Voting Process. The 20/20 Awards annually revisit the Academy Awards with the advantage of 20 years of hindsight - Seattle, WA
VOTING PROCESS
- All major categories from the Academy Awards will be included in the 20/20 awards.
- Each 20/20 Award Ceremony will revisit the Academy Award ceremony from 20 years prior. For example, 2010's Year of Re-Examination will be 1989, celebrating the films of the calendar year 1989, honored by the 1990 Academy Awards; 2011's Year of Re-Examination will be 1990, celebrating the films of the calendar year 1990, honored by the 1991 Academy Awards, etc.
- Eligible films - and subsequent work honored with those films - must have been released and seen distribution within the calendar year. Distribution must have occrred on at least one commercial screen.
- An initial round of nominations from all members will be solicited. The top 5 nominations in every category will determine the 5 final nominees.
- The second round of voting will choose the final winner in each category.
- Voting for both nominations and final winners will be done via private ballot, and administered by a third party.
- Film work that won the original Academy Award in the given Year of Re-Examination is still eligible for nomination and a win in any given category.
- All voting will be administered through the third party independent accounting firm of Gary Grayson and Associates.