This
years'
Oscars
ceremony
not
having
a
Zoom
attendance
policy
or
an
option
to
attend
virtually,
have
left
some
of
the
nominees
in
a
soup.
This
has
especially
given
rise
to
difficulties
for
the
nominees
who
reside
outside
the
United
States
and
those
who
are
still
abiding
by
the
pandemic
restrictions.
This
rule
of
the
Oscars
ceremony
regarding
the
attendance
amidst
a
pandemic
situation
has
received
backlash
from
many
sectors
of
the
film
industry.
According
to
news
reports
in
Deadline
Hollywood
and
Variety,
studio
executives
and
publicists
have
also
presented
their
grievances
to
the
film
academy
regarding
factors
like
quarantine
rules,
expenditures
and
logistics.
This
came
after
the
organizers
decided
to
prevent
the
nominees
from
taking
part
in
the
Oscars
ceremony
virtually.
However,
the
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences
did
not
break
their
silence
on
the
ongoing
complaints
against
their
decision.
The
Oscars
ceremony
will
be
taking
place
on
April
25,
at
the
Dolby
Theatre
in
Hollywood
as
well
as
in
the
Union
Station
in
Downtown
Los
Angeles.
The
producers
of
the
award
ceremony
had
revealed
last
week
that
there
will
be
no
attendence
via
Zoom
for
the
show.
They
had
further
encouraged
all
the
nominees
to
attend
the
ceremony
in
person.
For
the
unversed,
at
least
nine
nominees
including
actor
Carey
Mulligan
and
Promising
Young
Woman
director
Emerald
Fennell
reside
in
Britain.
The
upcoming
week
might
see
England
put
a
ban
on
all
non-essential
international
travel
until
mid
of
May.
Along
with
them,
dignitaries
representing
five
international
feature
films
of
Hong
Kong,
Denmark,
Bosnia,
Romania
and
Tunisia
may
also
face
obstacles
with
the
imposition
of
this
rule.
The
reports
further
stated
that
around
200
nominees
will
be
working
with
the
production
team
that
will
either
require
quarantine
or
residing
within
a
strict
restriction
with
the
cast
and
crew.
The
other
award
ceremonies
had
replaced
the
physical
attendance
of
the
nominees
with
attending
virtually
or
in
the
form
of
a
pre-recorded
video.
The
movies
with
the
leading
number
of
nominations
for
Oscars
2021
are
Mank
(10)
Judas
And
The
Black
Messiah
(6),
Nomadland
(6),
Minari
(6),
and
The
Trial
Of
The
Chicago
7
(6).
Apart
from
these,
the
other
films
nominated
for
Best
Picture
include
The
Father,
Promising
Young
Woman
and
Sound
Of
Metal.