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Invitation to submit films for the Oscars International Feature Film category

23/08/2019

23 August, 2019 - 09:07

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, is extending a call to all South African producers to submit their films for entry into the 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars). The Academy has opened a call for entry for International Feature Film Award, inviting South Africans to submit their feature films for consideration.

The NFVF is officially recognised by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to make submissions on behalf of the South African Film industry.

The closing date for submissions is the 30 August 2019, 12h00. The South African Academy Selection Committee will choose one film as the countrys official submission for the International Feature Film Award.

To be eligible this year, films must have been released in the submitting country for a theatrical run of at least seven consecutive days beginning no earlier than October 1, 2018 and no later than September 30, 2019.

To be eligible for entry

A. DEFINITION

An international film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (defined as over 40 minutes) produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Animated and documentary feature films are permitted.

B. ELIGIBILITY

1. The motion picture must be first released in the country submitting it no earlier than October 1, 2018, and no later than September 30, 2019, and be first publicly exhibited for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theatre for the profit of the producer and exhibitor.

Submissions must be in 35mm or 70mm film, or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format with a minimum projector resolution of 2048 by 1080 pixels, source image format conforming to ST 428- 1:2006 D-Cinema Distribution Master - Image Characteristics; image compression (if used) conforming to ISO/IEC 15444-1 (JPEG 2000); and image and sound files packaged as Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) in either Interop or SMPTE DCP formats. SMPTE DCP refers to SMPTE ST 429-2 and related specifications. Blu-ray format does not meet Digital Cinema requirements. The audio in a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) is typically 5.1 or 7.1 channels of discrete audio

. The minimum for a non-mono configuration of the audio shall be three channels as Left, Centre, Right (a Left/Right configuration is not acceptable in a theatrical environment). The audio data shall be formatted in conformance with ST 428-2:2006 D-Cinema Distribution Master - Audio Characteristics and ST 428-3:2006 D-Cinema Distribution Master - Audio Channel Mapping and Channel Labelling.

2. The film must be advertised and exploited during its theatrical release in a manner considered normal and customary to theatrical feature distribution practices. The film need not have been released in the United States.

3. Films that, in any version, receive a nontheatrical public exhibition or distribution before their first qualifying theatrical release will not be eligible for Academy Awards consideration. Nontheatrical public exhibition or distribution includes but is not limited to:

* Broadcast and cable television

* PPV/VOD

* DVD distribution

* Inflight airline distribution

* Internet transmission

4. The recording of the original dialogue track as well as the completed picture must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English.

ACCURATE, LEGIBLE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SUBTITLES ARE REQUIRED.

5. The submitting country must certify that creative control of the film was largely in the hands of citizens or residents of that country.

6. The International Feature Film Award Executive Committee shall resolve all questions of eligibility and rules.

C. SUBMISSION

1. Each country shall be invited to submit its best film to the Academy. Selection of that film shall be made by one approved organization, jury or committee that should include artists and/or craftspeople from the field of motion pictures.

2. Only one film will be accepted from each country as the official selection. Films can be submitted to the Academy as soon as they are selected.

3. The following submission materials must be submitted to the National Film and Video Foundation, 87 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg 2198 by 30 August 2019, 12h00.

* THREE 35mm or 70mm film prints or DCPs with accurate, legible English-language subtitles. The prints or DCPs submitted for Awards consideration must be identical in content and length to the print or DCP used in the films qualifying theatrical release.

* DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY

* 50 DVDs of the entry, without trailers or other extraneous material, capable of playing on Region 0/NTSC standard definition DVD players. DVDs must be in individual paper sleeves and must include the film title, running time and country only. No artwork, promotional material, contact information, company name or film logo is acceptable on the DVD labels or sleeves

* Full cast and credits list

* Brief English-language synopsis of the film

* Directors biography, filmography and photograph

* 3 to 5 representative film stills, including a designated key frame

* A poster from the films theatrical release

* Proof of advertising for the films qualifying theatrical release

D. VOTING

1. International Feature Film nominations will be determined in three phases:

The Phase 1 the South African International Feature Film Committee will view the eligible submissions in the category and vote by secret ballot over a number of days (determined by the number of submissions received). The groups top vote will be chosen as South Africas official submission for the category.

Once approved, South Africas official selection will be submitted to the Academy.

The Phase 2 International Feature Film Committee will view the eligible submissions in the category and vote by secret ballo
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