November 27, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  Teni Melidonian — (310) 247-3000
                            tmelidonian@oscars.org

Oscar® Screen Credits and
Music Entry Forms Due December 1

Beverly Hills, CA — Friday, December 1, is the deadline to submit official screen credits (OSC) and music submission forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 79th Academy Awards® consideration.

For a feature film to be considered for the 2006 awards, the film’s distributor or producer must file an OSC form with the Academy on or before the December 1 deadline.  If the completed OSC form is not filed by 5 p.m. PST, the feature’s title will not be included in the Reminder List of Eligible Releases – the list of 2006 films eligible for Academy Awards consideration.

OSC forms are submitted online only, at http://aiwosc.oscars.org/aiwosc/.  Information about submission and feature film eligibility can be obtained by contacting Credits Coordinator Howard Loberfeld at (310) 247-3000, ext. 113, or via e-mail at hloberfeld@oscars.org.

For nomination eligibility in the Original Score, Original Song and Original Musical categories, the principal music writer(s) for a feature film must submit an official music submission form on or before December 1, by 5 p.m. PST.

To request a music submission form, contact Elisa Iovine at (310) 247-3000, ext. 190, or via e-mail at eiovine@oscars.org.

While the credits submission deadline is December 1, feature films have until midnight, December 31, to open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days to be eligible for 2006 Academy Awards consideration.

Entries in the Foreign Language, Animated Feature, Documentary, and Short Film categories are subject to special rules and must meet other qualifying criteria.  The entry deadlines in these categories have already passed.

Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. 

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment.

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