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About 100th Academy Awards
The 100th Academy Awards, scheduled for Sunday, March 12, 2028, is a landmark centennial edition of the film industry's most prestigious honors, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The ceremony recognizes outstanding achievement in feature films released during the 2027 calendar year and is held at the Dolby Theatre.
The centennial show is expected to lean heavily on the institution's century of history, with tribute segments honoring past Best Picture winners, legendary performers, and craftspeople. Core categories include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
The ceremony is broadcast in the United States on ABC under a long-standing rights agreement with the Academy and is distributed to more than 200 territories worldwide.
Overview
Why this concerts page exists
The 100th Academy Awards ceremony returns to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to honor the best achievements in filmmaking of the year.
Why it matters
The 100th Academy Awards marks a century of the most prestigious honors in film and is expected to be a landmark televised celebration of cinema history.
The details
Key highlights
- Venue
- Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Format
- Live televised film-industry awards ceremony
- Headliner
- Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, broadcast on ABC
- Audience
- Global film fans and international television viewers
Reading the timer
How to use this concerts countdown
100th Academy Awards sits inside the concerts & live events calendar as a awards shows date that people are likely to check more than once. This page is meant to do more than show a raw countdown number: it keeps the tracked date, source quality, location context, and release confidence in one place so the page stays useful even when the final event details are still tightening.
Right now the key public signal is March 2028, with expected status and month window precision. That distinction matters. A confirmed datetime is very different from a month-level or date-only signal, and people planning watch parties, travel, ticketing, launch coverage, or newsroom publishing need that nuance instead of a misleadingly precise timer.
We are tracking 100th Academy Awards from Official / Oscars plus the official event source. For this page, that means the safest way to read the countdown is as a reference layer: use the timer for awareness, then use the source, precision, location, and event facts together before you commit to travel, viewing plans, promotional scheduling, or time-sensitive announcements.
The most practical reading of this countdown is: 100th Academy Awards is being watched for Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, United States, and the current page focus is the main awards shows milestone rather than every surrounding rumor or speculative date. Type: Awards show. Category: Film awards.
100th Academy Awards sits in the live-events category where venue rules, ticket timing, broadcast windows, and city logistics often matter as much as the core date. Concert and festival countdowns become more useful when they explain what kind of live event this is, what scale it operates at, and how the official source should be used alongside the timer. For now, the strongest concrete details are type: Awards show, category: Film awards, precision: Expected month. That keeps this page more useful than a bare template built around awards, film, oscars.