Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards, scheduled to take place in March 2023, the Ghana Oscar Academy is calling for entries for the International Feature Film Category.
The International Feature Film Category is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.
In a press statement calling for the invitations, the Ghana Oscar Academy stressed that entries to be submitted for this award must meet all the requirements for the 95th Academy Awards.
It further warns that entries that do not meet the requirements will not be considered.
Eligibility
Among other things, the country-selected film must be first publicly exhibited for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theatre for the profit of the producer and exhibitor.
Also, 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 the “SMPTE DCP†format.
SMPTE DCP refers to SMPTE ST 429-2 and related specifications. (Blu-ray format does not meet Digital Cinema requirements.)
Additionally, the film must be advertised and exploited during its qualifying theatrical release in a manner considered normal and customary to theatrical feature distribution practises. The film need not have been released in the United States.
Films that, in any version, receive a non-theatrical public exhibition or distribution before their first qualifying theatrical release will not be eligible for Academy Awards consideration.
Other qualifications and rules regarding the award can be found at https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94aa_international_feature.pdf.
All submissions must be made before September 20, 2022, via FilmFreeway cost-saving, paperless submission to film festivals around the world.
Alternatively, applicants can visit https://filmfreeway.com Foreign LanguageSubmissionGhana.
For further inquiries, applicants can reach out to the committee via email:oscarcommittegh@gmail.com, or call 0241346165/0546263771
Source: The Independent Ghana