Oscars to Expand International Film Category Qualifiers as Academy Seeks Broader Global Rep
Bill Kramer said the Academy wants broader global representation and will add more qualifying festivals for the category.
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They have taken their time, but the Oscar awards have stopped being a purely American contest to become a global gala that has more and more members outside the borders of Hollywood. A strategy sought and consolidated by Bill Kramer, the executive director of the Academy, who in a recent interview has explained the ambitious ways in which the organization is working to continue expanding, within a plan in which it is increasingly sought to make …
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