As we are nearing the end of awards season with the Oscar’s approaching I am still seeing just so much wrong information being given out and I hate it. So I am going to clarify a few things here. It seems the general public has 0 idea how film eligibility for the Oscar awards (or any awards) works (which would be harmless and fine if everyone didn’t act like they knew everything). This information that I am about to distill comes directly from the very free and accessible academy rules available on their website, so there should be no debate or question.
https://vocal.media/geeks/how-the-oscars-work
Outrage about this year’s Oscar nominations is completely justified but as we complain and try to change things I would really love it if those complaints were educated and people would stop talking out of their asses. It’s pretty easy to understand but people really are TikTok experts and they are taking all the dumb people down with them. All of this information is easily verifiable on the Academy website, google is free and takes 30 seconds. Read before you speak.
If you would like to read these rules in a much more long winded and labored way then you can read them here, straight from the academy website. Poke around a little and you can also find the requirements for how membership and voting work.
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