UPDATE: Starting in 2024, films vying for a Best Picture nomination will need to meet new standards set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Per a press release, the movie must meet two of the four following standards requirements: on-screen representation, themes, and narratives; creative leadership and project team; industry access and opportunities; and audience development.
To meet the criteria for on-screen representation, themes, and narratives, they need to have either one of the lead or significant supporting actors must come from an “underrepresented racial or ethnic group;” 30 percent of the cast must be made up of LGBTQ persons, women, underrepresented racial or ethnic people; or for the film to center around one of the aforementioned groups.
Similar requirements apply to the remaining criteria.
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The 2021 Oscars are going to look different next year.
On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Best Picture category for the 94th Academy Awards will feature 10 nominees as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 equity and inclusion initiative, which will take effect starting on July 31.
