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.