The Academy’s new eligibility rules are official, including stricter theatrical requirements for Best Picture, as well as tweaks to sound, shorts, and animation categories.
But for African films and filmmakers, nothing really fundamental shifts. More of a reassertion of what has always defined Oscar inclusion: power, positioning, and platforms.
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