Deadline: September 4,
2015
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of
the Department of Arts and Culture, is once again extending a call to South
African producers to submit their films for entry into the 88th Annual Academy
Awards (Oscars). The Academy has opened a call for entry for Best Foreign
Language Film Award, inviting South Africans to submit their feature films for
consideration.
The closing date for submission is September 4, 2015. The
South African Selection Academy Committee will choose one film as the country’s
official submission for the Foreign Language Film Award. 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.
To be eligible for entry, films must have been released in
South Africa for a period of at least seven consecutive days beginning no
earlier than October 1, 2014, and no later than September 30, 2015. A film must
be advertised and exploited during its eligibility run in a manner considered
normal and customary to the industry, and need not have been released in the
United States.
Films that, in any version, receive a nontheatrical public
exhibition or distribution before their first qualifying theatrical release
will not be eligible for Academy Award consideration.
Nontheatrical public exhibition or distribution includes but
is not limited to Broadcast and cable television; PPV/VOD; DVD distribution or
internet transmission.
The recording of the dialogue track as well as the completed
film must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English.
Accurate English subtitles are required.
The Academy will make the final determination in all
questions of eligibility.
The South African Academy Selection Committee under the
patronage of the NFVF will select the South African film to be entered for
consideration. Qualifying film from this initial judging phase will go forth to
represent South Africa in the Academy's initial nomination phase for Best
Foreign Language film.
The Academy uses the following guidelines to determine a
film's eligibility in the Foreign Language Award category:
- Citizens or permanent residents of the submitting country
should be represented in at least two of these categories: a. Producer/s b.
Director/s c. Writer/s
- Citizens or permanent residents of the submitting country
should be represented in the majority in these categories: a. Cinematographer
b. Editor c. Art Director or Production Designer (whichever title designates
the senior designer) d. Costume Designer e. Music Composer f. Sound Mixer
- Citizens or permanent residents of the submitting country
should be significantly represented among the major roles in the cast.
The National Film and Video Foundation is officially
recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to make
submissions on behalf of the South African Film industry.
Entries should be hand delivered to the NFVF not later than September
4 at 16h00 and marked for attention: The South African Academy Awards Selection
Committee c/o Lala Tuku; National Film and Video Foundation; 87 Central Street
Houghton 2198
For more information visit http://www.nfvf.co.za
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