chautauqua Auditorium\, Macky Aud itorium Concert Hall\, Muenzinger Auditorium and Roe Green Theatre at t he University of Colorado Boulder\, the Boedecker and Gordon Gamm theat ers at the Dairy Arts Center\, Cinemark Century Boulder\, eTown Hall\, Boulder High School Auditorium and Casey Middle School Auditorium\, wit h talks at the Canyon Theater\, the Dairy Arts Center\, eTown Hall and Old Main. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/sundance-film-festival STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-378@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270222 SUMMARY:Berlin International Film Festival — 77th edition LOCATION:Berlinale Palast\, Potsdamer Platz\, Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:February in Berlin: the largest public film festival in the world by tickets sold\, with the European Film Market running alongside it.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/berlinale\nDates: Announced by the Berlinale in March 2026: February 10-21\, 2027\, starting on a Wednesday\, one day earlier than usual. The Official Awards Ceremony mo ves to Friday February 19\, and the extra room creates two Audience Day s (Publikumstage) on February 20 and 21 rather than the customary one. The European Film Market takes a full opening day on February 10\, with its reception on the evening of February 9\, and runs to February 16. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/berlinale STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-456@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270222 SUMMARY:Berlin International Film Festival — 76th edition (expected) LOCATION:Berlinale Palast\, Potsdamer Platz\, Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:February in Berlin: the largest public film festival in the world by tickets sold\, with the European Film Market running alongside it.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/berlinale\nDates: Not yet a nnounced. Projected from the 2026 dates (February 12–22)\; the organi zer's pattern usually holds. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/berlinale STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-786@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019 SUMMARY:BFI London Film Festival — 70th edition LOCATION:BFI Southbank and venues across central London\, London\, Unite d Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Britain's largest public film festival: twelve October days\ , around 240 features\, shown in cinemas across central London.\nhttps: //globalsocialseason.com/events/bfi-london-film-festival\nDates: The 70 th BFI London Film Festival runs Wednesday 7 October to Sunday 18 Octob er 2026\; the BFI's own festival site carries the dates in its page tit le. The full programme was announced on 2 September 2026 with six furth er titles added on 7 September. Simon Stone's Elsinore opens the festiv al in its European premiere and Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut closes it i n a UK premiere at the Royal Festival Hall on 18 October. Seven London venues are in use: BFI Southbank\, BFI IMAX\, the Institute of Contempo rary Arts\, the Prince Charles Cinema\, the Royal Festival Hall\, Vue W est End and Curzon Soho. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/bfi-london-film-festival STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-787@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271018 SUMMARY:BFI London Film Festival — 71st edition (expected) LOCATION:BFI Southbank and venues across central London\, London\, Unite d Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Britain's largest public film festival: twelve October days\ , around 240 features\, shown in cinemas across central London.\nhttps: //globalsocialseason.com/events/bfi-london-film-festival\nDates: Not ye t announced. The BFI had published nothing on the 71st edition at the t ime of writing\, with the 70th still to open. The estimate is a fifty-t wo-week shift from the 2026 dates\, which preserves the festival's fixe d Wednesday-to-Sunday shape over twelve days in the first half of Octob er (2024: 9-20 October\; 2025: 8-19 October\; 2026: 7-18 October). Repl ace when the BFI publishes\, normally in the spring. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/bfi-london-film-festival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-853@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270614 SUMMARY:Tribeca Festival — 26th edition (expected) LOCATION:Spring Studios\, 50 Varick Street\, and cinemas across Manhatta n\, New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:Twelve days of film\, television\, games\, podcasts and talk s across Manhattan each June\, sold to the public rather than accredite d.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/tribeca-festival\nDates: Not yet announced. No 2027 dates appeared on tribecafilm.com or in trade re porting at the time of writing\; Tribeca has typically announced the fo llowing June's dates in the preceding September\, so an announcement is due shortly. The estimate follows the festival's settled pattern of tw elve days opening on the first Wednesday of June and closing on a Sunda y (2023: 7-18 June\; 2024: 5-16 June\; 2025: 4-15 June\; 2026: 3-14 Jun e). The first Wednesday of June 2027 is 2 June\, giving 2-13 June. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/tribeca-festival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-790@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160618Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270103 SUMMARY:Capri\, Hollywood International Film Festival (historical patter n) LOCATION:Capri\, Italy DESCRIPTION:A week of screenings and awards on Capri across the turn of the year\, closing the film calendar as the Oscar season opens.\nhttps: //globalsocialseason.com/events/capri-hollywood\nDates: Dates for the e dition spanning the turn of 2026 into 2027 were not published anywhere this record could reach. The organizer's site could not be fetched (see editorial notes) and the festival announces late. The window given her e is the festival's settled placement\, described on its own submission listing as running from 26 December to 2 January\, and matches the pat tern Wikipedia records of an edition held every late December or early January. Treat the exact opening and closing days as unconfirmed. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/capri-hollywood STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR