The winners are chosen in a secret ballot by the 9 000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Go lebega fa bafenyi ba le mmalwa ba le ka fa tlase ga molao wa kiletso mesepele morago ga setlha sa mekgele se se neng se atolositswe, fela Nomadland, lenaneo la tshedimosetso le le ka ga baagi ba Amerika ba ba tsayang maeto mme ba nna mo di koloing, la ga Chloe Zhaos, yo o bonetsweng kwa China, le bonwa jaaka mofenyi jaaka le ikgapetse sekgele sa setshwantsho se se gaisang.