PatchesO'Houlihan
Member
An Oscar is for FILM and a Grammy is for MUSIC.
* With the exceptions of animated and foreign films any film can qualify for Oscars in all narrative feature categories with a seven-day run in any commercial Los Angeles County theater during the year of eligibility. Films must have a running length of more than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35 mm, 70 mm film or in a qualifying digital format.
* Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for an Oscar in any category.
* - Animated Feature Films -
* The award is being triggered by the release of eight or more eligible films in a calendar year. If eight to fifteen animated features are released, a maximum of three films may be nominated. If sixteen or more are released, a maximum of five may be nominated.
* To be eligible, an animated feature must be at least 70 minutes in length, "primarily animated," and meet the other general requirements for feature film eligibility as published annually in the Academy Award Rules.
* Films could use cel animation, computer animation, stop motion or other recognized animation techniques.
* The Oscar for the category will be presented to "the key creative talent most clearly responsible for the overall achievement", normally a single individual, on behalf of the entire production. In no case will more than two statuettes be presented.
* Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories. (as of 2000)
* - Foreign Language Films -
* Each country is invited to submit its best film of the year to the Academy. Selection of those entries is made by juries made up of filmmakers from that country. Only one film, which need not have been released in Los Angeles, is accepted from each country. A film must have had its first public showing for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial theater in its home country in the period of eligibility (November 1 to October 31, as of 2001) and must have been produced with a predominantly non-English dialogue track in a language of the submitting country.
* Films submitted for Best Foreign Language Film Award consideration may also qualify for Academy Awards in most other categories provided they meet the requirements governing those categories.
* With the exceptions of animated and foreign films any film can qualify for Oscars in all narrative feature categories with a seven-day run in any commercial Los Angeles County theater during the year of eligibility. Films must have a running length of more than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35 mm, 70 mm film or in a qualifying digital format.
* Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for an Oscar in any category.
* - Animated Feature Films -
* The award is being triggered by the release of eight or more eligible films in a calendar year. If eight to fifteen animated features are released, a maximum of three films may be nominated. If sixteen or more are released, a maximum of five may be nominated.
* To be eligible, an animated feature must be at least 70 minutes in length, "primarily animated," and meet the other general requirements for feature film eligibility as published annually in the Academy Award Rules.
* Films could use cel animation, computer animation, stop motion or other recognized animation techniques.
* The Oscar for the category will be presented to "the key creative talent most clearly responsible for the overall achievement", normally a single individual, on behalf of the entire production. In no case will more than two statuettes be presented.
* Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories. (as of 2000)
* - Foreign Language Films -
* Each country is invited to submit its best film of the year to the Academy. Selection of those entries is made by juries made up of filmmakers from that country. Only one film, which need not have been released in Los Angeles, is accepted from each country. A film must have had its first public showing for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial theater in its home country in the period of eligibility (November 1 to October 31, as of 2001) and must have been produced with a predominantly non-English dialogue track in a language of the submitting country.
* Films submitted for Best Foreign Language Film Award consideration may also qualify for Academy Awards in most other categories provided they meet the requirements governing those categories.