Oscars Academy Postpones All In-Person Events and Screenings

COVID continues to be disrupting the Oscar season. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science canceled all in-person occasions and screenings for the rest of 2021. However, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles continues to be scheduled to open on Sept. 30, with the museum working at 50% capability throughout enterprise hours and with masks required indoors.

According to a letter to Academy members obtained by TheWrap, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson stated the group was trying to resume in-person world membership conferences within the spring of 2022 if doable.

Oscars voters will nonetheless have the ability to display screen films by way of the digital Academy Screening Room — which opened this week with the primary For Your Consideration contenders: “Annette,” “Coming 2 America,” “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” and “The Tomorrow War.”

The notice additionally added that the Academy hopes to reopen Academy workplaces in Los Angeles, New York, and London on a hybrid schedule this fall, however will stay versatile as issues change.

“We so hope to see you at the museum and are looking forward to getting back to in-person Academy gatherings soon,” Hudson stated.

There was no phrase about plans for the Governors Awards ceremony, which is presently scheduled to happen on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann will obtain honorary Oscars, whereas the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Danny Glover.)

The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony is presently scheduled to happen on March 27, 2022.  

The scaling again of in-person Academy occasions is the newest signal of tension in regards to the current surge in COVID infections and hospitalizations within the U.S. and worldwide.