The impact of the Film Industry Promotion Act

Impact of the Film Industry Promotion Law

On the morning of November 7, the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the " Film Industry Promotion Act. According to the plan, the regulation will be implemented from March 1 next year. So, what impact will this law have on the film industry and the lives of ordinary viewers?

Will the film industry usher in? Two dragons to control the water?

As early as December 12, 2001, the 50th executive meeting of the State Council passed the Film Management Regulations. Fifteen years later, this regulation will continue to take effect together with the new Film Industry Promotion Law. So what is the difference between these two laws/regulations? Are the rights and responsibilities clear?

First of all, the focus of these two laws/regulations is different. The person in charge of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television said that the Film Industry Promotion Law is a basic and programmatic institutional norm. It determines the basic systems and measures to promote the development of the film industry; the Film Management Regulations are derived from the Film Industry The supporting administrative regulations promulgated by the State Council derived from the Promotion Law are a further refinement of the legal system.

Second, the management system for foreign-related films will still be solved by the revised "Film Management Regulations". When regulating foreign-related film management issues, the "Film Management Regulations" will refer to the "Film Industry Promotion Law" regarding content review standards, approval systems and other general provisions to ensure the consistency of the legal system.

In addition, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television exercises its powers in accordance with the provisions of the "Film Management Regulations" (including the review of films, the filing of film scripts and the approval of film festivals (exhibitions), etc. Approval matters), most of which will be delegated to the press, publication, radio and television management departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. In other words, the entry and review thresholds for filming movies will be lowered.

But on the other hand, the law also emphasizes the regulation of the film industry:? Individuals organize foreign-related film festivals (exhibitions) without permission, or provide films that have not obtained a "Film Public Screening Permit" to participate Film festivals (exhibitions) shall not engage in related film activities within 5 years. ?

Companies that "steal box office" in order to guarantee their bottom line, please be patient

The domestic film market is currently overheated, and distributors/producers do not hesitate to steal box office to boost reputation. And box office results, or complete "guaranteed". As early as 2009, "Astro Boy" released by Enlight Pictures was exposed to a box office theft scandal and attracted the attention of the Film Bureau; in March this year, Big Screen Company, the distributor of "Ip Man 3", paid an astonishing 56 million yuan to The scale of box office theft has attracted punishment from the National Film Market Special Administration Office.

In the future, any punishment for "stealing box office" behavior will be based on the law.

Regarding the problem of bubbles in movie box office, the "Film Industry Promotion Law" provides clear regulations and penalties. Film distribution companies, movie theaters, etc. shall not use unfair means such as creating false transactions, falsely reporting sales revenue, etc. to deceive and mislead audiences and disrupt the order of the film market. If the illegal income exceeds 500,000 yuan, the penalty shall be not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. fine. ?

In other words, if this law had been implemented one year earlier, the publisher of "Ip Man 3" would have faced a huge fine of up to nearly 300 million yuan.

The film classification system is still hopeless, but the management of major online movies has become stricter.

So far, we have been unable to find any trace of legislation related to film classification.

Theoretically, the classification of movies can ensure the needs of audiences of different ages and levels.

However, due to some force majeure factors, China currently does not implement a classification system. Unfortunately, the newly introduced "Film Industry Promotion Law" does not have clear provisions related to classification.

However, the new law has more detailed management of the content of movies, especially major online movies.

At last week’s discussion meeting on the draft of the Film Industry Promotion Law, Sun Zhijun, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, said that it is necessary for online movies to be included in the Film Industry Promotion Law. ?Online movies are independently established by video websites, self-examined and self-broadcasted. The entry threshold is low and they are in a state of disordered development. They have an impact on the entire film market and are unfair to theater movies shot in compliance with the law. ?

This has aroused the vigilance of many video websites, and they have begun to self-censor and remove online movies with suspected illegal themes. According to media statistics, there have been more than 60 movies including "The Golden Right Hand of the Super Eunuch", "The Great Feng Shui Master", "The Master of Lactation", "Battle of Stunning Beauty", "Night Terror", "Spicy Nurse", etc. Major online movies suspected of violating regulations were removed from the shelves. It is not difficult to infer from the titles of these films that the reasons for removal may involve issues such as feudal superstition, sexual innuendo, and nudity.

However, compared with Article 25 of the "Film Management Regulations", the newly passed "Film Industry Promotion Law" also includes "distorting national history or national historical figures" and "infringing on minors" in prohibited filming content. Legal rights and interests of minors or damage to the physical and mental health of minors? Two items. This goes back to the discussion of film classification, which is an endless cycle.

Actors really need to have both virtue and art? This one must have

Zhang Yuan, Zhang Mo, Mo Shaocong, Ning Caishen, Fu Yiwei, Wang Xuebing? If the people in Chaoyang District work hard enough, this drug-related The list of artists will continue to get longer and longer. Although film and television stars involved in gambling and pornography have received due punishment at the legal level, there are still high public calls for "banning from acting and blocking".

So these artists are escaping between TV and the screen, can they only escape to the hard drive of the audience?

In this regard, Alibaba Pictures CEO Zhang Qiang once suggested that Carefully consider the prohibition of bad artists from practicing. If bad artists violate the law, they will be subject to legal restrictions; if they violate social ethics, their personal reputation will inevitably suffer. In either case, investors, producers, and directors will use it with caution.

The "Film Industry Promotion Law" also puts forward direct advocacy requirements for actors, directors and other film practitioners, and guides and regulates practitioners through industry self-discipline. That is what was previously said on the Internet as "virtue and art combined with kindness". Among them, the "virtue" in "Double Deeds and Art" refers to social ethics, professional ethics and family virtues that are in line with the core values ​​of socialism; the "art" in "Double Destiny and Art" refers to the level of artistic talent, which is determined by the industry. ***Knowledge and public reputation.

Although the "Film Industry Promotion Law" imposes requirements on the moral and artistic standards of artists, directors and other practitioners, it has not yet been clarified whether all actors will be banned once the law is broken.

With the protection of new laws, will China’s annual box office surpass North America in 2017?

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