The film “K-pop Warriors” may be one of the favorites to win the Oscars, but this scenario is not even remotely repeated when it comes to the English award awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). One of Netflix’s current flagship titles, which was released in August this year, had its animated film deemed ineligible by the organisation, although the streaming company has made an official appeal to reverse that requirement.
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BAFTA rules require films to be shown commercially in cinemas in the UK. But a loophole — “exceptional circumstances” — created by the Film Commission allows film screenings to be made available to the public through special distribution means, such as at events.
This is the case of “Guerreiras do K-pop”, which, according to Netflix, was shown in an event format – held about two months after its debut. The platform stipulates that the nomination should be considered, according to Variety. But the film commission rejected it, arguing that the film still did not meet the minimum eligibility criteria.
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The requirement is that films must be shown in “at least 10 trade screenings in the UK over at least seven days in total”.
To meet the Oscar eligibility criteria, “K-pop Warriors” was shown from June 20 to 26 in three theaters in the United States: Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema, in San Francisco; Lymell Glendale, Los Angeles County; and Quad Cinema in New York. In fact, the sessions took place on the same day the film hit Netflix’s catalog.
According to Academy rules, in order to compete, a film must have a paid commercial release in at least one of six eligible regions in the country: Los Angeles County, New York City (in its five boroughs), San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago (Cook County, Illinois), Dallas-Fort Worth (Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas) or Atlanta (Fulton County, Georgia).
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