Thursday, 07 January 2010 23:32 Salai Han Thar San
New Delhi (Mizzima) - As of this month all films and videos shot at locations related to the Burmese Railways has to be submitted to the Myanmar Rail Film and Video Shooting Scrutiny Board, a senior Rail Ministry official said.
The order tantamounts to production of all films, videos and song VCDs going through two separate censor boards in both the pre-production and post-production stages.
“If the location for the shooting for films and videos is at places related to the railways, the producers must first seek permission from the ministry. After which they have to submit their film and video to the Rail Censor Board,” the officer who did not want to be named told Mizzima.
In the normal course censorship of films and videos is conducted by the Myanmar Film and Video Censor Board.
The new regulation makes it mandatory for the film and video which has already passed through the Rail Censor Board to be submitted again to the Myanmar Film and Video Censor Board for final approval.
The Myanmar Rail Film and Video Shooting Scrutiny Board was set up by the Rail Ministry in November last year.
The restricted locations, which need to be cleared by the Rail Censor Board, are all major railway stations, small railway stations, railway coaches and railway tracks. Besides, the producers have to pay tax to the ministry after they get permission.
Film director Aung Ko Latt said, “We have to ask for permission to shoot at some pagodas and some other places. Now the Rail Ministry has imposed another restriction to suit their needs. There are restrictions everywhere and we have to cope with all these hurdles”.
The State-run ‘New Light of Myanmar’ reported early this month that there are a total of 433 passenger and freight trains and 840 railway stations in Burma.
Friday, January 8, 2010
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