Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT MANDATING MOVIE THEATER OPERATORS NATIONWIDE TO RUN MTRCB APPROVED AND RATED LOCAL MOVIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL MOVIE PRODUCERS AND PROMOTE ORIGINAL FILIPINO MOVIES
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Date filed
July 1, 2019
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00126 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING MOVIE THEATER OPERATORS NATIONWIDE TO RUN MTRCB APPROVED AND RATED LOCAL MOVIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL MOVIE PRODUCERS AND PROMOTE ORIGINAL FILIPINO MOVIES | |
| ABSTRACT : Mandates the movie theatre operators to: a.) run MTRCB approved and rated local movies at the minimum span of five (5) consecutive days to support local movie producers; b.) equally divide theatre screening slots between local films (40%) and foreign films (60%); c.) equally divide movie trailer slots, 50% local film and 50% foreign film movie trailers, prior to the actual film screening of a featured movie; and d.) make Fridays as start of movie play dates, instead of Wednesdays, to give local movies a better fighting chance in the Box Office. | |
| ALIAS NAME : "Local Movies Act." | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : FERNANDEZ, DAN S. | |
| DATE FILED : 2019-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Nieto (000 2019-08-14) | 2. Salceda (000 2019-08-15) |
| 3. Salvador-Tambunting (000 2019-08-20) | 4. Lim (000 2019-08-27) |
| 5. Sy-Alvarado (000 2019-08-27) | 6. Marquez (000 2019-08-29) |
| 7. Arenas (000 2019-11-28) | 8. Malapitan (000 2019-11-28) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2019-07-23 |
Abstract
Mandates the movie theatre operators to: a.) run MTRCB approved and rated local movies at the minimum span of five (5) consecutive days to support local movie producers; b.) equally divide theatre screening slots between local films (40%) and foreign films (60%); c.) equally divide movie trailer slots, 50% local film and 50% foreign film movie trailers, prior to the actual film screening of a featured movie; and d.) make Fridays as start of movie play dates, instead of Wednesdays, to give local movies a better fighting chance in the Box Office.
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