Los Academy Awards I announced a series of series of New rules for the ceremony Next year, which will be held on March 15, 2026. All Oscar voters will have to do All movies in the categories that vote. So far, voters have been encouraged only to see the candidates and vote in the groups they felt qualified.
“From now on, members of the academy They must watch all the films nominated In each category to vote in the last round of Oscar, “the Academy has declared it. It seems very reasonable, and it is somewhat worrying because this is no longer the rule …
However, at the present time it is not clear How this rule will be applied to guarantee All voters see all the films that have been nominated in the categories of each. The Academy also presented a handful of new rules on topics such as heRefugee filmmakers and newly released casting category.
About whether the use of artificial intelligence affects eligibility, the academy wrote: “With regard to the artificial intelligence and other digital tools used to achieve the film, tools Do not help or harm the possibilities For filtering. “
As in other industries, the use of artificial intelligence was in the cinema A very discussed topic. In the Oscar this year, “The Brutalist” was written by Brady Corbit, The subject of a specific controversy After his editor said that artificial intelligence was used to improve the Hungarian dialogues of Adrian Brody (that finally He won the Best Actor AwardAnd Velicity Jones (was nominated for the best molded actress).
“The academy will rule and every branch on the achievement, taking into account the degree that Man was at the heart of authorship The academy said: “Creative when choosing a film reward.”
in The best international movie categoryThe Academy will now allow film factories who have refugees or resort to representing a country that is not yours.
The change in regulations maintains the wide system of displaying international candidates by the two countries, however Edit the prizes selection requirements: “The country that displays the nomination must confirm that the creative control of the film was in the hands of citizens, residents, or persons with a refugee or asylum law in the country that was submitted by the nomination.”
Criticism of the selection process
It was critics Claiming changes in the nomination process To the best international film because it leaves the process of display in the hands of governments, not the academy. This has left the dissident filmmakers who work under authoritarian or anti -democracy systems with limited ways to reach the Academy Awards.
Last year, for example, Iranian director Mohammad Rasolov He escaped from Iran before failing and imprisoned For eight years to be able to release his movie “The Holy Higura Seed”, which is preferred by “Euronews Cultura” by 2024, Germany, where Rasoulof settled, settled, He presented it to the Academy Awards It has been nominated.
However, other film makers, such as Jaafar Banahi, a friend and citizen of Rasolov, released films without a show mechanism. Change the base It will not change Oscar views For filmmakers who have not escaped from their countries of origin or change anything for the films that were rejected by the selection committees in their countries.
The last movie will be presented At Cannes this yearAnd where the “Separate of the Holy Fig tree” was shown last year. “Eurono Culture” Talk to Mohamed Rasolov About his movie and the fact that he was chosen by Germany to represent his country at the Academy Awards. He tells us:
“Germany decided to choose the movie as His own nomination for the best international Oscars. I think it is a great sign. On the one hand, he explains that culture is always given above politics, but at the same time it also illuminates a light in the dark, Inspiring film makers working in repressive circumstances Throughout the world, they inspire them and remind them that there are audiences for their films there. “
The academy was also established Some of the rules for your new Oscker To the best movie. After a preliminary voting round to determine a list of 10 films in advance, members of the casting branch will be invited to a pre -identified films, which will include a question and answers session with the candidates.
Oscar regulations review less than a month after the introduction of a new category of acrobat design for the 2028 party. More information about this new category here.
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