LOS ANGELES, May 2 (Bernama-dpa) -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday announced rule changes for the 99th Oscars in March next year, affecting international entries and acting nominations, and addressing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), reported German Press Agency (dpa).
On the use of AI, the Academy said that "only roles credited in the film's legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent will be considered eligible."
The new requirements also apply to screenplays, which must be written by humans.
Major changes are also coming to the International Feature Film category.
Until now, there could only be one official selection per country in the international feature category.
Under the new rules, a non-English language film can also be submitted for consideration by winning a "qualifying award" at an international film festival such as the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival or the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
Another change is that the film itself, rather than the submitting country, will be credited as the nominee and the director's name and the film's title will be engraved on the statuette.
In the acting categories, actors can now be nominated for more than one role if they receive a sufficiently high number of votes.
Previously, an actor could not receive multiple nominations in a single category for roles in different films.
In other categories, dual nominations were already permitted.
For example, in 2001, Steven Soderbergh was nominated for Best Director for the films "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic." He won it for "Traffic".
-- BERNAMA-dpa
