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Railgun
Same requirements, except they have an 18 month window from the original release to meet those requirements.I'm not sure what the rules are regarding foreign films with different release windows for the US. One rule is that it must play in an L.A. County theatre for seven consecutive days. I believe the subbed version of 'S Silent Voice' did meet those requirements.
It is a tricky thing having the members judge a foreign language film against English ones. They cannot judge the acting as intricately as they would in English. And they won't judge a dub's acting either for obvious reasons even if it is perfectly representative.
Your Name was hampered by qualifying for the 2016 Oscars and the extended Japanese theatrical run which continued on into the Oscar voting window.
A Silent Voice was then submitted for the 2017 Oscars where Ferdinand and Boss Baby got short listed due to the expanded voter pool.