The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the passing of the Creative Arts Bill will help give a strong backing to institute the creative arts fund to be accessed by stakeholders of the arts industry. The president made this known when he stormed Parliament to deliver his message … Read more
The Development and Classification of Film Bill has been signed by H. E. John Dramani Mahama after it was passed by Parliament after going through all the various consideration stages on October, 21. The Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare commended the president for signing the film bill into law. I … Read more
President John Mahama has signed the Ghana film Bill into law. The Development and Classification of Film Act which was passed by Parliament in October this years of deliberations and exhaustive stakeholder inputs. The new law provides the legal framework for the production, regulation, nurturing and development of the local film industry. It will also … Read more
Ghana has banned nudity or pornographic materials in locally produced movies following the passage of the Development and Classification of Film Bill, 2016, into law by the country’s legislature. The new law gives protection to children from adult content, especially, at movie screening, exhibition and premiering centers. It repeals the Cinematography Act, 1961 (Act 76) … Read more
Parliament on Friday passed the Development and Classification of Film Bill 2016, which seeks to protect actors and musicians. It will also protect other intellectual properties in the creative arts industry. The Act, among others, defined a Ghanaian Film as a film which is registered with the National Film Authority, and which satisfies any three … Read more
The Development and Classification of Film Bill has been passed by Parliament after going through all the various consideration stages, October, 21. Members of Ghana’s Parliament, begun the consideration of the Bill on Wednesday after several years of the document being laid in Parliament. The passage of the Development and Classification of Film Bill has … Read more