Events
Updated 20-November-2024
Event Eligibility Criteria
For the Event to be considered for listing on IMDb it should meet the following criteria.
Events must:
Not already exist. Please check the Events list before submitting a request.
Be specifically centered around movies, TV, or video games. For example, a lifestyle magazine may include a 'film of the year' category in its annual award ceremony, but the Event itself is not centered on movies and is therefore not eligible at this time.
Be current. Historical Events are not eligible at this time.
Be established for more than 5 years.
Have an official website.
Have a well-established jury or method of selecting winners. For example, anyone can start a website with voting mechanisms, and any would-be critic can select their favourite movies of the year and announce them on their own website or social media profile - these Events are not eligible.
Have received regular international or national press coverage (wide or trade). For example, a nationally broadcast awards ceremony or a festival award winner announced in recognized trade or other media publications would be eligible for listing. An Event with only local news, social media, fan or blog coverage is not eligible for listing at this time.
Wildcards:
If the Event does not meet the above criteria, we will consider Events if they have generated a considerable amount of public interest. For example, if a festival premiered a movie that went on to win an Oscar, that Event would be considered for listing (please note, the Event should have played an important part in the movie's release, like a premiere - just screening it does not make the Event eligible unless the other criteria are met).
How to Submit an Event
If you believe the Event you are requesting meets the criteria please reach out using our Contact form. To be considered for listing you must include details of how the Event meets the above criteria. Incomplete requests may not be considered. If the Event is accepted we will reply to your message within 14 days.
If the Event is not eligible, and you would like to add award nomination/winning information to title and name pages that do not have an Event page, please use the Title Trivia or Bio Trivia sections. Festival screening dates should be added to the Release Dates section.
IMPORTANT: We realize that there are already many Events listed on IMDb that do not meet this eligibility criteria. We apologize for the inconsistency - the above criteria are a temporary measure until we schedule development work to improve the Event request/creation pipeline and storage/management of the associated Awards data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are questions we have answered ahead of the updated experience for Events pages. If your
question isn't answered here, head on over to our community platform Sprinklr. You can get help from other customers and IMDb staff on our announcement thread
Why are the Event pages being updated?
Our aim is to enhance the display of Awards data and reduce and remove duplicate Events. We have enhanced the Event pages with new functionality. For example, implementing the Events AKA function. More on this new function and others below.
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How are the Event pages being improved?
This update to Event pages will not only improve the visualization of Events listed on IMDb, but further enhancements have also been applied to support navigation, interaction, and discoverability for Event data:
- Improved Navigation: A new "Jump to" drop-down at the top of each Event page for quick access to awards and categories, complemented by a handy "Back to top" button
- Enhanced Discoverability: A new Popular Events sidebar to help you explore related events of interest
- Interactive Features: Rate titles and add them to your Watchlist directly from Event pages
- Customizable Views: "Collapse all" and "Expand all" options for better content organization
- Enriched Data: Event dates on select pages, "Also Known As" (AKAs) Event names for better recognition, and comprehensive company information on award nominations
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What is the new "Events AKA" function?
Certain Event pages will also display "Also Known As" Event names below the awards listed on that particular page. These AKAs can also include interesting data such as; Event names in their original language, historical Event names, and relevant awarding bodies. This data is not contributable, whilst we monitor this new function.
Please be aware, AKAs and Events dates (when an edition of the Event - e.g. the Academy Awards - takes place) will not be populated on a majority of Event pages to begin with, and will be submitted by staff only.
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What happened to the "Events: Overview" page?
We took a decision to deprecate the Overview page for Event pages. As we found that the data listed on these pages would often be outdated, and the Overview pages themselves would receive a very low amount of page views. Additionally, the content on Overview pages could not be updated by contributors.
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