'Unlawful, pro-censorship': TBA Studios says FDCP overstepping mandate with new-normal rules

MANILA — TBA Studios, the film company behind "Heneral Luna" and "I'm Drunk, I Love You," has joined the growing dissent to what it branded as an "unlawful" order from the Film Development Council of

MANILA — TBA Studios, the film company behind "Heneral Luna" and "I'm Drunk, I Love You," has joined the growing dissent to what it branded as an "unlawful" order from the Film Development Council of the Philippines , amid the industry's transition to new-normal practices.

Aside from earlier outlined protocols regarding safety and health on set, the FDCP now said productions are required to register with the government agency, seven days prior to a shoot. Since the advisory's release, numerous organizations have denounced it, including the Directors' Guild of the Philippines, the Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association, and the more encompassing Inter-Guild Alliance.

But the FDCP, TBA Studios asserted, has overstepped its mandate, noting that the law creating the agency "does not grant the council regulatory powers."

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