Oscars Move 2022 Ceremony to March, Extend COVID-Era Eligibility Rules With films that were released in January and February eligible for the 2020 Oscars, the 2021 ceremony will cover only 10 months’ worth of releases Steve Pond | May 27, 2021 @ 9:00 AM Getty Images The 94 th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday. The date is almost a month earlier than this year’s COVID-delayed Oscars on April 25, but it’s a month later than the usual late-February date that the Academy has been using most years since 2004, and a month later than the originally-announced Feb. 27 date for the show.