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ACADEMY OFFERS TWO-DAY VIRTUAL CAREERS IN FILM SUMMIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
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Panel discussions with Rick Baker, Tobin Bell, Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, John Carpenter, Annie Chang, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lora Hirschberg, Andrea Kalas, Shannon McIntosh, Gerard McMurray, Theresa Rygiel, Luis Sequeira, Terri Taylor and more on Oscars.org
“ACADEMY DIALOGUES” SERIES CONTINUES WITH CONVERSATION ON GENDER EQUITY IN HOLLYWOOD
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Panelists for “Reaching Gender Equity in Hollywood” include Geena Davis, Alma Har’el,
Anita Hill, Laura Karpman and Karen Rupert Toliver
Panelists for concluding “Academy Dialogues” include Julie Dash, Ava DuVernay,
DeVon Franklin, Franklin Leonard, Debra Martin Chase, Euzhan Palcy and Phillip Sun
ACADEMY REVEALS WINNING NICHOLL SCREENWRITERS
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Scripts to be presented at virtual table read in December
Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize and be highlighted at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Virtual Table Read on Thursday, December 3, where an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning scripts.
The 2020 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
ACADEMY REVEALS 2020 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 18 students as winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,474 entries from 207 domestic and 121 international colleges and universities. The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, Spike L
ACADEMY ESTABLISHES REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION STANDARDS FOR OSCARS® ELIGIBILITY
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Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative. The standards are designed to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience.
ACADEMY LAUNCHES NEW CONVERSATION SERIES ON RACE AND GENDER EQUITY IN FILMMAKING “ACADEMY DIALOGUES: IT STARTS WITH US”
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Panelists include Victoria Alonso, Lisa Cortés, Debra Martin Chase, Carmen Cuba, Lee Daniels,
DeVon Franklin, Whoopi Goldberg, Nadia Hallgren, Franklin Leonard,
Delroy Lindo, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Bao Nguyen, Dawn Porter, Gina Prince-Bythewood,
Ivette Rodriguez, Bird Runningwater, Misan Sagay, Bryan Stevenson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Ligiah Villalobos, Lulu Wang, Emil Wilbekin and Roger Ross Williams
Meet the 2020 Student Academy Awards Finalists
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Read the full list of the 2020 Student Academy Awards finalists below and learn more about our program at http://oscars.org/saa.
Alternative/Experimental (Domestic and International Film Schools)