Refusal to Make Censorship Cuts Leads to Cancellation of Three Taiwanese Films; One Asked to Delete Presidential Office Protest Scene
拒應電檢要求刪改 3台灣電影取消放映 一片須刪總統府前遊行場面
Three Taiwanese films have had their screenings cancelled after refusing requests from the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration to cut scenes. They include the friendship film 《Fu laan saam siu》, the pandemic film 《Gaak lei ding nei》 and the documentary about Vietnamese migrant workers 《Tou paau dik jan》. The director of 《Tou paau dik jan》 told InMediaHK that he had been asked to cut a scene showing labour groups marching along Ketagalan Boulevard in front of Taiwan’s Presidential Office, and said it felt “very sudden and regrettable” that the film could not be screened in Hong Kong. The Panda International Film Festival, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and Images Without Borders Film Festival subsequently announced that screenings of the films had been cancelled. The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said it would not comment on individual film applications. Records show that in the past 18 months, at least nine films had their screenings cancelled after directors refused to make cuts requested by the film censor, while at least four others had to cancel screenings because they did not receive certificates of approval before release.
接連有3套台灣電影因拒應電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處要求刪減情節而取消放映，包括有關友情的《唬爛三小》、關於疫情的《隔離丁尼》及越南移工紀錄片《逃跑的人》，其中《逃》導演向《獨媒》表示，被要求修剪在總統府凱達格蘭大道前勞工團體遊行的場面，對未能在港放映感到「很突然，很遺憾」。原定放映以上短片的熊貓國際電影節、香港亞洲電影節及影像無國界電影節先後宣布取消放映，電檢處則稱不會評論個別影片申請。翻查資料，過去一年半至少9部電影因導演拒絕應電檢要求刪改而取消放映，亦有至少4部電影未能在上映前獲發准映證而需取消放映。