The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2026 edition is set to be held in Asia in August-September, IIFA Awards founder-director Andre Timmins said.

"We are doing IIFA Utsavam in October in Telangana and the main awards will be in Asia. We want to work with not one country but several countries. We're going to host our digital awards, masterclasses, and screen tribute films, we're also going to bring in many international digital stars,” Andre told PTI.

"For the first time this year, we are going to introduce an international best film (category), like what Oscars does for the rest of the world. We are doing it now for the rest of the world, we are going to launch that this year. So, we will bring international films into it. The production house has to apply for the awards," he said.

The IIFA awards are held annually by Wizcraft International. The first-ever IIFA award ceremony was held in 2000 in London, and over the years, the awards gala has travelled to places like Johannesburg, Singapore, Amsterdam, Dubai, Yorkshire, Thailand, Macau, Tampa Bay, Colombo, Toronto, Bangkok, Madrid, and Abu Dhabi.