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  • 95th Oscars: Eligible Features Announced

    While not a small number, 301 still seems really light for an eligible list for 2023. 301 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS® LOS ANGELES, CA – Three hundred one feature films are eligible for the 2022 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for…

  • 95th Oscars: Shortlists Announced

    The Academy has announced shortlists in several categories and while there’s nothing too earth shattering here, there are a few items that missed the list that might be somewhat controversial. 95TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10…

  • 95th Oscars: Eligibility Lists

    Time for some eligible film lists courtesy of the Academy. A lot of hand-wringing that was going on in the blogosphere turned out to be a lot of hot air. ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 95TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced…

  • 94th Oscars: Academy Shortlists

    Without having dug into the lists here very deeply, I have to say most of what I was expecting is here, though there are a handful of interesting surprises. 94TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories…

  • 94th Oscars: Eligible Features (Animated, Documentary, International)

    ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 94TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®. Eligibility lists by category can be viewed at…

  • 93rd Oscars: Feature Eligibility List

    In spite of their being a pandemic, the number of films eligible for consideration for the 93rd Oscars was higher than two years ago by almost twenty and more than twenty higher than last year’s 344 eligible title. Granted, they had two extra months in there, but for those saying it was a less busy…

  • 93rd Oscars – Shortlists

    Without digging too deep into these shortlists. I didn’t see too many glaring omissions. John Lewis: Good Trouble is about the only documentary I noted missing and My Little Sister also didn’t make it to the foreign language film shortlist. Of course, I may realize what’s missing at a later date, so stay tuned. 93RD…

  • 93rd Oscars: Eligibility Lists Announced

    You can tell it’s getting closer to Oscar time because the eligibility lists are coming out. In one fell swoop, the Academy has revealed the films eligible for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature. Let’s take the lists one at a time. First, Animated Feature. It’s the category I often feel the most educated…

  • 92nd Oscars – Shortlists

    The Academy has announced all of the shortlists for their awards this year, making the narrowing process of picking the nominations easier. Below are the nine category shortlists. I’ll skip the commentary on the documentary and short film categories, but let’s look at the rest. In Best International Film, the films that would have caused…

  • 92nd Oscars: Visual Effects Semifinalists

    Below is the press release from the Academy listing the twenty semifinalists for the Visual Effects nominations. This list will be whittled down to ten later this month. I’m not too surprised by the films on my hopefuls list being admitted. Dark Phoenix, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Missing Link, Once Upon a Time… in…

  • 92nd Oscars: Documentary Feature Submissions

    The Academy has announced the 159 documentary features that were submitted for Oscar consideration. It’s a lot to parse and knowing just which films will make the final list is almost impossible at this point. We’ll look to the shortlists to be announced in the next month to define the race. 159 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SUBMITTED…

  • 92nd Oscars: Animated Feature Submissions

    32 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2019 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA — Thirty-two features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Abominable” “The Addams Family” “The Angry Birds Movie 2” “Another Day of Life” “Away” “Buñuel in the…

  • 92nd Oscars: Short List – International Feature

    93 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2019 INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA – Ninety-three countries have submitted films for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly…

  • 91st Oscars: Feature Eligibility List

    Three hundred and forty-seven films are eligible for consideration at this year’s Academy Awards. Below is the press release along with a link. 347 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR 2018 BEST PICTURE OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA — Three hundred forty-seven feature films are eligible for the 2018 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…

  • 91st Oscars: Shortlists – All of Them

    Unlike past years, the Academy has decided to reveal all of the shortlists simultaneously. Here is the press release. On initial glance, there were no major embarrassments to be found. All of my predictions in Documentary Feature, Foreign Language Film, and Visual Effects made the short list. A few from my Original Song and Original…

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