BAFTA has made modifications to the voting rules and eligibility standards for its 2024 Movie Awards. Scroll down for the modifications in full.
For the 2024 awards, BAFTA will likely be giving voters “detailed guidance and regulations on campaigning, hosting screenings, and communicating with voters” through a brand new handbook.
The transfer comes after final yr’s Oscar race was enlivened by the guerilla marketing campaign from Andrea Riseborough and pals for film To Leslie. The Academy was moved to evaluate its campaigning procedures after questions have been raised over the late-in-the-day celebrity-backed marketing campaign.
As of this yr, BAFTA will even require UK-based productions to have a coverage in place on tackling bullying and harassment if getting into into the Excellent British Movie and Excellent Debut by a British Author, Director or Producer classes.
Within the director department, the BAFTA longlist will likely be tweaked in order that it could possibly probably develop from 16 to 17 to incorporate the highest feminine, male, and now non-binary administrators. Gender parity will stay between female and male administrators. Within the nominating spherical, the variety of nominated administrators will stay at six.
BAFTA explains the change as follows:
“In Round One, the Directing chapter will vote for their top 16, of which the top female and male directors, along with directors who identify as non-binary (within the voting results range of the top 10 female/male directors) will be automatically longlisted to a maximum of 11, with gender parity upheld between female and male directors. The final places on the longlist will be determined by a longlisting jury, selected from the next eight ranked female and eight male directors and non-binary directors placed within this voting results range.”
Discussing in the present day’s modifications Emma Baehr, Government Director of Awards & Content material, stated: “The changes to the 2024 rules reflect BAFTA’s ongoing commitment to using our Awards to help effect meaningful cultural change in the screen industries and our continued efforts to level the playing field through equitable, transparent and robust processes. We are hugely grateful for the expertise of BAFTA’s cross-industry Film Committee and the rigour and diligence they bring to reviewing and setting these rules annually. Celebrating creative excellence continues to be at the heart of our Awards and in a challenging and uncertain time for many working in the sector, our awards recognise the craft, creativity and tireless work that goes into bringing the magic of films and their stories to life.”
BAFTA RULE CHANGES (as supplied and described by BAFTA):
Campaigning
Detailed steerage and rules on campaigning, internet hosting screenings and speaking with voters is now set out in a devoted handbook for entrants and BAFTA members. A big tightening of the principles round campaigning have been final launched as a part of the 2020 BAFTA Overview to make sure a good and equitable course of for entrants no matter their origin, networks or advertising and PR finances. The updates for 2024 build-on and additional make clear this ongoing work and will be present in full on the BAFTA web site right here.
Eligibility updates
UK-based productions will likely be required to have a coverage in place on tackling bullying and harassment if getting into into the Excellent British Movie and Excellent Debut by a British Author, Director or Producer classes. To help this rule change going forwards, free steerage and coverage templates will likely be out there on Artistic UK within the coming weeks. This new intervention, introduced in December 2022, builds on BAFTA’s long-standing work to assist sort out bullying and harassment throughout the display screen industries, and types a part of wider, ongoing collective cross-sector exercise.
UK-based productions will likely be required to offer details about assembly BFI’s new Variety Requirements as BAFTA’s eligibility for Excellent British Movie and Excellent Debut transitions from a minimal of two (Customary C + 1) to the BFI’s new variety requirements requirement to incorporate Customary E (accessibility).
Following BAFTA’s introduction of the BFI Variety Requirements in 2019 and Academy of Movement Image Arts’ (AMPAS) introduction of latest Inclusion Requirements for its Greatest Image class from 2024 onwards, BAFTA will likely be monitoring the movie business’s progress on variety and inclusion internationally.
Particular class modifications – Director
BAFTA’s 2020 Overview included a optimistic intervention for feminine administrators submitting into the BAFTA Movie Awards Director class, permitting for a 50:50 gender cut up for female and male administrators within the longlisting stage (16 in whole). This has had a really optimistic impact on the variety of feminine administrators nominated and successful on this class in contrast with the years previous to the Overview. This intervention is now being advanced to incorporate administrators who establish as non-binary. For 2024, the highest feminine, male and administrators who establish as non-binary will likely be longlisted to a most of 17, with gender parity between female and male administrators upheld. Within the nominating spherical, the variety of nominated administrators will stay at six.
