By Figaro with AFP Published 5 hours ago, Update 5 hours ago The Iranian actress, who had been imprisoned for three weeks in Tehran, has just been released. AFP/Loïc Venance The actress, Leopard of the Locarno Festival in 2002 at just 18 years old and determined opponent of the Mullahs’ regime, has just been released […]
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Hassan Nazer: “It’s great to see that French artists are mobilizing for Iranian women”
INTERVIEW – The Anglo-Iranian director was present in Brittany, during the 33rd Dinard British Film Festival. He explains to Le Figaro why he supports the Iranian women’s movement which is rising in his native country. On September 30, during the presentation to the public of his new film Winnersthe Iranian-English filmmaker Hassan Nazer (Utopia, We’re […]
Fantastic Beasts 3 Censored In China For Dumbledore-Grindelwald Romance
The production company Warner Bros has agreed to remove two replicas of the film, formalizing for the first time the idyll between the future director of Hogwarts and the dark wizard. Six seconds of censorship. Warner complied with China’s wishes for the third part of the Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets , the universe preceding the […]
Death on the Nile banned in Kuwait due to the presence of Gal Gadot
The actress’ support for the Israeli army during the 2014 war continues to fuel calls for a boycott of her films. The presence of Gal Gadot was enough to wake up the Kuwaiti censors. The American movie Death on the Nile , adaptation by Kenneth Branagh of the novel by Agatha Christie and featuring the […]
For its broadcast in China, Fight Club amputated from its final scene
David Fincher’s film, available on the Tencent vod service, has been censored. Chinese moviegoers are wondering about the complicity of 20th Century Fox. In the films of the Middle Kingdom, the final word is not always that of the director. The most subversive American classics are now paying the price, like fight club , David […]
Hong Kong: films “violating national security” could be banned
Beijing wants to pass a law that would subject film production to draconian political censorship. Hong Kong will sift through the films already released to decide “if they constitute a threat to national security», Announced the authorities, who intend to pass a new law on censorship even more draconian. Read alsoChinese censorship descends on Hong […]