Votes will count for any film even if it received no nominations. at the Academy Awards and user voting will even be up to 20 times per day.
Votes can also be sent through the Academy website until March 3. The winning film will be announced during the broadcast of the awards ceremony.
“We are thrilled to partner with Twitter to help build an engaged and excited digital audience ahead of the ceremony this year,” Meryl Johnson, the Academy’s vice president of digital marketing, said in a statement.
Possibly, with this new category in which the fans will decide the winner, Spider-Man: No Way Home returns to the Oscars after missing out on the best picture nominations list.
#OscarsCheerMoment will be another Twitter contest from February 24 to March 3 in which users will choose their favorite movie moment of 2021and the winning scenes will be broadcast during the Oscars with some tweets from fans.
What’s more, there will be five selected to receive tickets for a year to see free movies at the theater of your choice, streaming subscriptions as well as exclusive items from the Academy Museum Store.