April 23, 20251 yr Active Members According to Variety magazine, "In a major shift for Oscar voting protocol, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that members will now be required to confirm they’ve watched all nominated films in a category before being allowed to vote in that race." WTF? Does that mean that up until now, members could vote in categories where they hadn't even watched all of the films being nominated? Doesn't that make the whole process a farce? Well, I guess the process will have some integrity moving forward... 🙄 https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/oscars-2026-key-dates-casting-rules-ai-1236374012/
April 23, 20251 yr Active Members I read the article in its entirety. In my mostly honest opinion I think the verification will only work for animated film categories.
April 23, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, unicorn said: ? Does that mean that up until now, members could vote in categories where they hadn't even watched all of the films being nominated? Doesn't that make the whole process a farce? Well, I guess the process will have some integrity moving forward... did you have any doubts ?
April 23, 20251 yr Author Active Members 3 hours ago, vinapu said: did you have any doubts ? I'm not sure if I understand what you're asking, but I was truly flabbergasted to learn that members could vote in categories in which they hadn't seen all of the nominees' films. That seems like a fairly basic requirement. Apparently BAFTA has always had the requirement for voters to have viewed all nominees' films, which makes obvious sense. I personally felt shocked.
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