The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced that the eligibility requirements for the 2021 Golden Globes Awards will be adjusted again in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The HFPA has suspended the rule that a film must be screened to HFPA members at a third-party facility in the greater Los Angeles area. Instead, distributors must send a DVD copy or online link for the film so the members can watch the movie on a pre-approved screening date.
The HFPA will also now consider all titles that had a theatrical release date planned for Mar. 15 or after. Originally, the HFPA only considered movies that released in theaters or made available on pay-per-view cable or pay-per-view digital delivery (and not subscription streaming service, subscription cable channel or broadcast television) in Los Angeles for at least seven days before Dec. 31.
Both these rule changes were announced in March. However, they were set to expire on April 30. They will now last for an indefinite period of time.
"The HFPA will continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motion picture distribution and exhibition and may make other temporary variations to those rules as it considers appropriate in the future," the group said in a statement.
(Via Variety.)