Our favorite local independent film house was recently featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal describing the impact the Academy Awards rules changes for Documentary features.
Small cinemas are playing a pivotal role in this year’s Academy Awards race. The reason: stricter requirements about how widely documentary films must be shown to qualify for an Oscar nomination. The controversial rule change is playing out this fall in remote, unlikely venues throughout the country. And while that has brought a short-lived windfall to art-house theaters, it is putting a heavy financial burden on filmmakers in a notoriously cash-strapped genre.
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