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Report: Singapore censors ban movies from film festival
Singapore's censors have banned four documentary films from a movie festival for portrayals of terrorism, depicting gay Muslims, and excessive scenes of sado-masochism, the Straits Times reported .
- Reuters
- Published: 00:31 April 6, 2008
Singapore: Singapore's censors have banned four documentary films from a movie festival for portrayals of terrorism, depicting gay Muslims, and excessive scenes of sado-masochism, the Straits Times reported .
Two movies, Arabs And Terrorism and David The Tolhildan, were "disallowed on account of their sympathetic portrayal of organisations deemed terrorist groups by many countries," Amy Chua, chairman of the Board of Film Censors, said.
"Films which portray terrorist organisations in a positive light are disallowed under the film classification guidelines," Chua said.
The four films were among 200 submitted for classification by organisers of the Singapore International Film Festival, which started on Friday and ends on April 14.
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