Oscars permit movies to compete in each worldwide animated movie classes – Information

The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced Monday that subsequent yr’s 97th Academy Awards will permit movies submitted for the Worldwide Characteristic Movie class to even be submitted for the Animated Characteristic Movie class, supplied the movie meets meet the entry necessities for the Animated Characteristic Movie class. each classes. The brand new participation interval for the primary cinema screening of the Worldwide Characteristic Movie class now runs from November 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.

The awards additionally add the Dallas/Fort Price area to the listing of eligible U.S. cities the place a movie will need to have been in theaters for no less than every week to be eligible for awards, becoming a member of Los Angeles County, the New York Metropolis, the Bay Space, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. The awards broaden the theatrical eligibility necessities for the Greatest Image class. They now require an prolonged seven-day theatrical run in 10 of the 50 largest U.S. markets no later than 45 days after the movie’s preliminary launch, with non-U.S. territories counting two of the ten markets listed above, supplied these non-U.S. markets additionally embody the highest 15 worldwide theater markets plus the house territory for the movie. Movies with an preliminary theatrical run late within the yr, with a later prolonged seven-day theatrical run (as described above) after January 10, 2025 (after the nominal preliminary screening interval of January 1 to December 31, 2024) should additionally submit launch plans to the Academy for verification, with the run to be accomplished by January 24, 2025.

The rule modifications are half of a bigger set of modifications for the 97th Academy Awards, affecting a number of classes of the awards.

Sources: Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, IndieWire (Marcus Jones)