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(Bloomberg) -- A Hong Kong outdoor cinema operator cancelled the screening of a Batman film, citing concerns from the government that the movie was too violent. The Hong Kong government recommended that the screening be scrapped because "for an outdoor screening, the level of violence was not appropriate", according to an emailed statement from the organizer, Hong Kong-based Greater Bay Media Entertainment Ltd. [Extracted from the article]

Hong Kong Passes Film Censorship Law, Curbing Free Speech Again In August, Hong Kong censors banned an award-winning animation that included a one-second scene depicting protests in 2014. (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong officials canceled the screening of a Batman film one year after passage of a law that lets them ban movies on national security grounds. [Extracted from the article]

READ MORE: Hong Kong Passes Film Censorship Law, Curbing Free Speech Again The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration declined to comment on the case. (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong censors have banned an award-winning animation from being shown over a one-second scene depicting the 2014 pro-democracy protests, local media reported, in the latest sign of free speech curbs in the finance hub. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has banned films that run contrary to the interests of a Beijing-drafted national security law, the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in the Asian financial hub. Censorship creep Censorship had seeped into the industry even before the changes. [Extracted from the article]

Around the same time, the University of Hong Kong warned its student union that a screening of a documentary on the pro-independence activist Edward Leung could violate the security law. (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong is expected to ban films that run contrary to the interests of a Beijing-drafted national security law, the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in the Asian financial hub. [Extracted from the article]

Thenew test could be rolled out to teachers ingovernment-aided schools and kindergartens, Yeung toldRTHK. (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong teachers might have to pass atest on the city's national security law, a topgovernment official said, as the local education systemis remade to foster greater loyalty to Beijing. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has said all public libraries mustcomply with its national security law after a pro-Chinalawmaker highlighted that a local branch had prominentlydisplayed books written by media tycoon and pro-democracyactivist Jimmy Lai. On Thursday evening, Hong Kong's government said it wasinvestigating reports of a local public library displayingbooks written by a person awaiting trial for suspectedbreaches of the national security law. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong is instructing censors to ban any movie that could be seen as endorsing activities that would contravene the national security law imposed by China last year, the latest curb on freedom of expression in the Asian financial hub. For decades, Hong Kong was also Asia's movie-making hub, churning out immensely popular films and producing a handful of global stars. [Extracted from the article]

The Mainland China/Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) promises to be a major boost to Hong Kong, China's struggling production sector. The four-letter acronym may not be heard much around the U.S. motion picture industry these days, but for much of the past year, CEPA has been the buzzword within the Hong Kong film industry. While CEPA has eased the way for access into China's market, filmmakers are still having to wrestle with issues of censorship and cultural sensitivities in producing scripts that will be both acceptable to Chinese mainland authorities as well as to more sophisticated audiences in other parts of Asia. INSET: Censor Sensibility.

The film censorship guidelines were the latest step in the implementation of Hong Kong's repressive new national security law, which Beijing imposed in 2020 to crush the pro-democracy movement that roiled the city throughout 2019. THE REPORT In early June, UTA began shopping a red- hot documentary project based on Chris Fenton's 2020 book Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business, with Oscar winner Alex Gibney producing and Emmy nominee Gabe Polsky writing and directing. Hong Kong's New Film Censorship May Force Hollywood "to Make Difficult Decisions". [Extracted from the article]

The author reflects on the censorship "Lust, Caution," directed by Ang Lee in Hong Kong, China. He commented that officials in China are allowing their moviegoers only a somewhat desexed version of the sexy espionage thriller. He added that director Lee took the news of the partial censorship calmly and professionally. The author also related the reaction of his friend, who is a social worker, concerning the film.

The article reports that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has informed Hong Kong film producers that the authority will no longer allow films with two endings to be released theatrically in China. The Shenyang Daily and the Mainland Chinese Web portal qianlong.com quoted sources as saying the media watchdog will no longer accept film versions that tried to "second-guess its censorship rules." it is believed to be aimed at closing the loophole that has allowed co-productions dealing with such taboo subject matters as superstition, horror, extreme violence and R-rated content.

Reports that the Hong Kong film industry is reinventing itself in an effort to court moviegoers and appease the censors of mainland China. Why the foreign film quota in mainland China prevented the Hong Kong industry from making money on its films; New exemption from the foreign film status which has given them a big advantage in the world's largest market; Price for access which is that producers must make movies by Beijing's rules; How self-censorship has become an economic need.

The article discusses impact of political problems of Hong Kong, China on the Chinese film industry, as of May 2017. Topics include transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997; questions concerning the future of the city's film industry faced by the Hong Kong filmmakers ahead of 20th anniversary of the handover; challenges facing producing films in Hong Kong like censorship; and impact of economic conditions of the city.

Discusses the controversy during the 1994 Hong Kong International Film Festival. Chinese government's selection of movies to be shown at the festival; Demand for the withdrawal of `The Days, Red Beads and `Temptation of a Monk' from the festival; Chinese government's history of censorship.

The article focuses on the Hong Kong, China, film industry which has recorded a rise in boxoffice grosses and admissions. The total theatrical grosses increased to 128.3 million dollars in 2007 as compared to 121.2 million dollars recorded in 2006. It is stated that the American movies has maintained their stronghold on the local market, with 107 of the 231 films released in 2007 hailing from the U.S. Experts fear that the censorship obstacles in China might create problems for the industry.

Reports developments in global entertainment industry as of June 2002. Controversy surrounding the ratings of the film 'Spider-Man' in Great Britain; Takeover of Hong Kong's Asia Television by Liu Changle; Libel lawsuit filed by Vivendi Universal against French daily 'Le Monde.'