Academy Awards Unveils Ambitious Reorganization Plan
The American Film Academy announced large-scale reforms in response to the scandal that arose after the presentation of the nominees for the Oscar 2016. The list of changes in the organization's personnel policy is contained in the official press release received by the editorial staff of the Cinema News portal. Starting in 2016, all current and new members of the Film Academy will receive the right to vote for a period of 10 years, which will be renewed if the elector has been actively involved in the creation of new movies during this decade. The right to vote will become lifelong if the movie academician's mandate has been renewed three times, or if he was nominated for an Oscar. In addition, "with the aim of increasing the level of diversity in the Board of Governors" will be established three new posts of heads of divisions of the Film Academy. The candidates will be nominated by the head of the organization and approved by the board of governors. Also, the traditional procedure for accepting new members of the Film Academy, which presupposes the availability of recommendations from current members, will be supplemented by a "global program for finding promising applicants", the details of which have not yet been specified. Recall that the reason for the scandal was the absence of "colored" nominees in the list of candidates for the Oscar 2016. Some popular moviemakers have called for a boycott of the awards ceremony. The Topic of Article: Academy Awards Unveils Ambitious Reorganization Plan. |
