Some major changes have been made to the Academy Awards which will be effective from its upcoming ceremony.

The 97th Oscars, which will take place on March 2, 2025, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced updated awards rules and campaign promotion rules. Hollywood Reporter.

Specifically, three composers can receive individual Oscar statuettes if they all make significant contributions to the film’s music.

Previously, the rules required musicians to present as a group, such as the band Son Lux, for a Best Picture winner nomination. Everything everywhere at once. Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Animated Film Winners Soul (2020), who received one.

The Academy will no longer recognize drive-in theaters as eligible venues for Oscar eligibility, a decision adopted during the 2020 lockdown.

Writers will now need to submit a final shooting script to receive a nomination.

For a film to be considered for Best Picture, it must meet expanded theatrical requirements announced in 2023.

Animated films eligible for the Best International Feature category may also be considered for Best Animated Feature if they meet the requirements for both categories.