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Paragraph 20 of the law provides that no permit to demonstrate a film shall be granted if a film is contradictory to the requirements of the laws and regulations; or if it may endanger public security and peace and morals; or if it is insulting to religious, art, or national conceptions; or if it treats unfavorably the dignity of the Estonian Government or its organs or institutions; or if it is contradictory to the good usages of the country.
Other paragraphs of chapter 4 of the Cinema Law provide that films, the individual parts or forms whereof do not comply with the requirements of paragraph 20, may be shown after the cuts of such individual parts or forms have been made in a film, following the demands of the Film Inspector.
If no obstacles exist for the exhibition of a film as provided for in paragraph 20, but if a film may endanger the moral, mental, or healthy development of minors, the Film Inspector shall be required to ban the showing of the film for minors under 18 years of age. It is further provided in the law that the title of a film must not be sensational or misleading as to its contents. All prescriptions which are in force respecting motion-picture films and the censoring thereof are also applied to film advertising materials. The importation into Estonia of parts of film texts in the Estonian language is prohibited, except in the cases when the Estonian text is mounted on the film.
Complaints against decisions of the Film Inspector may be submitted to the the Film Board (Filmikomisj on) within 2 weeks as from the date on which a decision was passed, v/hile complaints against the decision of the Film Board, within the same time limit, must be filed with the Minister of the Interior, whose decision will be final, with no appeal from it. The Film Board, under the provisions of the Cinema Law, is composed of the chairman, who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior, and of four members; a representative of the Ministry of Education; a representative of the Army Staff; and an artist appointed by the Minister of the Interior. The Film Inspector attends the meetings of the Film Board with the right to be heard. The law also provides that the Minister of the Interior may withdraw the issued permit if the injurious effect of a film becomes apparent at a public showing. The decision of the Minister of the Interior is final.
According to local film exchanges, censorship of motion-picture films has not become stricter during 1938, and so far as American Film productions are concerned, almost 99 percent of all applications for release permits have been granted by the Estonian Film Inspector since April 1, 1938.
To sum up the general requirements under the Estonian Cinema Law, the film situations which are prohibited and barred from showing in the country are murder and immoral scenes, brutalities, political propaganda speeches, antireligious acts and speeches, and situations without art value.
No censorship agreements have been formulated between Estonia and other
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