HFPA Sets New Eligibility Requirements, Brings Back In-Person Screenings
thewrap.comHFPA will provide distributors of motion pictures with a hybrid approach to screenings:1) Contact the HFPA office to arrange a screening date on the official HFPA calendar for all motion picture releases.
For English-language motion pictures, that official screening date must be no later than seven days after the release of that English-language motion picture in Los Angeles.
Unless the country of origin is the U.S., screenings of non-English language films do not have to follow this one-week-after-release standard but must take place prior to the final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings.2) Distributors must provide all HFPA jurors with the opportunity for an in-person screening in both Los Angeles and New York (these may also be part of the distributor’s premiere, junket or all-media screenings) or distributors can provide jurors a screening link or a DVD copy of the motion picture so jurors may view it at home.
This applies to English and non-English language films alike.3) A final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings (including all screenings of non-English language motion pictures) will be announced separately.
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