The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2002 will be chosen from a list of 279 feature-length films. Nomination ballots and a complete list of the 279 eligible films will be mailed next week to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
According to Academy rules, to qualify for consideration a feature-length motion picture must have a running length of more than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format. The films must open in a commercial theater, for paid admission, in Los Angeles County between January 1, 2002, and midnight December 31, 2002, and run for seven consecutive days. Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. Official screen credit forms and copies of the main and end title credits must have been submitted to the Academy by December 2, 2002. Films submitted in the Documentary, Foreign Language, Animated Feature and Short Films categories have different eligibility requirements and are viewed and selected by special voting panels of Academy members.
The 75th Academy Award nominations will be announced at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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