Permission to screen films

I refer to Ġuż Bonett’s letter Cinema With A Social Purpose (November 16). The showing of films to the public is subject to clearance of rights from owners, the payment of a licence fee and the censors’ classification. The organisers of the showing of...

I refer to Ġuż Bonett’s letter Cinema With A Social Purpose (November 16).

The showing of films to the public is subject to clearance of rights from owners, the payment of a licence fee and the censors’ classification.

The organisers of the showing of films at Mount St Joseph must therefore abide by these three legal conditions.

KRS’s objection was to the screening of a particular film and not to a number of films as stated by Mr Bonett. The film in question was Of Gods And Men, which was yet to be screened in cinemas in Malta.

The film was also set to be premiered by the Millennium Chapel, in aid of the Kisumu Project in Kenya.

Irrespective of whether films are exhibited for free or not, organisers must obtain authorisation from rights holders to screen the films, otherwise, they would breach copyright law.

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