Those Academy sources say very similar language was added this year to Rule Twelve.
That may not end the argument, however.
And documentary feature films have always had their own set of rules.
‘Kiss The Future’Courtesy of Screenocean/Reuters Pictures/Damir Sagolj
Cicin-Sain said ruefully, This is like rule whack-a-mole.
The dispute may come down to which rulebook applies.
What theyre doing is theyre enforcing theletterof the rule and not thespiritof the rule, Cicin-Sain told Deadline Monday.
Producer Matt Damon and director Nenad Cicin-Sain at the 2023 Tribeca FestivalGary Gershoff/WireImage
It was nominated for the Cinema for Peace Award and won the Audience Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
