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Film & Stage Awards

Film & Stage

Chapter 01

Eligibility

Eligibility establishes which work and which professional contributions may be considered in a given Awards year, in terms appropriate to film and to stage.

Founding framework in developmentNo provision in this chapter has been adopted

Plain-language summary

Eligibility answers a single question: may this work, and this contribution, be considered at all. Film and Stage are held to equal standing, with requirements written for how each is actually made and presented. None of these requirements has been set yet.

Plain-language summaries are provided for clarity. Where an approved formal rule exists, that formal rule governs in the event of any inconsistency.

Institutional principles

  • Film and Stage hold equal institutional standing and may carry different eligibility requirements appropriate to each world.

  • Shared eligibility principles may coexist with world-specific rules; neither world is described in the other's terms.

  • Eligibility is determined by published criteria, never by commercial relationship.

Framework in development

The provisions below are the matters this chapter is structured to govern. Each will carry approved formal text, an effective date and a citation reference once adopted.

  1. 01.1

    Eligible work type

    The forms of work capable of consideration.

    In development

  2. 01.2

    Film / Stage classification

    How a work is classified within the two worlds.

    In development

  3. 01.3

    Qualifying period

    The period against which an Awards year is assessed.

    In development

  4. 01.4

    Geographic eligibility

    The territories in scope for consideration.

    In development

  5. 01.5

    Release and exhibition

    How a screen work must have been presented.

    Film — world-specific

    In development

  6. 01.6

    Production and performance

    How a live work must have been produced and performed.

    Stage — world-specific

    In development

  7. 01.7

    Professional eligibility

    Which professional contributions may be recognised.

    In development

  8. 01.8

    Credited participation

    How credited and shared contribution is established.

    In development

  9. 01.9

    Production eligibility

    Requirements attaching to the production itself.

    In development

  10. 01.10

    Category-specific requirements

    Additional criteria attaching to an individual award.

    In development

  11. 01.11

    Submission or consideration requirements

    What must be provided for a work to be considered.

    In development

  12. 01.12

    Documentation

    Evidence supporting an eligibility determination.

    In development

  13. 01.13

    Exclusions

    Work or participation placed outside consideration.

    In development

  14. 01.14

    Exceptional circumstances

    Review where ordinary criteria cannot fairly apply.

    In development