20-08-2016 11:40 via thedrum.com

Digital-only releases to be considered at next year's Bafta film awards

The growing dominance of video-on-demand services like Netflix and Amazon has led Bafta to reconsider its awards eligibility rules.
According to its guidelines for the 2017 awards, Bafta has said: "films should have been screened to the widest possible public paying UK audience" however, in "exceptional circumstances" digital only releases could be considered.
Speaking of the changes Bafta's head of film, Jim Bradshaw, told Variety the film committee wanted primary distribution to be through cin
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