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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/7/2008

Oscar's doc rules become hot topic

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A controversy is brewing over a change to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' feature documentary rules that has distributors and film festivals crying foul. Because of the change -- which required a one-week qualifying run in New York by Aug. 31 -- one of the year's most ...

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oscars.org - 10/2/2008

Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

— oscars.org — I. DEFINITION A foreign language film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United... States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. II. ELIGIBILITY A. The motion picture must be first released in the ... (more) Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion ...

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oscars.org - 10/9/2008

8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted for 2008 Oscars®

— oscars.org — for 2008 Oscars Beverly Hills, CA The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that... the field of Documentary Short Subject entries for the 81st Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn ... (more) 8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted for 2008 Oscars®

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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/7/2008

Oscar's docu rules become hot topic

— hollywoodreporter.com — NEW YORK -- A controversy is brewing over a change to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts... and Sciences' feature documentary rules that has distributors and film festivals crying foul. Because of the change -- which required a one-week qualifying run ... (more) Oscar's docu rules become hot topic

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Oscars rule change dashes Waltz with Bashir's hopes
Film | guardian.co.uk — It has been hailed as one of the most extraordinary films of the last year, but the Israeli feature Waltz with Bashir has been ruled out of contention for the 2009 best documentary Oscar following a rule change, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In a move which has stoked up an almighty row between film-makers and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body which organises the Oscars, films which want to be eligible for the documentary gong now have to screen in both New York and Los Angeles for one week before August 31. Under the old rules, films had to ...

iW ROUND UP | Wednesday, October 7th
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Doc Boo-Hoo
The Hot Blog — I find The Academy’s handling of documentaries and foreign films as screwy as everyone else. The effort to make these two categories, in particular, nominations by committee, is, like so many poorly executed well-intended ideas, meant to both be supportive and fair. But instead, they have made the committees too powerful, the choices to narrow, and the rules for entrance too odd. That said, the examples offered in the Hollywood Reporter story are way off the mark about what's important. The central movie cited in the piece, the great Waltz With ...