Permanent secretary of the ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports Dr Hassan Abbasi
Dar es Salaam — The
government has introduced new regulations in the film-making industry,
resolving operation costs, copyrights and financial challenges.
With the new
regulations, film-makers will pay only Sh50, 000 to get a filming permit
instead of forking out Sh500,000 for the same purpose.
Permanent secretary
of the ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports Dr Hassan
Abbasi said yesterday that the reduction of filming permit fees is meant
to help actors and film-makers to produce many movies of high quality.
"I want you
(film-makers) to use the remaining Sh450, 000 on improving the quantity
and quality of your films. Make sure colours, sounds and locations are
attractive enough to convince people to like what you do," he said
yesterday when receiving the Copyright Society of Tanzania (Cosota) from
the ministry of industry and Trade.
The new regulations
have also re-established the 'Arts and Cultural Bucket Fund' that will
provide financial support to the artists.
"We (ministry)
understand that the majority of artists are not bankable. The bucket
fund will provide financial support," Dr Abbasi noted.
The film board and
the particular ministry will form a committee responsible for copyrights
and contracts, making sure that the actors get what they deserve.
"The job has begun. We traced fake contracts and saved more than Sh200 million," he said.
Among the money
saved, according to him, Sh65 million went to a family of a popular
comedian well known as Majuto and Sh20 million to Steve Kanumba's
family.
Eventually, there
was an official handover of Cosota from the ministry of Industry and
Trade to the ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports.
The move was applauded by artists, who harboured hope that their long time copyright outcry would come to an end.
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