Notable Industry Recognition Awards List

This list is to be referred to in relation to Global Talent endorsement applications (previously known as Tier 1 Exceptional Talent applications) in the fields of film, television, animation, post-production and visual effects.

Last updated 22nd March 2024

• ADC Advertising Awards – Motion/Film category only
• Africa Movie Academy Awards
• AICP Post Awards
• Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Awards (AMVCA)
• American Cinema Editors 
• American Music Award (AMA) - Favourite Music Video only
• American Film Institute Awards (AFI)
• Angers Premier Plans
• Anima Cordoba
• Annecy Film Festival
• Annie Awards
• Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards (AMAPS)
• ARIA Music Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association) – Best Video only
• Art Directors Guild Awards
• Artios Awards – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• ASCAP awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) - Composers of TV & film programmes only
• Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• Audio Production Awards (APAs)  – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects
• Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTS) 
• Australian Directors Guild Awards
• Australian Production Design Guild
• Awit Awards (Philippine Association of the Record Industry) - Best Music Video Only
• Berlin International Film Festival 
• BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television, United States) – Video of the Year only 
• BFI London Film Festival 
• Bodil Awards 
• Brisbane International Film Festival
• Brit Awards - British Artist Music Video of the Year (or equivalent category) only
• British Animation Awards
• Brooklyn International Film Festival 
• Busan International Film Festival
• Cairo International Film Festival
• Camerimage Cinematography Festival (Poland) - Main Competition, Documentary Films Competition, Music Videos Competition only
• Canadian Screen Awards 
• Cannes International Film Festival / Festival de Cannes
• Cannes Lions Awards
• Chicago International Film Festival 
• Chicago Latino Film Festival
• Ciclope Awards
• Cinedays – Skopje International Film Festival (European First and Second Films)
• Cinema Audio Society Awards
• Cinema Jove International Film Festival
• CinemaCon’s International
• Cleveland International Film Festival
• Clio Awards – Clio Entertainment (any category) and Clio Awards (Film and Film Craft Categories only)
• Cork International Film Festival 
• Creative Circle Awards  - Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• D&AD Awards – Advert, Design and Digital  – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• DICE Awards organised by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences – excluding gaming categories
• Directors Guild of America Awards
• Durban Film Awards
• Edinburgh International Film Festival 
• Estonian Film and Television Award (EFTA)
• Eurasia International Film Festival – Astana (Films Produced in Europe, Central-Asia, Asia)
• Eurobest Awards – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• European Film Awards 
• Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique or International Film Critics Award given by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)
• Festival de Cine Global Dominicano (First Films)
• Festival du Film Francophone de Namur (Francophone Film Festival – Namur)
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – Colombia (Ibero and Latin-American Films)
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijon (Films for Young People)
• FICCI Frames - Excludes Student Films
• Filmfare Awards - Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• German Television Academy Award
• Golden Eagle Awards (Russia)
• Golden Horse Awards
• Golden Phoenix Award
• Golden Reel Awards
• Golden Rooster Festival
• Goya Awards
• Gracie Allen Awards – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• Grammy Awards - Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Song Written for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Music Video only
• Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 
• Grierson Documentary Awards
• Hainan Island International Film Festival
• Hola Mexico Film Festival

• Hollywood Professional Association Awards (HPA)
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 
• Hot Docs (Documentary Film Festival – Canada)
• Hugo Awards (Best Dramatic Presentation (Long/Short form) only)
• Hundred Flowers Awards
• iHeartRadio Music Awards - Best Music Video only
• Independent Music Awards - Short Form Videos and Long Form Videos only
• Independent Spirit Awards 
• International Antalya Film Festival (New Currents in Contemporary Cinema) aka Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
• International Documentary Film Amsterdam (IDFA)
• International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards
• International Film Festival of India (Goa)
• International Film Festival of Kerala (Films from Asia, Africa and Latin America)
• International Film Music Critics Association Awards 
• International Indian Film Academy Awards - Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• International Short and Documentary Film Festival Zinebi (Bilbao)
• International Short Film Festival – Oberhausen
• Irish Film & Television Awards
• Istanbul International Film Festival (New Perspectives in Cinema)
• Ivor Novello Awards – Best TV Soundtrack, Best Original Film Score only
• Ivors Academy Awards - Best Original Film Score and Best TV Soundtrack only
• Jackson Wild
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award 
• Jerusalem Film Festival
• Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival (First Feature Films)
• Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) – Music Video of the Year only
• Jupiter Awards
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• Kinsale Sharks Awards
• Kitzbuehel Film Festival (Young Directors’ Films)
• Kolkata International Film Festival (Innovation in Moving Images)
• Korean Association of Film Critics’ Awards 
• Krakow Film Festival
• Latin Grammy Award (Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) - Short Form Videos and Long Form Videos only
• Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide Awards
• Listapad – Minsk International Film Festival (Films Produced in Baltic and Central-Asian Countries, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia)
• Locarno Film Festival 
• Location Managers Guild Awards
• London Animation International Festival
• London Film Critics' Circle 
• London International Awards (LIA) 
• Louis Delluc Prize
• Lux Style Awards  – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
• Mar del Plata International Film Festival
• Marrakech International Film Festival
• Melbourne International Film Festival 
• Message To Man International Film Festival (St Petersburg)
• Miami International Film Festival
• Molins Horror Film Festival
• Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival (Young Directors’ Films)
• Monstra Animation Film Festival
• Monte-Carlo Television Festival
• Global Montreal Film Festival (previously known as Montreal World Film Festival)
• Morelia International Film Festival
• Moscow International Film Festival
• MotelX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival (Horror Films – Feature and Documentary)
• MTV Music Awards and TV (MTV VMAs USA)  – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• National Cinematography Award of APKiT
• National Film Awards (Bangladesh)
• National Film Awards (India)
• National Television Awards (UK)
• Nebula Awards
• Nika Award
• Noir In Film Festival – Milan (Police and Mystery Films)
• Ophir Awards
• Peabody Awards – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• People's Choice Awards (E! News) – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• People’s Choice Awards India – Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.
• Praemium Imperiale - film only
• Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 
• Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik – Film Music only
• Prism Prize (Music Video Awards)
• Prix de Rome 
• Producers Guild of America Awards 
• Raindance
• Rose D' or Award
• Rotterdam International Film Festival
• Royal Television Society Awards 
• San Sebastian International Film Festival
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival
• Satellite Awards 
• Saturn Awards 
• Screen Actors Guild Awards
• Screenwriters Choice Awards
• Seattle International Film Festival
• Series Mania (TV Series Festival)
• SFX Awards
• Shanghai International Film Festival
• Shots Awards
• Siggraph Awards 
• Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya (Fantasy Films)
• Slamdance Film Festival
• Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (Kinotavr)
• Society of Camera Operators Awards
• Sofia International Film Festival (First and Second Feature Films)
• South African Television and Film Awards (excludes Student Films and Online Content)
• South by Southwest Film Festival 
• Stockholm International Film Filmmaker of the Year Award 
• St Kilda Film Festival
• Sundance Film Festival 
• SXSW Film Awards - Film festival awards only
• Sydney Film Festival 
• Talinn Black Night International Film Festival
• Tampere Film Festival
• Teen Choice Awards – Film and TV Awards only (Best Actor / Actress in a Film / TV Show)
• Televisual Awards
• The Anime Awards
• The Prism Prize – Best Music Video Award only
• Tokyo International Film Festival
• Toronto Film Critics Association
• Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania)
• Tribeca Film Festival 
• Turin International Film Festival (New Directors’ Films)
• TV Choice Awards
• TV Week Logie Awards (The Logie Awards)
• UK Music Video Awards (UKMVA)
• USC Scripter Awards
• Vancouver International Film Festival
• Venice International Film Festival 
• Vienna International Film Festival 
• Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
• Warsaw International Film Festival
• Webby Awards
• Wildscreen Festival
• Women in Film and Television Awards 
• World Soundtrack Awards
• Writers Guild Awards of Great Britain Awards (WGGB)
• Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
• Young Artist Awards
• Zee Cine Awards - Only if award is for Film, Television, Animation, Post-Production and Visual Effects.