India, May 4 -- On May 1, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced a series of revisions to its existing rules. Ahead of the 99th Oscars in 2027, the regulations mandate that actors can be nominated for more than one performance in the same category, and the website states the consideration will depend on portrayals that are "demonstrably performed by humans with their consent" and not artificially engineered. A more significant shift has been in the International Feature Film category with the expansion of the eligibility criteria. The new directive makes space for multiple submissions from the same country.

Traditionally, this category restricted countries to one submission per year, with specific rules. In order to b...