A total of 146
films qualified for the awards this year, slightly more than the Academy Awards» field of 134.
Not exact matches
Take away The Wind Rises, which was briefly screened in 2013 only to
qualify for awards (which it did, collecting an Oscar nomination
for best animated
film), and Disney's 2013 average drops to 53.4 (the studio's lowest average since 2010), though that was still higher than four other major distributors last year.
As a result, recipients of the LIM
Award qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the Annual Academy
Awards ® without the standard theatrical run, provided the
film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
SPC plans to open the
film in December
qualifying the movie
for year - end
awards consideration.
One thing you should know about the Reader's year - end
film rankings is that, from time immemorial, we've limited the candidates to movies that premiered locally between January 1 and December 31 — that's why Toni Erdmann, a big
awards favorite in 2016, wasn't eligible until this year, and a handful of highly touted
films premiering on the coasts now to
qualify for the Oscars (such as Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread and Michael Haneke's Happy End) won't be considered until 2018.
Spielberg signed on soon after that; then Streep and Hanks followed suit, putting the
film on the fast track to
qualify for this year's
awards race.
But with three months to go until the Academy
Awards, most of the
qualifying films are in theaters or screening
for critics and the night's so - called big six are beginning to look a little clearer.
AWFJ thanks the
qualifying filmmakers and distributors
for submitting their
films for consideration, and our jury members
for their participation in presenting this AWFJ EDA
Award.
Director Bennett Miller's upcoming release, Foxcatcher, certainly
qualifies as the kind of
film that could be positioned
for awards contention, and now it looks like it's lining up
for just that.
NEW YORK (September 26, 2014)-- Sony Pictures Classics announced today they will open STILL ALICE in New York and Los Angeles in December
for a one - week year - end
awards qualifying run, with a regular
film release to follow on January 16.
The submission date
for 2018 begins on January 1, 2018, and any
film released during the calendar year and any
film that plays a festival, or has a one - week release in either New York or Los Angeles
qualifies for awards consideration.
Netflix, on the other hand, only puts its
films in a handful of theaters to
qualify them
for awards eligibility.
It was also selected as the official entry
for Sweden in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 39th Academy
Awards, but in typical Academy fashion of missing the more
qualified films, Persona was not selected as a nominee.
OSCAR CHANCES: Since the Academy ruled recently that motion capture
films don't
qualify for the Animated
award, unless John Williams» score gets a nod I'd say no.
(More than 250
films qualified for the IDA
Awards.)
And more of them are going to let the SVOD [Streaming Video On - Demand] businesses finance their
films, maybe with the promise of a slight, one - week theatrical window to
qualify them
for awards as a movie.»
When the streaming platform acquires or produces a viable prestige movie, Netflix will give the
film a limited theatrical release in order to
qualify it
for various
awards - season circles, especially the Academy — then makes it available
for streaming, or has it debut on streaming the same day it premieres in theaters.
«I don't believe that
films that are just given token qualifications, in a couple of theaters
for less than a week, should
qualify for the Academy
Award nominations,» he said.
SIFF 2011 Short
Film Jury
Awards As a qualifying festival of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, short films that receive the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative short film and Best Animation short film awards at SIFF may qualify to enter the Short Films category of the Academy Awards ® for the concurrent season without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy
Awards As a
qualifying festival of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, short
films that receive the Grand Jury Prize
for Best Narrative short
film and Best Animation short
film awards at SIFF may qualify to enter the Short Films category of the Academy Awards ® for the concurrent season without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy
awards at SIFF may
qualify to enter the Short
Films category of the Academy
Awards ® for the concurrent season without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy
Awards ®
for the concurrent season without the standard theatrical run, provided the
film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
Any
film given a
qualifying American theatrical engagement can compete in any Oscar categories in which they are eligible, but the unspoken rule is that a feature not in English will at best compete only
for the Best Foreign Language
Film award.
It's important to note, however, two major differences in the
awards shows» best picture eligibility: to qualify for the Spirit Awards a film must have a budget of under 20 million dollars, and unlike the Academy Awards, here films without a theatrical release which have screened at a handful of the most prestigious festivals are eli
awards shows» best picture eligibility: to
qualify for the Spirit
Awards a film must have a budget of under 20 million dollars, and unlike the Academy Awards, here films without a theatrical release which have screened at a handful of the most prestigious festivals are eli
Awards a
film must have a budget of under 20 million dollars, and unlike the Academy
Awards, here films without a theatrical release which have screened at a handful of the most prestigious festivals are eli
Awards, here
films without a theatrical release which have screened at a handful of the most prestigious festivals are eligible.
We are pleased to present the ATLFF»18 jurors
for the five juried competition categories (including our three Academy
Award ® -
qualifying short
film categories).