Suicide Notice | More than four months after submission, film barred from screening as “prejudicial to national security”; Kiwi Chow: National Security Law has harmed Hong Kong, another case
自殺通告｜送檢逾四個月 被指「不利國安」禁上映 周冠威：國安法遺禍香港，再多一案例
The film Suicide Notice, directed by Kiwi Chow and starring Anthony Wong, received no response for more than four months after being submitted for inspection on 4 August this year. Chow said he was formally notified on 12 December that the film was considered “prejudicial to national security” and therefore unsuitable for screening, meaning that Suicide Notice had officially been banned from screening in Hong Kong. “Of course it is painful. My own work, and the efforts of so many people, cannot be screened in Hong Kong. It is a very regrettable and heartbreaking thing,” Chow said in an interview with The Collective. He admitted that he believed the decision was “targeting the person rather than the matter” and expected it would be difficult to make films in Hong Kong in the future, but said he would continue creating and had even strengthened his resolve: “Whatever I make, I hope it will still be free.” The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said it “has always handled all film-submission applications in accordance with the law and will not comment on individual cases.”
由周冠威執導、黃秋生主演的電影《自殺通告》，自今年 8 月 4 日送檢後，逾四個月仍無回音。周冠威指於 12 月 12 日正式獲通知，指影片涉「不利於國家安全」，因此不宜上映，意味《自殺通告》在港正式被禁映。「當然係痛苦，自己嘅作品、好多人嘅心血唔能夠喺香港可以放映到，係好遺憾、好痛心嘅一件事。」周冠威接受《集誌社》訪問時說。他坦言，認為決定「對人不對事」、料未來也難在香港拍電影，但他仍會繼續創作、甚至加強了決心，「我拍啲乜嘢呢，我希望仍然係自由嘅。」 電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處回覆指「一直依法處理所有電影送檢申請，不會評論個別個案」。