Bill Type
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROMOTING THE PHILIPPINE FILM INDUSTRY THROUGH AN ANNUAL FILM QUOTA AND OTHER SUPPORT MEASURES
Date filed
October 8, 2018
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB08396
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROMOTING THE PHILIPPINE FILM INDUSTRY THROUGH AN ANNUAL FILM QUOTA AND OTHER SUPPORT MEASURES
ABSTRACT : Aims to safeguard the artistic and economic development of the film industry through an annual film quota that will require all cinemas and theatrical venues to exhibit only Filipino films for a period of twenty eight (28) days , from June 1 to June 14 and from December 18 to December 31. Seeks to guarantee all Filipino films a full week's run in all commercial theatres and booking priority on "payday playdates".
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : NIETO, JOHN MARVIN "YUL SERVO" C.
DATE FILED : 2018-10-08
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Malapitan (000 2018-11-26) 2. Sandoval (000 2018-11-29)
3. Olivarez (000 2018-12-04)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2018-10-10

Abstract

Aims to safeguard the artistic and economic development of the film industry through an annual film quota that will require all cinemas and theatrical venues to exhibit only Filipino films for a period of twenty eight (28) days , from June 1 to June 14 and from December 18 to December 31. Seeks to guarantee all Filipino films a full week's run in all commercial theatres and booking priority on "payday playdates"

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