History for MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestDocumentaryFeature

This has led to some controversies. A documentary called ''Young Americans'' won the award for Best Documentary Feature of 1968 before it was discovered to have actually first played in 1967; the Oscar was revoked. Creator/MichaelMoore's ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', the highest grossing documentary film of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, was ruled ineligible after Moore allowed it to be run on television before its theatrical run. Many other omissions have caused AwardSnub controversies. 1994 film ''Film/HoopDreams'', hailed as an instant classic and regarded as a possible Best Picture candidate that year, was not even nominated for Documentary Feature, causing the nomination process to be revised. Further revisions of the process in 2013 mandated a New York City release for candidate films, in addition to the Los Angeles County release required under general Academy rules. Another recent revision came in 2017, after the nearly eight-hour ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'' (screened in three parts for its qualifying run, and later in five parts for TV) won the award; the Academy ruled that multi-part productions would be ineligible for future awards in this category. For 2018, the New York City qualifying run, which had previously been restricted to Manhattan, was opened up to all five boroughs, and ''Time Out New York'' and ''LA Weekly'' were added to the list of accepted review outlets.

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This has led to some controversies. A documentary called ''Young Americans'' won the award for Best Documentary Feature of 1968 before it was discovered to have actually first played in 1967; the Oscar was revoked. Creator/MichaelMoore's ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', the highest grossing documentary film of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, was ruled ineligible after Moore allowed it to be run on television before its theatrical run. Many other omissions have caused AwardSnub controversies. 1994 film ''Film/HoopDreams'', hailed as an instant classic and regarded as a possible Best Picture candidate that year, was not even nominated for Documentary Feature, causing the nomination process to be revised. Further revisions of the process in 2013 mandated a ~~New York City~~ release in Manhattan for candidate films, in addition to the Los Angeles County release required under general Academy rules. Another recent revision came in 2017, after the nearly eight-hour ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'' (screened in three parts for its qualifying run, and later in five parts for TV) won the award; the Academy ruled that multi-part productions would be ineligible for future awards in this category. For 2018, the ~~New York City~~ Manhattan qualifying ~~run, which had previously been restricted to Manhattan,~~ run was ~~opened up to all~~ replaced by one in any of the five boroughs, and ''Time Out New York'' and ''LA Weekly'' were added to the list of accepted review outlets.

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* The main means of qualifying is roughly similar to that for most other awards—namely, the films must run for at least one week in theaters in both Los Angeles County and New York City, and cannot have previously aired on television or the Internet. The "and New York City" is important—general Academy rules require only the LA County run. ButWaitThere'sMore...

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There's a LOT more to eligibility than meets the eye.

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Films are nominated based on Academy eligibility rules—namely, the films must run in theaters in both Los Angeles County and New York City, and cannot have previously aired on television or the Internet. This has led to some controversies. A documentary called ''Young Americans'' won the award for Best Documentary Feature of 1968 before it was discovered to have actually first played in 1967; the Oscar was revoked. Creator/MichaelMoore's ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', the highest grossing documentary film of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, was ruled ineligible after Moore allowed it to be run on television before its theatrical run. Many other omissions have caused AwardSnub controversies. 1994 film ''Film/HoopDreams'', hailed as an instant classic and regarded as a possible Best Picture candidate that year, was not even nominated for Documentary Feature, causing the nomination process to be revised. Further revisions of the process in 2013 mandated a New York City release for candidate films, in addition to the Los Angeles County release required under general Academy rules. The most recent revision came in 2017, after the nearly eight-hour ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'' (screened in three parts for its qualifying run, and later in five parts for TV) won the award; the Academy ruled that multi-part productions would be ineligible for future awards in this category.

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Films are nominated based on Academy eligibility ~~rules—namely,~~ rules for documentaries, which are noticeably different from those for most other Oscars.
* The main means of qualifying is roughly similar to that for most other awards—namely, the films must run for at least one week in theaters in both Los Angeles County and New York City, and cannot have previously aired on television or the Internet. The "and New York City" is important—general Academy rules require only the LA County run. ButWaitThere'sMore...
** The films must have been the subject of a review by a writer for at least one of four designated media outlets—''The New York Times'', ''Time Out New York'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''LA Weekly''.
** During the qualifying run, the film must be shown at least three times daily, with one of the showings starting between 6 pm and 10 pm local time.
** The film must be shown no later than 2 years after its completion.
* Another way of qualifying is the film festival route. A documentary that wins one of an Academy-designated set of major film festival awards is eligible ''regardless of any prior TV or internet airing''.
* If a film that meets the Academy's requirements to be classified as a "documentary" is an official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film,[[note]]formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film[[/note]] it's also eligible for Best Documentary.
* Finally, a film that wins a gold, silver, or bronze award in the Documentary category of the immediately previous Student Academy Awards is eligible.

This has led to some controversies. A documentary called ''Young Americans'' won the award for Best Documentary Feature of 1968 before it was discovered to have actually first played in 1967; the Oscar was revoked. Creator/MichaelMoore's ''Film/Fahrenheit911'', the highest grossing documentary film of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, was ruled ineligible after Moore allowed it to be run on television before its theatrical run. Many other omissions have caused AwardSnub controversies. 1994 film ''Film/HoopDreams'', hailed as an instant classic and regarded as a possible Best Picture candidate that year, was not even nominated for Documentary Feature, causing the nomination process to be revised. Further revisions of the process in 2013 mandated a New York City release for candidate films, in addition to the Los Angeles County release required under general Academy rules. ~~The most~~ Another recent revision came in 2017, after the nearly eight-hour ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'' (screened in three parts for its qualifying run, and later in five parts for TV) won the award; the Academy ruled that multi-part productions would be ineligible for future awards in this ~~category.~~
category. For 2018, the New York City qualifying run, which had previously been restricted to Manhattan, was opened up to all five boroughs, and ''Time Out New York'' and ''LA Weekly'' were added to the list of accepted review outlets.

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* 1995: ''Anne Frank Remembered''

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