[custom_adv] Chocked is a new movie, written and directed by Feri Girani, it's been filmed in black and white. Starring roles are by Navid Mohammad Zadeh and Elnaz Shakerdoost. Here you see a photo essay of the red carpet. In addition we would like to share with you how you can find out if a movie is good enough to have a public performance right? Students, instructors, librarians, and film enthusiasts often want to show movies in a public setting for their clubs, classes or organizations. [custom_adv] If this is you, please be advised that unless the movie is in the public domain or you acquire the movie with public performance rights, you will be breaking the copyright law. Just as you cannot rent a movie from the local video store and then screen it in a public space (because the rental is licensed only for home viewing), you cannot show movies in a public setting without first determining if you have permission to do so -- even if you're not charging admission. [custom_adv] In order to comply with copyright law, you should get the material from a vendor that rents or sells the title with public performance rights. The only exception to this rule is the face-to-face teaching exemption in which an instructor shows the material in a classroom as part of a class or teaching activity and not for recreation or entertainment. [custom_adv] A: Public domain comprises the body of information and creativity considered to be part of a common cultural and intellectual heritage. In short, anyone may use or exploit, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes. There are hundreds of movies, cartoons and dozens of television shows that are now in the public domain. [custom_adv] The copyrights to many of these movies were either not properly registered initially or were not renewed and therefore the content is now in the public domain. Many of the most famous movies and cartoons are available for free viewing and free download at Moving Image Archive. [custom_adv] Q: What is a public performance? A: According to the U.S. copyright law (Title 17, United States Code, Section 110), a public performance is any screening of a videocassette, DVD, videodisc or film which occurs outside of the home, or at any place where people are gathered who are not family members, such as in a school, library, auditorium, classroom or meeting room. Q: What are movies with public performance rights? [custom_adv] A: These are movies that have been purchased or licensed with the legal right to screen them in a public setting for a non-paying audience. Many vendors sell titles in two licensing versions: a version licensed for home use only (typically cheaper and without public performance rights) and an institutional version that is more expensive but includes public performance rights, permitting screenings for a non-paying audience in an institutional context. [custom_adv] Some vendors offer blanket or umbrella licenses for all titles (as opposed to selling individual licenses per title purchased). [custom_adv] Some vendors also have a library license version that may be for limited use (for loan within a library systems and patrons only) or full use (public performance rights and/or interlibrary loan). If you are not sure which version your institution purchased, you will need to contact