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Your film screened at an Oscar-qualifying festival. Can you call it Oscar-qualified?
Not automatically.
Here are three numbers filmmakers should understand: 40, 15, and 5.
Under the Academy’s 99th Oscars rules, a live-action short must be 40 minutes or less—including credits.
For the festival qualification route, you must win a specific Academy-recognized award. Simply being selected doesn’t qualify you.
And even after qualifying, there’s another climb: 15 films reach the shortlist. Only five become nominees.
Selected. Qualified. Shortlisted. Nominated. Four very different achievements.
Before paying a submission fee, check exactly which award qualifies.