Banned film exposes HK’s censorship trend: directorAFP, HONG KONGAfter four months of restless waiting, filmmaker Kiwi Chow (周冠威) received a dreaded, but not altogether unexpected, message: Hong Kong censors had banned his new movie from reaching the big screen. Film director Kiwi Chow poses for a photograph in his office in Hong Kong on Wednesday last week. Film censorship rules were tightened a year later. Asked about Deadline, the Hong Kong Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said it would not comment on individual applications. Hong Kong banned no films between 2016 and 2020, but that figure jumped to 10 in 2023.

Source: Taipei Times December 22, 2025 16:35 UTC