The next installment of the Oscars will be face-to-face despite the pandemic

The 92nd Annual Oscars Awards Ceremony in February 2020 at the Dolby Theater in Los AngelesLUCY NICHOLSON

The 93rd awards ceremony of the Hollywood Film Academy will take place in person, as reported by a representative of the institution to the American magazine

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The event, originally scheduled for February 28, will be held on April 25 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, with a capacity of 3,400 seats.

The institution has not yet specified what sanitary measures the site will have, but an expert has assured the magazine that "multiple options" are being studied.

The organizers have insisted that the gala be as close as possible to how Hollywood's most iconic night has traditionally been carried.

The Academy has already made some adjustments to adapt to the pandemic and its consequences in the world of cinema.

The delay in the date of the gala for two months, with the extension of the nomination deadline until February 28, has been done with the expectation that the cinemas will open and more productions will participate.

The institution also approved an exception so that films that have not been screened in cinemas, but intend to do so, can be candidates through

platforms

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Many studios, concerned about billing, have decided to reserve their big premieres for later, in the hope that the situation will improve.

• The Goya remain in February

The Golden Globes, the US Screen Actors Guild Awards and other awards that traditionally make up the awards season during the first months of the year, and which have the Oscars as their final point, have not given a clear answer on what modality they would use for their ceremonies.

The Emmys, the equivalent of the Oscars for American television, held something of a hybrid ceremony for its delivery in September: Host Jimmy Kimmel presented the event from the Staples Center in Los Angeles with the nominees broadcasting from their respective homes.

The Latin Grammys followed suit in November, with a gala where artists participated telematically from different cities around the world and with occasional guests on a stage in Miami.

Los Angeles County leads the United States in the number of cases (409,015) and deaths (7,702) registered as of this Wednesday, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Center.

The City Council has decreed until December 20 a strict quarantine where residents must remain in their homes, except to go to work and other essential activities.