The Nigeria Film And Video Censors Board,
NFVCB, has frowned at the breaking up of movies into numerous parts by film
producers.
The NFVCB said the
practice was on the increase and warned all defaulters to beware of it.
Describing the practice
as unacceptable, the Director-General, Patricia Bala, who engaged film makers
and marketers in Lagos recently said Part 1, 2 and 3 films were similar to
series obtainable on television.
The board also
advised VCD sellers to desist from ten in one, twenty and thirty in one movies
as they are not the board’s format.
She decried the
act saying, “It is unlawful to break a film into numerous parts as is the
practice like a television serial and push into the market.
The DG reassured
the executives of the various associations that the board was collaborating
with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC to minimize the impact on their
operations.
She also told the
executives of the associations that it was because of the interest in the
growth of the film industry that the board and the Lagos State Film and Video
Censors Board signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU.
