2024 Oscars: what are the eligibility criteria for the Academy Awards? (2024)

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For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film must have a qualifying theatrical release between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Films distributed only in drive-in theaters will no longer qualify (after AMPAS temporarily allowed both drive-ins and VOD as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic).

For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film must have a qualifying theatrical release between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Films distributed only in drive-in theaters will no longer qualify (after AMPAS temporarily allowed both drive-ins and VOD as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic).

To be eligible for an award in a given year, a film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission for at least one week at a commercial theatre in Los Angeles county between January 1 and midnight of December 31 of that year.

To qualify, films must show that they meet two of the four main categories of representation: onscreen (actors, plot), offscreen leadership (set designers, makeup artists), training programs and marketing.

There are two main categories of criteria for the Best Picture nomination: Baseline Eligibility: These are technical requirements to be considered a movie. The film must be at least 40 minutes long, have a theatrical release, and meet specific quality standards for projection in the US.

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OPPENHEIMER earned 7 awards during the ceremony including Best Picture. Director Christopher Nolan and stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. also won big. Emma Stone won for Actress in a Leading Role for POOR THINGS while Da'Vine Joy Randolph took home Oscar for her work in THE HOLDOVERS.

Aside from the period of theatrical screenings, to be eligible for the Oscars a film must also have received its first public exhibition in a theatrical setting. If the film premiered on television, on a streaming site or on DVD, for example, it will not be eligible.

Also, in 2024, the Academy implemented a new rule: Films must complete a confidential Representation and Inclusion Standards Entry form (RAISE) that meets two of four standards in order to be eligible to be nominated: Standard A: On-Screen Representation, Themes, and Narratives (Must complete one):

The first, Standard A, which has come under fire from conservatives, can be met in one of three ways: 1) Either one lead or significant supporting character is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group; 2) at least 30% of the acting ensemble is from at least two underrepresented groups (women, the LGBTQ community ...

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"Oppenheimer" went into the 2024 Oscars with a leading 13 nominations, followed by "Poor Things" with 11 nods.

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Jimmy Kimmel took the stage for his fourth turn as Oscar host at the ceremony on Sunday, March 10, 2024.

It missed out on garnering important buzz from all the major fall film festivals, including Telluride, Toronto, and Venice, which have become necessary in the release-to-awards pipeline. In this day and age, it's extremely rare to see a late-year release without any festival premieres earn any nominations.