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 v          3.50 - 2013 Cambodia/Singapore crime thriller by Chhay Bora.
 v          21 Months of Hell - 2017 documentary by Yadu Vijayakrishnan.


 X   21 Months of Hell

21 Months of Hell is a 2017 documentary by Yadu Vijayakrishnan. Melon Farmers Link Here  IMDb link

 v          300 - 2006 USA action fantasy by Zack Snyder.
 v          2012 - 2009 USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Roland Emmerich.
 v       A Ma Soeur! - 2001 French/Spanish drama by


 X   A Ma Soeur!
  • Fat Girl
  • A mia sorella
  • For my Sister
A Ma Soeur! is a 2001 French/Italian/Spanish drama by
With Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida and Libero De Rienzo. Melon Farmers Link Here  YouTube trailer  IMDb link
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for cinema but was cut for DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Banned by the Canadian province of Ontario from 2001 until 2003.

Canada: Unbanned in Ontario in 2003

After the retirement of the veteran film censor Robert Warren, the board agreed to have Fat Girl resubmitted and approved for screening unedited. The board no longer wished to get into a constitutional fight over the powers of the board.

Canada: Banned in Ontario in 2001

The Ontario Film Review Board rejected the film for distribution under the provincial Theatres Act that prohibits the depiction of sex-related nudity involving someone who is underaged or appears to be underaged.

The film was shown uncensored in other Canadian provinces.

The distributors then initiated a legal action against Ontario contending that the ban was unconstitutional. The distributors contended that: the power to ban movies is an unjustifiable infringement of the fundamental right to freedom of expression guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Availability

UK : Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2001 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

 v          Abominable - 2019 China/USA  children's cartoon comedy by Jill Culton


 X   Abominable

Abominable is a 2019 China/USA  children's cartoon comedy by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman (co-director).
Starring Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai and Tenzing Norgay Trainor. Melon Farmers Link Here  IMDb link

Banned in Vietnam, cut in Malaysia, and boycotted in the Philippines. The new animated children's movie Abominable, a co-production between the American studio DreamWorks and the Chinese company Pearl Studio, seems innocent enough. A Chinese girl finds a yeti, a mythical creature also known as the Abominable Snowman. But in Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia, the abomination in the movie is not the yeti but an image of a map of the South China Sea. And on that map, there's a U-shaped dotted line that encompasses almost the entire South China Sea. It's known as the Nine-Dash Line. Under international agreements, China does not have exclusive rights to the entire South China Sea. But Beijing has just simply ignored that and called it an illegitimate ruling. Now at every opportunity China presents its claims as fact. This claim is not OK with other countries in the region.

Vietnam: Banned in October 2019

The image of the map caused Vietnam to remove the movie from theaters

Malaysia: Withdrawn in October 2019

Malaysia's film censor has ordered the China map to be cut  However the film's producers Universal declined to implement censor cuts to a scene showing China's nine-dash line claim to the South China Sea.

Philippines: Banned in October 2019

The animated film has been removed from Philippine theaters since Tuesday, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board said in a statement.

MTRCB understands the situation brought about by the movie 'Abominable.' We wish to assure the public that the said movie is already off the Philippine market effective October 15, 2019, said MTRCB Chair Rachel Arenas.

Summary Notes

Three teenagers must help a Yeti return to his family while avoiding a wealthy man and a zoologist who want it for their own needs.

 v   The Adventure of a Married Couple - 2013 Iran family drama short by Keywan Karimi.


 X   The Adventure of a Married Couple
  • Zan va shohar Karegar
The Adventure of a Married Couple is a 2013 Iran family drama short by Keywan Karimi.
Starring Bamdad Afshar, Mohammad Akhari and Anahita Iravani. Melon Farmers Link Here  IMDb link

 v          Among the Believers - 2015 Pakistan/USA war biography by Mohammed Naqvi
 v          Annabelle 2 - 2017 USA horror mystery thriller by David F Sandberg.
 v          Antichrist - 2009 Denmark/Poland drama by Lars Von Trier.
 v          Arpat - 2015 Thailand horror drama by Kanittha Kwanyu


 X   Arpat
  • Apatti
  • Arbat
Arpat is a 2015 Thailand horror drama by Kanittha Kwanyu
Starring Pimpan Chalaikupp, Sorapong Chatree and Danai Jarujinda Melon Farmers Link Here  IMDb link
The film featured an errant monk, a commonplace issue in Thailand, and so the censors decided that the depiction of errant monks somehow threaten buddhism. The film was initially banned because it might create unnecessary conflicts in society if the committee had let it pass. The film censors later passed the film 18+ after scenes showing errant behaviour by the monk were cut.

  News, September 2016: Oscars

The Buddhist-themed horror film Arpat has been renamed to Apatti and has now been submitted as Thailand's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at next year's Oscars, the committee of the Federation of Thai Film Associations has announced.
 v   The Attack - 2012 Lebanon/Belgium drama by Ziad Doueiri.
 v   The Attacks of 26/11 - 2013 India drama by Ram Gopal Varma.

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