15 Mar 2021立場新聞#1272
Golden Scene Cinema cancels screenings of “Inside the Red Brick Wall”, citing excessive attention
高先電影院宣布,因《理大圍城》放映事宜「近日受到過度關注」。「為避免引起不必要的誤會」,戲院方面決定取消兩場《理大圍城》放映會。
Golden Scene Cinema announced that the screenings of “Inside the Red Brick Wall” had “recently received excessive attention”. “To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings,” the cinema decided to cancel the two screenings of the film.
12 Mar 2021立場新聞#1270
Golden Scene Cinema Adds Showings of *Inside the Red Brick Wall*; Sold Out After Public Queues Overnight — Wen Wei Po Urges Film Censorship Authority to “Ban Screening in Accordance with the Law”
高先電影院日前宣布舉行將播放曾捲入電檢風波的反送中紀錄片《理大圍城》,是首間播放《理大圍城》商業影院。《文匯報》發表社評狙擊,指電影「有違反《電影檢查條例》及香港國安法的明顯嫌疑」,促請電檢處「依法禁播」。
Golden Scene Cinema recently announced that it would screen *Inside the Red Brick Wall*, a documentary that had previously been caught up in a film-censorship controversy, making it the first commercial cinema to screen the film. Wen Wei Po published an editorial criticising the film, saying it had “obvious grounds for suspicion of violating the Film Censorship Ordinance and the Hong Kong National Security Law”, and urged the Film Censorship Authority to “ban screening in accordance with the law”.
10 Mar 2021明報#1268
Hong Kong Story Highlights Exhibition Drops “Colony”, “Riots” and “Anti-corruption Struggle”, Expands Coverage of One Country, Two Systems
香港歷史博物館去年關閉常設展「香港故事」作翻新。《明報》參觀暫時代替常設展濃縮版的「精華展」,發現展覽講述香港回歸的部分,未有如常設展提及「殖民地」字眼,並增加篇幅講述《基本法》把維護國家主權、統一和領土完整等因素結合。
The Hong Kong Museum of History closed its permanent Hong Kong Story exhibition last year for refurbishment. Ming Pao visited the Highlights exhibition, a condensed version temporarily replacing the permanent exhibition, and found that its section on Hong Kong’s return to China did not, unlike the permanent exhibition, mention the term “colony”. It also devoted more space to explaining how the Basic Law combines factors including the safeguarding of national sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity.
1 Mar 2021立場新聞#1253
Targeted by party media for days, M+ says it has no plans to display Ai Weiwei work in opening exhibition
預計今年年底開幕的西九文化區 M+ 博物館,其藏品連日遭建制派及《大公報》、《文匯報》等建制媒體抨擊,指藏品涉違國安法。當中艾未未的《透視研究:天安門》更多次被點名。M+ 今日回覆傳媒查詢指,沒有計劃於開幕展覽中展示艾未未的有關作品。
M+, the museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District scheduled to open at the end of this year, has seen its collection criticised in recent days by pro-establishment figures and pro-establishment media including Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, which said some items could involve violations of the National Security Law. Ai Weiwei’s “Study in Perspective: Tiananmen” has been singled out several times. In response to media enquiries today, M+ said it had no plans to display the relevant works by Ai Weiwei in its opening exhibition.
26 Dec 2020立場新聞#1111
Good Neighbour North District Church employees: 20 have resigned collectively, citing disappointment and distrust in pastor Chan Hoi-hing and accusing him of disregarding staff safety
好鄰舍北區教會20名員工發總辭聲明,表示對前會堂主任陳凱興失望及不信任,斥陳不重視員工安危。目前教會只餘2名員工仍然在職。
Twenty employees of Good Neighbour North District Church issued a collective resignation statement, saying they were disappointed in and distrusted former pastor Chan Hoi-hing, and accusing him of disregarding staff safety. Only two employees remain in post at the church.
3 Nov 2020獨媒#884
Kowloon City District Team Says It Will Cultivate Patriotic Sports Talent; Pro-Democracy Camp Warns Funding May Be Withheld
九龍城區議會地區足球隊工作小組下午開會,九龍城區體育會向區議會申請28萬元,為地區足球隊報名參與2020至21年度的足總乙組賽事。民主派曾健超質疑,九龍城區體育會在網頁的簡介中,主旨竟開宗明義為「培養愛國愛港之體育人材」,「點解咁努力將政治帶入足球?」民主派區議員則警告,如果九龍城區體育會不謹守政治中立,或會在來年扣起撥款。
The Kowloon City District Council’s District Football Team Working Group met in the afternoon. The Kowloon City District Sports Association applied to the council for HK$280,000 to enter the district football team in the Football Association’s Division Two competition for the 2020–21 season. Pro-democracy camp member Tsang Kin-chiu questioned why the association’s website introduction stated at the outset that its purpose was to “cultivate patriotic and Hong Kong-loving sports talent”, asking, “Why work so hard to bring politics into football?” Pro-democracy district councillors warned that funding might be withheld next year if the association failed to maintain political neutrality.
31 Oct 2020獨媒#873
Tai Koo residents book out screening of *Ten Years*; director feels heartache on rewatching it
由太古街坊組成的社區組織「太古同怒人」,今日於香港藝術中心包場,播放 《十年》、《地厚天高》和《理大圍城》三套電影,並邀請電影監製和導演到場分享。《十年》導演之一周冠威一度眼紅,指自己最初創作時很絕望,但經歷反送中後再看《十年》,感到心痛又亢奮:「呢班前線、呢班手足、呢班勇武,你哋確實畀咗好大嘅亢奮我。我只係拍電影,我只係想像出嚟;我做嘅微不足道,但你哋用身體做出嚟。」
The community organisation “Tai Koo Tung Nou Yan”, formed by Tai Koo residents, today booked out the Hong Kong Arts Centre to screen *Ten Years*, *The Great Learning* and *Inside the Red Brick Wall*, and invited the films’ producers and directors to share their experiences. Chow Kwun-wai, one of the directors of *Ten Years*, became visibly emotional at one point. He said he had felt desperate when he first created the film, but after experiencing the anti-extradition movement, he felt heartbroken yet exhilarated when watching *Ten Years* again: “You frontliners, you fellow protesters, you militant ones—you really gave me a great sense of exhilaration. I only make films; I only imagined it. What I did was insignificant, but you enacted it with your bodies.”
25 Oct 2020獨媒#865
HKU’s “Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement Artefact Exhibition”: Object Narratives—Using the Last Freedom
名為「格物」的「反修例運動文物展」,由10月19日至31日在香港大學學生會大樓舉行。「物敍」發起人Stary表示,叫「物敍」的原因是想「以物敍事」——在反修例運動中,我們有不少相片、文字的紀錄,所以她希望以物件做紀錄的載體,讓參觀者從中體會真實和現場感。
The “Gewu” Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement artefact exhibition will be held at the University of Hong Kong Students’ Union Building from October 19 to 31. Stary, the initiator of “Object Narratives”, said the name reflected the wish to “tell stories through objects”. There are many photographic and written records of the movement, and she therefore hoped to use objects as a medium for documenting it, allowing visitors to experience its authenticity and sense of being there.
1 Sept 2020聞庫(立場)#793
Online Church Lecture Disrupted as “National Security Bureau” User Demands Login; Pastor Removed from Chatroom, Suspected National Security or “50-Cent” Harassment
中華基督教會屯門堂周日(8 月 30 日)在網上舉辦名為「紅旗下十架的歷史變遷」講座,但遭到自稱「國安」用戶登入,主任牧師陳勉宜其後更遭「踢出」聊天室,多次重新登入不果。他懷疑,事件背後有可能是國安人員,或者是「五毛」冒名國安發功,借此威嚇、震懾教會,希望公開事件令其他信仰團體有所警覺。
The Chinese Christian Church, Tuen Mun Church, held an online lecture titled “Historical Changes of the Cross under the Red Flag” on Sunday (August 30). However, a user claiming to be from “national security” logged in, after which senior pastor Chan Min-yee was “kicked out” of the chatroom and was unable to log in again despite repeated attempts. He suspected that the incident may have involved national security personnel, or that “50-cent” commentators had impersonated national security officials to launch the harassment. He said the church was making the incident public in the hope that it would alert other faith groups.
Date unavailableUnknown source#2159
Two Fresh Wave Short Films Involving Political Issues Await Certificates of Approval
鮮浪潮國際短片節中兩部牽涉政治議題的短片《群鼠》和《Time, and Time Again》在放映前未獲電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處發「核准證明書」。十六屆鮮浪潮國際短片節導演翌日發表聯合聲明指電檢處拖延發放審批等同禁播,並敦促處方盡早回應審批結果以及解釋延遲發布的原因。
Two short films involving political issues, “The Rat Race” and “Time, and Time Again,” at the Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival had not received Certificates of Approval from the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration before their screenings. Directors at the 16th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival issued a joint statement the following day, saying that the Film Censorship Authority’s delay in issuing approval amounted to a ban on screening. They urged the authority to respond as soon as possible on the approval results and explain the reasons for the delay.
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