The Academy states that streaming platforms are still eligible to fight at the Oscars

After a bit of public effort by Steven Spielberg, the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts announced its vote to maintain Oscar eligibility for streaming platforms such as Netflix. According to CNN, the Academy confirmed its decision in a recent publication:

"The rule states that, in order to be eligible for a prize, a film must be shown in theaters for at least seven days at a commercial theater in Los Angeles County, with at least three screenings per day for a paid admission. Cinematographic films broadcast in non-theatrical media on or after the first day of their theatrical qualifying series in Los Angeles County remain eligible. "

Spielberg would have raised his, um, concern to the board in March, just one week after Netflix left. Roma won three Oscars, including Alfonso Cuarón's victory for best director. This attempt to prevent competition from Netflix and other streaming sites occurred after previous comments in which he felt that Netflix movies were more qualified for Emmy recognition.

The Academy managed to pass a number of changes, including changing the name of the category of foreign language films to International Long Film, increasing the number of nominated films in the Makeup and Hairstyle category and no longer requiring the release in the room of eight films animated by eligibility. period to trigger the Animated Feature category.

It's a big sigh of relief for streaming services that want to produce quality movie content, including, possibly, Apple's next streaming service, which Spielberg himself helped promote last month.