{"id":352462,"date":"2025-11-12T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=401658"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:00:30","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-faces-its-first-hurdle-on-the-road-by-being-ineligible-for-one-of-the-major-awards-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/kpop-demon-hunters-faces-its-first-hurdle-on-the-road-by-being-ineligible-for-one-of-the-major-awards-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"KPop Demon Hunters faces its first hurdle on the road by being ineligible for one of the major awards of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The animated film KPop Demon Hunters, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Netflix, has generated quite a bit of attention in the entertainment industry, especially due to its recent consideration as a favorite for the Oscar Awards. However, <strong>this projection is overshadowed by the news that it has been declared ineligible for the BAFTAs, the prestigious award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The British Academy doesn&#8217;t want to know about K-pop<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Despite Netflix filing a formal appeal against this decision, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts maintained its position, citing that the film did not meet the necessary eligibility requirements. According to sources from Variety, <strong>this outcome highlights a notable difference in the perceptions of the two awards, as KPop Demon Hunters is considered a strong contender for the Oscars, a distinction that its creators may not achieve in the British realm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KPop Demon Hunters | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzCAwdp1uIQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The collaboration between Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation has been fundamental in the development of this project, which <strong>promises to attract a wide audience thanks to its combination of K-Pop themes and action-adventure narratives<\/strong>. However, the fact that its participation in the BAFTAs has been disqualified raises questions about the selection process and the criteria imposed by the British Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In a landscape where recognition at festivals and awards can seriously impact marketing and distribution strategies, <strong>the inequality faced by KPop Demon Hunters between the BAFTAs and the Oscars could be representative of the broader struggle in the industry for inclusion and the valuation of international production work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bb71af8a-96bf-11e6-8279-00163ec9f5fa\/1690710143\/netflix-Download-Netflix.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Netflix<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The animated film KPop Demon Hunters, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Netflix, has generated quite a bit of attention in the entertainment industry, especially due to its recent consideration as a favorite for the Oscars. However, this projection is overshadowed by the news that it has been declared ineligible for the BAFTAs, the prestigious award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The British academy does not want to know about kpop. Despite Netflix filing a formal appeal to contest this decision, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts maintained its [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":352474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[12507,3899,18219,13181,1793,6922,10703],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-352462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-animacion-2","tag-bafta","tag-british-academy-of-film-and-television-arts","tag-kpop-demon-hunters","tag-oscars","tag-premios","tag-variety","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352478,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352462\/revisions\/352478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352462"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=352462"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=352462"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=352462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}