Jessie Buckley suggests film industry gives too much weight to Oscar campaigns

The actor, who won the Academy Award for best actress earlier this year, was speaking at the BFI and Chanel film-maker awards and also addressed the importance of protest Jessie Buckley has questioned whether the film industry places too much emphasis on Oscar campaigns at the expense of nurturing emerging talent, suggesting there may be greater potential in supporting film-makers at grassroots level.

Speaking at the BFI and Chanel film-maker awards in London, the actor was responding to comments by John Malkovich, who said Oscar campaigns were now the only way to get audiences into cinemas .

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