The most high-profile films available to Oscar voters are the sequels “Mission: Impossible – the Final Reckoning” and “The Accountant 2,” along with “The Friend,” “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” “On Swift Horses,” “The Penguin Lessons,” “Steve,” “The Ballad of Wallis Island” and one certifiable smash hit, Netflix’s animated “KPop Demon Hunters.” The screening room, which charges $20,000 for films to be made available to Oscar voters but allows movies with budgets under $10 million to apply for a lower rate, opened on Aug. 15 with seven films, including “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “KPop Demon Hunters.” It has added additional films every Friday since then, with the new additions ranging from a low of one on Aug. 22 to a high of nine on Oct. 10. One is reserved for members of the Documentary Branch and currently contains 95 feature docs and 74 short docs in contention in those categories, one contains 20 of the approximately 90 qualifying films in the Best International Feature Film category and one includes seven animated features in the running for that Oscar.
Author: Steve Pond
Published at: 2025-10-14 22:44:15
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