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The Academy has overhauled its rules for the 96th Oscars season including campaign regulations which came under scrutiny during last season’s furore over To Leslie and Andrea Riseborough’s nomination.
The rule changes cover Academy Governors and hosted screenings and eliminate physical forms of outreach.
And in a significant change to how countries select their International Feature Film contenders, each country’s selection committees must comprise at least 50% filmmakers (artists and/or craftspeople).
Campaign regulations
As part of what the Academy said was the biggest overhaul of its campaign promotional regulations since their inception in 1994, going forward Academy members, film companies and “individuals directly associated with an eligible motion picture” cannot:
*state voting decisions, preferences or strategies;
*encourage or discourage members to vote for any particular film or performance;
*reference any film which meets or not meet eligibility requirements such as Inclusion Standards or theatrical distribution thresholds; or
*share misleading or false information about a feature, performance, or achievement.
Private events and gatherings
In light of some Academy members reportedly showed To Leslie to other Oscar voters last season, the Academy has said it will recognise and allow private events gatherings that include members and said these private events will not be considered FYC events, however film companies are prohibited from funding, organising, or endorsing them.
Limitations on communication by Governors
No public communication by a member, company or individual associated with an Oscars-eligible feature can include quotes or comments by Academy Governors not directly associated with the feature.
Academy Governors may not publicly endorse Oscars-eligible features, performances and achievements in the period between the announcement of the shortlists and the completion of final voting unless they are directly associated with the feature.
Hosted screenings
The Academy is limiting the number of hosted screenings pre-nominations to a maximum of four and has eliminated hosted screenings entirely post-nominations. Prior to this change, there was no limit on the number of hosted screenings a film could get.
Q&A’s/panels
The Academy has removed the limitation of four Q&A’s post- nominations. Campaigners may now stage an unlimited number of Q&A’s/panel discussions throughout the season.
Physical forms of outreach eliminated
The Academy has eliminated all remaining physical forms of outreach such as postcards and screening schedules “as part of our ongoing commitment to sustainability”. Going forward companies and awards teams can only send promotional communications digitally to Academy members via an Academy-approved mailing house.
Inclusion Standards
As previously announced, this season sees the introduction of the Inclusion Standards requirements for the best picture category, whereby the each film submission must be accompanied by the Representation and Inclusion Entry Form (RAISE) and meet two of the four Inclusion Standards approved by the board of governors in 2020.
Two submission deadlines
The board of governors has established two submission deadlines for general entry categories this season. A feature must have a qualifying theatrical release date between January 1 and December 31, 2023 and submission deadlines are September 15 (for films released January 1-June 30) and November 15, 2023 (for films released July 1-December 31).
As previously announced the 96th Oscars will take place on March 10, 2024. Click here for that announcement and the timetable.
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