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Plot Thickens Over Matt Damon-Ben Affleck Documentary Ruled Ineligible For Oscars; Filmmakers Insist It Did Qualify, But Academy Claims Otherwise
New developments in the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck 'Kiss the Future' controversy; filmmakers argue their documentary did properly qualify for Oscars.
EXCLUSIVE: New developments in the Oscar controversy surrounding Kiss the Future, the Matt Damon – Ben Affleck documentary that the Motion Picture Academy ruled ineligible for awards consideration. As Deadline reported Monday, the Academy denied an appeal from producers Damon, Affleck and Sarah Anthony, who argued the film’s wide release – at 139 AMC cinemas including screens in the qualifying markets of Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta – should make it Oscar eligible. And the existence or non-existence of that rule does not speak to the filmmakers’ larger argument — that if the Academy’s goal is to get people to watch films in theaters, Kiss the Future more than met the mark.
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