Best Picture Eligibility — How Films Qualify for Best Picture: Runtime, Release and Representation Rules Made Simple
Before any campaign or ballot, a film has to clear a checklist of eligibility rules — and each one has quietly reshaped the race.
Awards
The full awards run: fall festival launches, campaign spending, guild precursors, branch voting rules and the arithmetic of a preferential final ballot.
Awards Won by Sandra Hüller: Europe's Breakout Contender, From Festival Floors to the Oscar Ballot
The German actor built a career on risk, then turned two roles in one season into the rarest kind of awards recognition.
Awards Won by Daveigh Chase: From Donnie Darko to Lilo
A cult-favorite child performance built a career the major academies never quite measured.
Awards Won by Mahershala Ali: A Career Trophy Case, From Moonlight to Green Book
Two Oscars in three years put the character actor in rare company. Here is what the hardware says about the career.
SAG Awards Predictions: Why the SAG Awards Acting Winners So Often Repeat at the Oscars
The industry's biggest actors' group votes early, and its picks have a habit of showing up again on Oscar night.
How Awards Season Works — How Awards Season Really Works: From Screeners to Statuettes
A contender's year runs on a fixed calendar: festivals, guilds, two rounds of Academy voting, and one envelope.