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Academy Announces 265 of 321 Oscar-Qualifying Films Are Eligible for Best Picture Due to Inclusivity Standards – Film News in Brief

The Academy announced that 321 features have qualified for this year’s Oscars. Of that number, just 265 films are also eligible in the best picture category, which has additional requirements beyond those for general entry.

To be considered for general entry categories, the rules implemented for the 96th Oscars year specify that films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta between Jan. 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. They must also complete a minimum qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the same venue. Feature films must have a running time of over 40 minutes.

For best picture eligibility, films must meet the general entry requirement and submit a confidential Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards entry form. They must have met two of the four standards in addition to the theatrical eligibility requirement. Distributors or producers had the option to opt out of best picture consideration. Films that opted out of best picture consideration are still eligible for consideration in other categories. Certain films, such as documentary or international features, already had the option to opt out of best picture consideration.

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “The Creator,” “Dumb Money,” “The Marvels” and “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” are among the films that qualified for the Oscars but are not eligible for best picture.

The list of productions eligible in the best picture category is available at oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility.

Nominations voting begins on Thursday and concludes on Jan. 16. The nominations will be announced on Jan. 23. The 96th Oscars will be held on March 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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