Amendment to Annual Report (Form 10-K/A)

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025 as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2026 (the "Original Form 10-K") is being filed to include the information required by Items 10 through 14 of Part III of Form 10-K. This Amendment No. 1 also includes a corrected Exhibit 23.1, which inadvertently referred to the date of the Audit Report as March 26, 2026, which in actuality it was March 27, 2026.

In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), Part III, Items 10 through 14, and Part IV, Item 15 of the Original Form 10-K are hereby amended and restated in their entirety. The reference on the cover of the Original Form 10-K to the incorporation by reference to portions of our definitive proxy statement into Part III of the Original Form 10-K is hereby deleted. Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Exchange Act, this Amendment No. 1 contains new certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are attached hereto as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1.

Except as set forth in the first paragraph of this Explanatory Note, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, modify, or otherwise update any other information in and on exhibits filed with the Original Form 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment No.1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K. In addition, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the filing date of the Original Form 10-K.

Unless expressly indicated or the context requires otherwise, the terms "the Company", "we", "our", "Dolphin", and "us" in this document refer to Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation, and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries.