Members unicorn Posted yesterday at 05:34 AM Members Posted yesterday at 05:34 AM 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/ Riobard and Patanawet 2 Quote
Members Riobard Posted yesterday at 12:18 PM Members Posted yesterday at 12:18 PM 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 yesterday at 01:12 PM Posted yesterday at 01:12 PM 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 yesterday at 05:33 PM Author Members Posted yesterday at 05:33 PM 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
