US EditionTaiwanese Film Pulled From Hong Kong Festival over Censorship Issue
HONG KONG, AUG 6 – Family Matters was withdrawn after failing Hong Kong censorship rules over politically sensitive language amid tighter national security law enforcement, with at least seven Taiwanese films pulled since 2021.
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Screening of Taiwanese film ‘Family Matters’ axed from festival after failing to meet gov’t censorship requirements
A Taiwanese film has been axed from a film festival programme after it failed to meet requirements set by the Hong Kong government’s censorship requirements. A film still of the Taiwanese movie Family Matters. Photo: Family Matters, via Facebook. The Hong Kong International Film Festival said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that it had to cancel the screening of Family Matters. The movie was scheduled for two showings, one next Saturday and anot…
Taiwanese film pulled from Hong Kong festival over censorship issue - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Aug. 6 (CNA) Screenings of the Taiwanese movie Family Matters (我家的事) at a Hong Kong film festival have been canceled after it failed to meet "revision requirements" set by Hong Kong authorities, with some media citing sources as saying the decision was due to the film's use of a term that Beijing rejects.
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