BAFTA Makes Voting & Eligibility Tweaks For 2023 Film Awards, Org Is In “Consultation” On Subject Of Genderless Categories
deadline.comBAFTA has made tweaks to the voting regulations and eligibility criteria for its 2023 Film Awards. Scroll down for the changes in full.Primarily, the changes give more power to voting members in the performance and director categories.
Last year’s awards were praised for being strong on diversity but there was some criticism that voting juries had too much sway over nominees in certain categories.For the 2023 awards, there will be an equal number of voting-based nominees and jury-based nominees in each acting category, while the directing category will comprise two vote-based nominees and four jury-based nominees.The BAFTA longlists will be reduced in size for best film, all craft categories and Outstanding British Film.
This has been done to ensure members have enough time to watch all movies.There is also a change being made to producer eligibility.
BAFTA is working closely with the PGA, and producers eligible for nomination in the best film and Outstanding British Film categories will be as determined by the PGA.
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