China’s Oscar Submission Ruled Ineligible, Leaving Country Out Of International Feature Race
deadline.comChina‘s submission for the Oscars Best International Feature Film race this year, the World War II documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, has been ruled ineligible by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
We’re hearing that the film, the first documentary ever submitted by China for International Feature, did not meet the Academy’s submission requirement that more than 50% of the film’s dialogue track (as well as the completed film) be in a language or languages other than English.
Because it was discovered that threshold wasn’t met after the Academy’s October 2 deadline for submissions in the category, China can’t re-submit another film for consideration.
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru still can be considered in the Documentary Feature category. The Oscar shortlists in both International Feature and Documentary Feature categories, along with eight others, will be revealed December 17.
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