Producers Hold No Responsibility for Unveiling Actresses’ Activities
The head of the Film Producers Union stated that producers bear no responsibility regarding the activities of unveiled actresses.
“Gholamreza Mousavi,” the head of the Film Producers Union, responding to a recent letter from the Supervision and Evaluation Department regarding the activities of some actresses, said: “The letter contained two sections. One section was about obtaining a film production license, which has a legal and professional procedure and is enforceable, but producers bear no responsibility regarding the activities of unveiled actresses.
When the mentioned letter was presented in the board of directors of the producers union, our colleagues had no serious issue with the first section, but the second section of the letter had fundamental objections. Including the fact that a film producer’s responsibility is solely limited to the time and location conditions of filming.”
Gholamreza Mousavi continued: “A producer is responsible for the film in three stages: pre-production, production, and post-production, and this responsibility is limited only to the time and in front of the camera and the filming location, and what was requested in the letter goes beyond the law. Moreover, no one can prevent another except by a court ruling, and only the competent court can rule whether this woman or man can work or not work.”
He added: “They had given an example that we should not work with someone who has removed their headscarf, whereas we cannot make this decision and the main decision-maker is the competent court. I have conveyed the board of directors’ views to the evaluation deputy and announced that producers are only responsible for the place and time related to film production, and the request mentioned in the letter is not feasible and must go through proper procedures.
If someone is to be prevented from working due to not wearing a headscarf, the court must determine it, and then a copy of the ruling should be handed over to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and the ministry should inform the producers.”
He also stated that the second section of the letter, which pertains to responsibility regarding the activities of unveiled actresses, is not approved by the board of directors of the producers union.
