Members unicorn Posted April 23 Members Posted April 23 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/ Patanawet and Riobard 2 Quote
Members Riobard Posted April 23 Members Posted April 23 I read the article in its entirety. In my mostly honest opinion I think the verification will only work for animated film categories. vinapu 1 Quote
vinapu Posted April 23 Posted April 23 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 ? Quote
Members unicorn Posted April 23 Author Members Posted April 23 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. Quote
