Academy Aperture 2025 is a new

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standard for Best Picture nominees created by the

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that is set to begin in 2024.

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described this as a "plan to require that Best Picture contenders meet at least two of four inclusion standards aimed at increasing screen depictions or employment of underrepresented groups —

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, specified

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and

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groups,

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individuals, people with cognitive and

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, and those

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."Coming Soon: The Film Academy’s “Inclusion Standards” Form
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