Do you have an official proof that the movie version had a festival or theatrical release ?

I don't have proof of the theatrical release, but considering that all the sister films of the collection are considered full-length movies despite originally being TV series, I don't see why this one would be categorized differently. All the Bible movies were remastered and merged into one movie and released on Blu-ray: https://www.amazon.es/Bible-Stories-Collection-Edizione-Blu-ray/dp/B01JSWAP50 https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063912495/ On IMDb, it is the only one listed as a series, which is an error that needs to be corrected.

@ChosephTheOne said:

I don't have proof of the theatrical release,

Without such a proof, it doesn't qualify for the exception.

but considering that all the sister films of the collection are considered full-length movies despite originally being TV series, I don't see why this one would be categorized differently.

The ones without series entry were directly TV broadcasted as movies.

All the Bible movies were remastered and merged into one movie and released on Blu-ray: https://www.amazon.es/Bible-Stories-Collection-Edizione-Blu-ray/dp/B01JSWAP50

We only take in account the original release, unless there was a theatrical release.

🤦‍♂️ On many platforms, such as Plex, it will no longer be possible to create movie or TV series collections due to content discrepancies...

The ones without series entry were directly TV broadcasted as movies.

Proofs?

@ChosephTheOne said:

Proofs?

From the IMDB collection that you indicate, and apart from "Moses", there are a few others that were released as 2 parts miniseries :

• Abraham, Italian release : December 12 and December 13,1993, United States release : April 3 and April 4, 1994, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)
• Joseph, Italian release : April 10 and April 12,1995, United States release : April 16 and April 17, 1995, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)
• Samson and Delilah, United States release : December 8 and December 11, 1996, Italian release : December 16 and December 17,1996, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)
• David, Italian release : March 23 and March 24,1997, United States release : April 6 and April 9, 1997, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)
• Solomon, Italian release : December 15 and December 17,1997, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)
• Jesus, Italian release : December 5 and December 6,1997, United States release : May 14 and May 17, 2000, (the movie entry is on our merge list and will be deleted once the merge has been done by the administrator)

For the above miniseries, the movie entries are only temporary, they will be removed as soon that the merge list has been processed by the administrator (date currently unknown)).

The reminder of them were released as individual movies :

• Genesis: The Creation and the Flood, Italian theatrical release : September 16, 1994
• Jacob, United States release : December 4, 1994, Italian release : December 12, 1994
• Jeremiah, Italian release : December 14, 1998, United States release : March 18, 2020
• Esther, Italian release : March 29, 1999, United States release : November 5, 2000
• Joseph of Nazareth, Italian release : January 5, 2000
• Mary Magdalene, Italian release : April 24, 2000
• Judas: Close to Jesus, Italian release : April 11, 2001
• The Friends of Jesus: Thomas, Italian release : April 16, 2001
• The Apocalypse, Italian release : December 10, 2002

While they were originally released as TV miniseries, they have since been unified, remastered, and distributed as standalone films on Blu-ray and multiple streaming platforms.

Titles: Moses (1995)

1. https://tv.apple.com/br/movie/moses/umc.cmc.75a8iczcbf9z37h66cbstcr3r?l=en-GB
2. https://reelgood.com/movie/moses-1995

Abraham (1993)

1. https://tv.apple.com/br/movie/abraham/umc.cmc.1w8sphn9yj6665x817tua305x?l=en-GB

Bible Stories Collection (Blu-ray Edition)

1. https://www.amazon.es/Bible-Stories-Collection-Edizione-Blu-ray/dp/B01JSWAP50

According to TMDB's official guidelines, if a series has been officially re-edited and distributed as a single film, it is eligible for reclassification as a movie. The remastered versions available today no longer follow the TV miniseries format but instead exist as unified films.

@ChosephTheOne said:

According to TMDB's official guidelines, if a series has been officially re-edited and distributed as a single film, it is eligible for reclassification as a movie.

Only if they got a festival or theatrical release in that format, as indicated in the guidelines you have quoted above : " * exception: a few miniseries screened in full at a film festival or as a film in theater are still allowed."

So, we are back to my original question : Do you have an official proof that the movie version had a festival or theatrical release ?