The Academies on both sides of the Atlantic have been working closely together on the issue of diversity and could in the coming years introduce a global set of standards to be used across their film awards.
The news comes just as AMPAS revealed that it would begin to set inclusion requirements for eligibility, forming a taskforce "to develop and implement new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars eligibility by July 31, 2020." In a statement following the AMPAS announcement, BAFTA said that it welcomed the news, pointing out that it became the "first film awards organization to introduce diversity criteria," when it deployed the British Film Institute's Diversity Standards in 2018.
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