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6 I D G A M O N T H L Y I D G A M O N T H L Y DGA Awards Updates DGA Board Approves Changes to DGA Awards Earlier this year, President Lesli Linka Glatter appointed an Awards Committee, comprised of National Board members, to address member concerns that have come up in the last seven years since the previous Committee served in 2018. The aim was to review the current DGA Awards categories and criteria with the objective of making changes that would result in a better or more fair awards landscape. In June, the National Board voted on the recommendations put forward by the Awards Committee's fi ndings. Previously, multiple genres competed against each other in the same categories, resulting in certain genres rarely receiving nominations. Separating genres will enable Directors to more fairly compete against Directors doing similar types of work. The following is a summary of the key changes: • Movies for Television and Limited Series have been separated into two categories and • Anthology Series entries, which previously competed in the Dramatic Series category, are now included with Limited Series. Anthology Series will be defi ned as a program where a season has a complete, non-recurring storyline, where no characters from prior or planned seasons appear or are referenced. • Documentary feature-length fi lms and Documentary Series have been separated. In addition, News, which was combined alongside Variety, Talk and Sports previously, will now compete as part of the new Documentary Series/News category. • Variety Programs/Specials has become a single, stand-alone award. • Talk Programs/Specials (a small category with considerable variance in directing), have the option of submitting under Documentary Series/News or Variety Programming depending on the project. • Sports Programs/Specials has become a single, stand-alone award. • Reality will now also include Quiz & Game Programs/Specials. Lastly, due to an increasing decline in submissions, the Children's Programs category has been discontinued. In addition, to address the uneven number of submissions from category to category and to emphasize the spirit of competition, the National Board has voted to have the number of Nominees be more refl ective of the number of entries received that make up the initial ballot. Categories with 39 or fewer entries will receive three nominees and categories with 40 or greater entries will remain at the maximum of fi ve nominees. For more information and to access a PDF of the full criteria requirements and entry rules in each category, please visit DGA Awards at dga.org/awards. Should you have any questions regarding the above changes, we encourage you to reach out to the DGA Awards Offi ce at (310) 289-2038 or email Awards@dga.org. Changes to DGA FYC Screeners: The DGA is partnering with Indee Technologies to create an exclusive screening platform/ app for DGA Awards' Theatrical Feature Film screeners. Members will now be able to visit one portal – Directors Guild FYC – in order to view their screeners during awards season. Physical screeners will no longer be permitted. Additionally, networks/distributors will have the new option of sending screeners and invitations in all television categories. The Guild will continue to operate its extensive theatrical screening program at its state-of-the-art theaters in Los Angeles and New York. For the DGA Screeners FAQ, please visit DGA Awards at dga.org/awards. If you have any questions regarding screeners, please call the DGA Web Support line at 310-289-2082 or email Awards@dga.org.