Several Canadian Oscar hopefuls head into bash 'disappointed' by new ceremony format

Vancouver-based visual effects master Tristan Myles, who is nominated as part of the international team that crafted eye-popping images in the sci-fi epic "Dune" for Quebec director Denis Villeneuve, says splitting the categories denigrates the work of some compared to others.

"I'm lucky that hasn't happened to visual effects — yet. I do think the academy is trying, it's a difficult balance to include every department and also not have a crazy runtime.The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced in February that this year's show would present eight awards before the three-hour live telecast in an effort to keep the broadcast "tighter and more electric" for viewers.

Nova Scotia filmmaker Ben Proudfoot and his film "The Queen of Basketball," which tells the story of Lucy Harris, the only woman to be drafted by the NBA and the first Black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, is up for best documentary short. "After Sunday night, there is a whole year to engage in discourse to find better ways of saving time that don't affect any category over another, and actualize the full and noble mission of the Academy Awards: to honour all forms and crafts of cinema."

Myles works in the Vancouver studio of the U.K.-based visual effects and animation studio DNEG , while Connor is in the Montreal office.

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