By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

Academy Issues Campaign Regulations for 78th Academy Awards®

Posted Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 - Comments Off on Academy Issues Campaign Regulations for 78th Academy Awards®
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Beverly Hills, CA — Regulations for studio-based marketing campaigns for the upcoming 78th Academy Awards® season have been approved by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and are being distributed this week.

Only two real changes have been made to the campaign regulations document this year, said Academy Executive Administrator Ric Robertson, who oversees the program. “Understanding of and compliance with the Regulations is very high,” Robertson said. “We seem to have reached a point, for now anyway, where the document is really already addressing most of questions and possible scenarios.”

The most significant change from last year is an addition to section 1, which governs screenings. Following the announcement of the nominations, Academy members not directly connected with a film or its producing or distributing studio are now expressly prohibited from acting as the “host” of a screening of the film.

“This additional restriction builds upon the Board’s belief that Academy members should not publicly register their support for contending films during certain parts of the voting process,” added Robertson. “Lending your name to a screening invitation in effect makes you part of that film’s campaign, and that’s something we’d like to minimize as much as possible.”

The other modification of note is in section 6, which governs references and links to websites. The new rule explicitly permits references and links to websites in communications to Academy members as long as those websites contain only basic screening information. Links or web addresses for sites that contain photographs, audio, video, graphical or other multimedia elements may not be distributed to members.

While not part of the Regulations document proper, there also is now a note directed to distributors, filmmakers and marketers in the Foreign Language Film, Documentary Film and Short Film categories. It is intended to clarify for these individuals that, while the majority of Regulations are applicable to them, some are not, particularly those that pertain to screeners. Members voting in those categories are required to view contending pictures at special Academy screenings.

The guidelines were formulated by the Academy’s Public Relations Branch Executive Committee, chaired by Sid Ganis.

Regulations concerning the promotion of films eligible for the 78th Academy Awards are available at www.oscars.org/regulations

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