Rule Change for Foreign Language Film Category
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Oscars change rules for foreign-language nominees
Friday June 30 5:52 PM ET
Oscar organizers on Friday unveiled two changes for the 2006 foreign-language category, broadening the group that selects nominees as well as the films that might be considered for the world's top movie awards.
Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, said in a statement the changes were "constructive but not earthshaking."
For moviemakers outside the United States, an Academy Award can give their films global recognition and help boost ticket sales, making nominations of major importance.
The first change broadens the group of Academy members who name nominees. Previously, a set of Los Angeles-based voters would pick a short list from which final nominees were chosen, but now that list will be derived from two phases of voting.
In phase I, several hundred Los Angeles members will narrow the number of nominees to a nine-country short list. Generally, about 60 countries submit movies annually.
Phase II will consist of 10 randomly selected members from the first group, as well as 10 Los Angeles members not in the initial group and 10 more members based in the New York area. That 30-person group will select the final five nominees during a three-day long screening marathon on both U.S. coasts.
Ganis said the principal reason for the change was to permit working members of the Academy to participate without having to commit to the current months-long screening process.
The second change allows nominations for films even when they do not use the home country's language. For instance, a movie made in Italy in a Middle Eastern language can now be considered. Previously, a film had to be made in the language of the home country.
Friday June 30 5:52 PM ET
Oscar organizers on Friday unveiled two changes for the 2006 foreign-language category, broadening the group that selects nominees as well as the films that might be considered for the world's top movie awards.
Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, said in a statement the changes were "constructive but not earthshaking."
For moviemakers outside the United States, an Academy Award can give their films global recognition and help boost ticket sales, making nominations of major importance.
The first change broadens the group of Academy members who name nominees. Previously, a set of Los Angeles-based voters would pick a short list from which final nominees were chosen, but now that list will be derived from two phases of voting.
In phase I, several hundred Los Angeles members will narrow the number of nominees to a nine-country short list. Generally, about 60 countries submit movies annually.
Phase II will consist of 10 randomly selected members from the first group, as well as 10 Los Angeles members not in the initial group and 10 more members based in the New York area. That 30-person group will select the final five nominees during a three-day long screening marathon on both U.S. coasts.
Ganis said the principal reason for the change was to permit working members of the Academy to participate without having to commit to the current months-long screening process.
The second change allows nominations for films even when they do not use the home country's language. For instance, a movie made in Italy in a Middle Eastern language can now be considered. Previously, a film had to be made in the language of the home country.