 Films that are eligible for the award must meet a series of criteria, including the requirement that the costumes must have been "conceived" by a costume designer.For this particular criteria, each submission is reviewed by the costume designer members of the Art Directors Branch prior to the ballot process.Further rules include that the nominee(s) be only the principal costume designer(s), that the five films that receive the highest number of votes will become the ceremony's nominations for final voting, and that the final voting will only be undertaken by active and life members of the Academy.