The visual effects artists community have announced that they will be holding a protest and demonstration at the Academy Awards ceremony next month.

The demonstration, which is being called March in March, will take place to protest foreign tax subsidies that are ruining their industry according to them. The group is being helmed by Daniel Lay, who is also the creator of the VFX Soldier blog.

"We're trying to focus on the destructive impact of the subsidies race," Lay told The Wrap. "We want to broaden it to include musicians and grips and others who are being drastically effected. It's great that there's an Oscar party going on, but a lot of us are being hurt by this subsidy."

Last year, a similar protest engaging 400 people took place at the event.

Visual effects artist Dave Rand was at the protest in 2013 and he was holding up a banner that read: "Box Office + Bankrupt = Visual Effects vfxunion.com."

But the artist told the film publication that the protest might not be a intense this time around.

"The march is going to be a less angry demonstration...we don't want to be disruptive or disrespectful to the Oscars," Rand said. "We want this one to be more focused. Basically all of our jobs in Los Angeles have left, so that issue is moot unless we can bring the industry back."

Another member of the group, Scott Squires, who is a visual effects supervisor suggested that they needed to do this to protect their industry.

"The idea is to return the visual effects industry to a place where it is a stable and secure business," he said.

The Oscars will take place at the Kodak theater in Los Angeles on Mar. 2 and Ellen DeGeneres will be hosting the ceremony for the second time.

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