Oscars Creating 2 Distinct Animation and Short Film Branches

Two weeks ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, the Board of Governors of the Film Academy has voted to turn the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct branches — the Animation Branch and the Short Films Branch.

“The Academy is dedicated to advancing and evolving with our growing global membership and with the film industry,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang announced in a joint statement Monday. “Creating distinct identities for these unique and vital components of our cinema community is part of this needed progress.”

This is the first time they will be governed as separate entities, once the decision goes into effect in the 2024-25 fiscal year.