Tuesday, September 1, is the deadline for documentary filmmakers to submit their short subject and feature documentaries to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 82nd Academy Awards®.

Each completed entry form must be accompanied by supporting materials, including an English-language synopsis of the film, a list of film credits, filmographies of the director(s) and/or producer(s), 30 DVD copies of the film, and proof of seven-day qualifying exhibitions.

A documentary feature must complete a seven-day commercial run in both Los Angeles County and in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009. An extension of the eligibility period to September 30, 2009, may be granted only if the film has legal contracts with exhibitors guaranteeing that it will complete both qualifying commercial runs before the extension deadline. In those instances, all other required materials must still meet the September 1 deadline.

To be eligible in the Documentary Short Subject category, a film must complete a seven-day commercial run in a theater in either Los Angeles County or in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009.

At the 81st Academy Awards this past February, “Smile Pinki” and “Man on Wire” won in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories, respectively.

Additional information about the documentary awards categories may be obtained by contacting assistant awards coordinator Michelle Ayala at (310) 247-3000, ext. 117, via e-mail at mayala@oscars.org, or by visiting http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule12.html

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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The 82nd Academy Awards presentation will take place on Sunday, March 7, 2010 and the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®  on Saturday, January 23, 2010.

The 82nd Academy Awards key dates:

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Official Screen Credits forms due

Monday, December 28, 2009

Nominations ballots mailed

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Final ballots mailed

Monday, February 15, 2010

Nominees Luncheon

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Final polls close 5 p.m. PT

Sunday, March 7, 2010

82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards key dates:

Friday, April 10, 2009
Deadline for SAG members to pay November 2008 dues to be eligible for random sample drawings for SAG Awards Nominating Committees

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Nominating Committees Drawn by Random Sample

Monday, July 13, 2009
Submissions Open

Friday, September 11, 2009
Deadline for Nominating Committee Members to Make Address Changes

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Media Nomination Announcement & Telecast Credential Applications Open
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Open

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Submissions Close (Due at SAG by 5 p.m. PT)

Friday, October 30, 2009
Media Nomination Announcement & Telecast Credential Applications Close
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Close

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Nominations Ballots Mailed

Monday December 14, 2009
Nomination Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 5 p.m. PT

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Deadline for Paying November 2009 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG to be Eligible for Final Balloting

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Nominations Announced

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Records Pulled for Final Balloting

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Publicists Telecast Credential Applications Open

Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Final Ballots Mailed to Members

Friday, January 8, 2010
Publicists Telecast Credential Applications Close

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Final Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 12 Noon PT

Saturday, January 23, 2010
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®

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Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards^®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
France, “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Japan, “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director; (pictured)
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director.

The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five 2008 nominees by specially selected committees in New York and Los Angeles. The committee members will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday viewing three of the films each day.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center^®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

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Laurent Cantet’s “The Class,” winner of the prestigious Palm d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and France’s submission to the Academy Awards for the best foreign language Oscar focuses on the classroom interactions between a high school teacher and his unruly, multicultural roster of young charges, presenting the face of the future of France.

Cantet got the idea for the film while while promoting his previous film, 2005’s “Heading South,” he met François Bégaudeau, who was promoting “Entre les Murs,” his book on his years as a high school teacher.

Cantet end up using Bégaudeau as the teacher in the film, and through casting found a school and the 25 volunteers who appear in the film. To allow the exchanges between Bégaudeau and the students to flow, Cantet had three cameras running at once, one on the teacher, one on the students and one to capture anything else. [via]

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