Iran has chosen ace filmmaker Majid Majidi’s ‘Sun Children’ as its entry for Oscars 2021 in the Best International Feature Film category. Incidentally it is the sixth time that Majid Majidi’s film will represent the country.

Iran selects Majid Majidi's 'Sun Children' for Oscar in International Feature category

We last told you that the Academy board members were to get together to decide on the official date of the next year’s ceremony. Well they have and the 2021 Oscars has been scheduled for April 25.

Oscars 2021 ceremony gets a new date, scheduled for April 25

The Academy has proposed to meet today over a Zoom meeting to discuss the details of next year’s Oscars ceremony. While the world’s most-watched film awards show happens in the month of February every year, there are reports that the upcoming awards will be postponed.

Oscars 2021 ceremony likely to be pushed, The Academy to meet today to finalise

Film releases across the world have been pushed back indefinitely owing to the outbreak of coronavirus. Several big showbiz events too have been postponed or cancelled owing to the pandemic and now reports suggest that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering postponing Oscars 2021.

Is the Academy considering to postpone Oscars 2021?