Chương III Luật Điện ảnh 2006: Sản xuất phim

Chapter III

FILM PRODUCTION

Article 18.- Rights and responsibilities of film production enterprises

1. To do business in accordance with the registered contents.

2. To cooperate and enter into joint ventures with domestic or foreign organizations and individuals to produce films; the cooperation and joint venture with foreign organizations or individuals shall strictly comply with the contents of licenses granted by the Ministry of Culture and Information.

3. To provide film production services for domestic and foreign organizations and individuals; the provision of film production services for foreign organizations and individuals shall strictly comply with the contents of licenses granted by the Ministry of Culture and Information.

4. To submit films for deposit and archive.

Article 19.- Rights and responsibilities of directors or general directors of film production enterprises

1. To organize business in accordance with the registered contents.

2. To draw up, and organize the implementation of, annual film production plans.

3. To manage the organization, personnel and material and technical facilities of their film production enterprises.

4. To select screenplays.

5. To sign contracts with organizations or individuals that order film production, and with screenwriters, directors and other members of film crews.

6. To apply for permits prior to the dissemination of films.

7. To be answerable before law for the contents of films.

8. To observe regulations on copyright and related rights.

9. To exercise other rights and perform other responsibilities as provided for by law.

Article 20.- Rights and responsibilities of screenwriters, directors and other members of film crews

1. The rights and responsibilities of screenwriters, directors and other members of film crews shall be performed under contracts signed with directors or general directors of film production enterprises.

2. Contracts between screenwriters, directors and other members of the film crews and directors or general directors of film production enterprises shall be signed and performed on the basis of mutual agreement and must not be contrary to law.

Article 21.- Rights and responsibilities of film production service enterprises

1. To do business in accordance with the registered contents.

2. To cooperate and enter into joint ventures with domestic or foreign organizations or individuals to provide film production services.

2. To provide film production services for domestic and foreign organizations and individuals under contracts; the provision of film production services for foreign organizations and individuals shall strictly comply with the contents of licenses granted by the Ministry of Culture and Information.

Article 22.- Rights and responsibilities of directors or general directors of film production service enterprises

1. To organize business in accordance with the registered contents.

2. To draw up and organize the implementation of annual plans.

3. To manage the organization, personnel and material and technical bases of film production service enterprises.

4. To exercise other rights and perform other responsibilities as provided for by law.

Article 23.- Grant of licenses for cooperation or joint venture in film production, or the provision of film production services for foreign organizations and individuals.

1. The cooperation and joint venture in film production with foreign organizations or individuals, and the provision of film production services for foreign organizations or individuals must be licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Information.

2. For film production enterprises and film production service enterprises, a dossier of application for a license comprises:

a/ An application for the license;

b/ The screenplay in Vietnamese and a foreign language.

3. Within thirty days after the date of receipt of complete and valid dossiers, the Ministry of Culture and Information shall grant the license in case of refusal, it shall reply in writing, clearly stating the reason therefor.

Article 24.- Production of ordered films

1. Organizations and individuals ordering film production are investors of film production projects.

2. Film production project investors ordering film production according to their screenplays shall bear joint responsibility with directors or general directors of film production enterprises for the film contents.

3. For films ordered and funded with the state budget, the film production project investors shall select screenplays on the basis of comments of the screenplay appraisal council and select film production enterprises in accordance with the Bidding Law. The screenplay appraisal councils set up by film production project investors shall appraise screenplays in order to give advice thereon to the investors.

4. Film production project investors shall provide funds and implement other provisions of contracts signed with film production enterprises.

5. Directors or general directors of film production enterprises shall properly perform contracts signed with film production project investors and shall take responsibility before law for the film contents.

Article 25.- Production of television films

The general director of Vietnam Television and directors of radio-television stations of provinces and centrally run cities (hereinafter referred to as provincial-level radio-television stations) shall decide on investment in, and organization of, film production for broadcasting on their respective television stations in accordance with law.