Matt Damon And Ben Affleck’s Documentary ‘Kiss The Future’ About the 1990 Siege of Sarajevo Knocked Out Of Oscar Race After Screening Snafu; Academy Rejects Appeal – It played in 139 theaters for 2 weeks, but since theaters in NYC/LA only played it twice per day, it’s been deemed ineligible.
by BunyipPouch
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> The award-winning film — exploring the 1990s siege of Sarajevo and how the city’s residents took inspiration from U2’s music amid a campaign of extermination — played in more than 130 AMC cinemas nationwide, far surpassing the theatrical distribution of most documentaries (in fact, it had one of the widest releases of any documentary since the pandemic). But, in what filmmakers see as a technicality, the Academy judged the film screened two times a day in a qualifying market, and not the prescribed three times as stipulated by Oscar rules.
Tough break.
I swear the Oscars go out of their way to shoot themselves in the foot sometimes. Having Affleck and Damon in the running for best documentary would make a lot of casual viewers invested in a race they wouldn’t normally care about. In an age where viewership has been steadily declining for years, this would have been a nice boost for the show
That’s really stupid and seems a silly rule
Is there anything preventing them from re-releasing it using the Academy’s rules? Or once it left, it was dunzo?
The Oscars have plummeted in relevance, and dumb “must cater to film critic” rules are a big reason why.