Official Eligibility Rules
The rules the jury uses to decide what qualifies for a nomination — and what doesn't.
To be eligible for the Palme d'Awful Awards, a film must receive its first public commercial release between 00:00 on 1 January and 23:59 on 31 December of the eligibility year.
A qualifying release includes:
- A theatrical release in any country.
- A digital or streaming release available to the public.
- A physical home video release where no earlier public release has occurred.
The earliest public commercial release date determines a film's eligibility year. A film may only be considered once.
Eligible films must have a running time of 40 minutes or longer.
Television episodes, web series, limited series, anthology episodes, short films and other non-feature productions are not eligible.
Eligible films must have been released for public viewing.
Films produced in any country and in any language are eligible.
Where a film is not primarily in English, English subtitles must be available for judging purposes.
All eligible films may be considered in every category for which they qualify.
Remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, and spin-offs are eligible for all applicable awards.
A performer may receive more than one nomination in the same performance category during a single awards year if they appear in multiple eligible films.
The Palme d'Awful Awards do not distinguish between performers on the basis of sex or gender. All performance categories are open to every eligible performer.
Nominees and winners are determined by the official Palme d'Awful Awards voting body.
Voting procedures, nomination thresholds and tie-breaking methods are determined by the organisers and may be amended between award seasons.
Each competitive category awards Gold, Silver and Bronze placements.
The use of artificial intelligence in the creation of a film does not, by itself, affect eligibility.
The organisers reserve the right to interpret these rules, determine eligibility, resolve disputes and make exceptions where exceptional circumstances require.
All decisions of the organisers are final.