Academy Nudge voters to actually watch all the Oscar content this year

Oscar voters got some homework this season.

Emails obtained by NBC News show how the Academy of Fine Arts and Signals members must make sure they see all the winners in each category.

The email, which has not previously been made public, is provided for what steps more than 10,000 votes of the academy members should be raised in the final OSCAR bee book.

The Academy has the necessary members that are also required in the initial rounds, such as those that determine the short list of international films, to ensure that it has seen a group of assigned films. In April, the policy was revised to note that members of the academy must watch each A clear movie to choose from.

The email appears to be the first time it offers detailed information on how the new rules will be enforced. To be eligible to vote, members must watch all five films in each oscar category and all 10 best picture categories, the Academy said.

“You don’t need to save on movies, tickets or tickets,” Saademi wrote in his 30th email to his teaching members. “This is an honor system.”

With the new policy, films viewed on the academy’s streaming service (ASR), a streaming service run by the academy, will automatically be broadcast. For the film members to watch anywhere, such as at a film festival, Sudé for your mega or study site.

“The deadline is for notification to be accepted before fins voting,” the academy said in its email. “Members will be notified of the category in which they still need to watch the movie in order to vote.”

When the general spread the intention of the new policy, three members of the faith, Who refused to speak on the record to maintain professional relations in the organization, indicating that it would be difficult to prevail. Members can start a movie on a streaming service, like for example, but that doesn’t mean they’re actually watching it.

The academy declined to comment.

Part of the new rules reveal this evolution in how Oscar voters see movies. In 2019, the academy made the best image nomads in the room active screen, and now the organization has data about who it is about who – not – see the nominees there.

Game back

For example, Neen “Anda” captures the excitement has shown the year swinging in five categories that include the best picture, activated for MyIc. But it is not yet clear why people who choose “Anya” repeatedly see other, less crocodile content, such as internal values ​​for international freezing. “The one sold to the best actress,” the one sold to the best actress, “I’m close to agree internationally.

Savement and also give some other changes about otcar, including a series of adjustments for achievements in achievements, which will be given for the first time in 2028.

Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 26, and the 98th Academy Awards will be held on March 15.