Oscars Will ‘Always’ Reward Human Excellence in AI Era, Academy Chiefs Say as They Leave Door Open to International Feature Rule Tweaks (EXCLUSIVE)

Oct 27, 2026 8:48pm PT Oscars Will ‘Always’ Reward Human Excellence in AI Era, Academy Chiefs Say as They Leave Door Open to International Feature Rule Tweaks (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Oscars will keep honoring human-driven work as AI spreads through filmmaking, Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor tells Variety in Tokyo, while the Academy’s leadership expects to keep refining the international feature rules in the first year of a new route that lets festivals qualify films.

Howell Taylor, Academy CEO Bill Kramer, chief membership, impact and industry officer Meredith Shea and Amy Homma, director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and Academy Collection, are in Japan for the Tokyo International Film Festival to meet members and filmmakers.

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