Annual Awards Voting Procedures

The annual voting meeting is usually scheduled for the first Saturday in January, except when that date is too close to New Year’s Day. Our next voting meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026.

Awards go for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography, and, should the Society choose to award these, Best Nonfiction Film, Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Production Design, Best Experimental work, Film Heritage awards and Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution.

Complete results are e-mailed to members of the press and publicists immediately after the meeting. The chair tweets the names of winners as they are selected during the meeting from our social-media accounts (@TheNSFC and @nsfc.bsky.social).

Any film that opens in the U.S. during the year 2025, in theaters or on streaming platforms, is eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; submissions are not necessary. But you may want to send screeners or links to the members in advance of the vote. E-mail @nsfcmail@gmail.com to request an updated address list and contact information for members.

Voting is conducted using a weighted ballot system. Scrolls suitable for framing are sent to the winners. There is no awards party.