Oscars Will Always Honour Human Work as AI Spreads Through Filmmaking, Academy Declares in Tokyo
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Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor, speaking at the Tokyo International Film Festival, reaffirmed that the Oscars will always reward human-driven creativity, while rules already in place since the 99th Oscars allow non-English films to qualify for international feature via wins at six major festivals.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Lynette Howell Taylor and CEO Bill Kramer are attending the Tokyo International Film Festival, where Howell Taylor drew a clear line on artificial intelligence: the Academy will always prioritise human work. "What will always remain true for the Academy is that we award human excellence, human-driven workflow," she said, adding that AI has been built into post-production and visual effects for roughly a decade. The Academy meets regularly to discuss AI's impact on eligibility and has flagged concerns around copyright, transparency and disclosure.
On the international feature category, rules introduced for the 99th Oscars already allow a non-English-language film to qualify without being its country's official submission, by winning the top prize at one of six major festivals: the Golden Bear at Berlin, the Busan Award for best film, the Palme d'Or at Cannes, the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, the Platform Award at Toronto and the Golden Lion at Venice. Chief membership, impact and industry officer Meredith Shea said the International Feature Executive Committee will review those rules each year. The pathway drew scrutiny after director Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Minotaur" nearly missed eligibility by winning the Grand Prix rather than the Palme d'Or at Cannes, before France selected it as its official submission.
Kramer noted the Academy's membership is now 25% non-U.S. and that planning is already underway for the 2029 ceremony — the first to air on YouTube — which has the potential to reach 2.5 billion viewers in more than 30 languages.
