Civil & Administrative

#MICK2615346AFrance Updates Rules for Selecting Its Oscar Submission

🇫🇷France··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

France updates the rules for the committee that selects the French film submitted for the Oscars’ international feature film category. The text changes the category wording from “foreign language” to “international,” removes references to substitute members, and shortens committee members’ term from two years to one year. The practical impact is limited. It mainly affects the film bodies and professionals involved in France’s Oscar selection process, with no direct compliance burden for ordinary businesses.

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Key Changes

  • Renames the Oscar category reference from “foreign language” to “international.”
  • Removes references to substitute members of the selection committee.
  • Shortens committee members’ term from two years to one year.

Obligations

What this law requires

low

The body administering the committee that selects the French cinematographic work for the Oscars international feature film category must apply a one-year term for committee members instead of a two-year term.

French film selection committee administratorcompetent French cinema authority
operational
low

The French Oscar selection committee rules must no longer provide for five substitute committee members.

French film selection committee administratorcompetent French cinema authority
operational

Affected Parties

French film selection committee membersCinema institutions involved in France’s Oscar submission process+1 more…

Tags

cinema,Oscars,film selection