Film Awards Voting Procedures

14 July 08

Voting is restricted to registered Film Voting Academy Members. Voting is conducted online and each round is authenticated by the Academy's appointed Scrutineers.

Prior to the first round of voting, all registered Academy Film Voting Members are informed of voting rules and provided with the list of eligible films that have been entered by Producers, Distributors and Academy Film Voting Members.

Academy Film Voting Members must vote or register their abstention at every stage of voting.

Round One:

In the first round, Members may vote for up to 12 films/individuals per category but may register their abstention from any category where they feel unqualified to vote.

Results of the first round vote are scrutinised by the Academy to ensure there are no anomalies prior to the activation of the second round vote.

Round Two:

In the second round, Members may vote for up to five* films/individuals per category. The results are returned and the top five* in each category are listed as nominations. These numbers may be exceeded only in the case of a tied vote.

Note: There are only three nominations for Animated Film and Short Animation.