Sentence examples for qualified documentaries from inspiring English sources

In a statement on Tuesday, the association for nonfiction film — which sponsors an annual DocuWeeks program that has qualified documentaries as Oscar submissions by putting them in theaters, but often without getting the requisite review — said the new rules "will certainly have an impact" on its screening program.

The film was among the 151 eligible, qualifying documentaries for the Academy Awards, but it did not make the top 15 list.

But the rule might diminish the prospects of those who make smaller and less prominent movies; these filmmakers have often qualified their documentaries without the kind of commercial release that typically leads to reviews by the two news organizations.

LOS ANGELES — In a move to trim the number of documentaries submitted annually for Oscar consideration, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is poised to require a movie review from The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times to qualify a documentary feature for the Academy Awards.

Page D5 Boxing's Vital Voice D8 Arts NEW OSCAR RULE TO CULL NONFICTION CONTENDERS In a move to trim the number of documentaries submitted annually for Oscar consideration, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is poised to require a movie review from The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times to qualify a documentary feature for the Academy Awards.

LOS ANGELES — The International Documentary Association has weighed in on the rule changes that will winnow films qualified for the documentary Oscar by, among other things, requiring a review in either The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times.

At the same time, the association provided an interesting statistic: 17 nominees for, and 7 winners of, documentary Oscars qualified through DocuWeeks since 1997.

One hundred seventy documentary features had qualified for consideration last year, and Ford's "Strong Island" had already made it to a pre-nominations shortlist of 15.

Once a film qualifies, the entire Documentary Branch will vote in a process explained here and debated here.

The Academy's Board of Governors made it official today: to qualify for the documentary feature Oscar, a film must be reviewed in The New York Times and/or The Los Angeles Times, in addition to the previously required weeklong run in both New York and Los Angeles.

The organization's letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which came a week after Gasland was nominated for an Oscar, contends the film falsified facts and should not qualify for the documentary category.