June 15th, 2009
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) have said that controversial Lars von Trier film, Antichrist, will be released uncut, as an 18 certificate version in the UK, despite scenes featuring erect penises, violent sex and genital mutilation. Read more hereTags: Tags: Antichrist, BBFC, Cannes, film censorship, Lars von Trier,
May 18th, 2009
China’s Lou Ye and Iran’s Bahman Ghobadi are both at Cannes Film Festival with movies made undercover after they were barred from working by the authorities at home. ” Read more here and hereMay 15th, 2009
US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran, and flown to Austria with her family after being acquitted of espionage charges on Monday. A film on censorship in Iranian music, co-scripted by Saberi and directed by 2006 Index on Censorship award winner, Bahman Ghobadi premiered at Cannes Film festival yesterday. Read more hereTags: Tags: Austria, Bahman Ghobadi, Cannes, Iran, No One Knows About Persian Cats, Roxana Saberi, Vienna,
