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78th Academy Awards Rules®
1 Awards Definitions
2 Eligibility
3 The Awards Year and Deadlines
4 Submission
5 Balloting and Nominations
6 Acting Awards
7 Best Animated Feature Film Award
8 Art Direction Award
9 Cinematography Award
10 Costume Design Award
11 Directing Award
12 Documentary Awards
13 Film Editing Award
14 Foreign Language Film Award
15 Makeup Award
16 Music Awards
17 Best Picture of the Year Award
18 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards
19 Short Films Awards
20 Sound Editing Award
21 Sound Mixing Award
22 Visual Effects Award
23 Writing Awards
24 Testimonial Awards
25 Special Achievement Award
26 Gordon E. Sawyer Award
27 Scientific and Technical Special Awards

78th Academy Awards Rules 2005

Rule Twenty-Five
Special Rules for the Special Achievement Award

1. This award shall be given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category. Such award shall only be conferred, however, for achievements in productions which also qualify under Rules Two and Three.

2. Nominations for the Special Achievement Award shall be made at a special meeting of the Board of Governors, and/or upon recommendation of the Animated Feature Film Screening Committee (see Rule 7) and/or upon recommendation of the Makeup Award Screening Committee (see Rule 15).

3. Following completion of the nominations for this award, a secret ballot shall be taken on which the Governors vote for the nominee of their preference. The nominee receiving the highest numerical score shall be considered further in a second secret ballot to determine if this award shall be given. If the achievement receives a vote of two-thirds of the Governors present, the person(s) named as being responsible for the achievement shall receive the Special Achievement Award.

4. No proxies shall be permitted in balloting for the Special Achievement Award.

5. Such other rules or modifications as may be necessary for the proper conduct of this award shall be adopted by the Board of Governors.

 


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