Cuban Fahrenheit TV airing 'doesn't count'

A suspected pirate version of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 shown on Cuban TV recently will not make the film ineligible for next year's Oscars.

The movie's US distributor said the TV broadcast was "not authorised". Academy Award rules state that documentary films will be disqualified if shown on TV or the internet within nine months of release - but an unauthorised or pirate display would not make it ineligible.