Awards

Last updated October 12, 2026

Our ballot

What The Screening Room would vote for today, our name on it

Official theatrical poster for The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus.
Best Picture
Our pick

The Odyssey

Our reasoning

Nolan spends the year's largest canvas on the smallest question a war film can ask: what does a hero owe the people who followed him? The scale is never the point. It is the pressure that makes the homecoming land. Every technical element, from the immense IMAX photography to the punishing sound design, serves a story about leadership, failure, and the cost of survival. Few films this year feel as complete, and none has combined spectacle, performance, and emotional consequence with greater force.

The race
  1. 1The OdysseyLegendary / Syncopy
  2. 2La bola negraNetflix
  3. 3Wild Horse NineSearchlight Pictures

Awards calendar

Festivals, nomination announcements, guild awards, and the ceremonies that matter

Sep 2Venice Film Festival opens — already happenedFestival
Sep 4Telluride Film Festival — already happenedFestival
Sep 10Toronto International Film Festival — already happenedFestival
Oct 27Gotham Awards nominations announcedNominations
Nov 30Gotham AwardsCeremony
Dec 7Golden Globe nominations announcedNominations
Jan 6Actor Awards nominationsGuild
Jan 7Directors Guild of America nominationsGuild
Jan 10Golden Globe Awards ceremonyCeremony
Jan 21Academy Award nominations announcedNominations
Jan 30Directors Guild of America AwardsGuild
Feb 28Actor Awards ceremonyGuild
Mar 14Academy Awards ceremonyOscars

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