After four months of restless waiting, filmmaker Kiwi Chow received a dreaded, but not altogether unexpected, message: Hong Kong censors had banned his new movie from reaching the big screen. The ...

The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship ...

The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Directed by rising filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, it ...

Praveen Morchhale’s latest feature “White Snow” follows a mother’s arduous trek through Kashmir’s Himalayan peaks to screen her son’s banned film, marking the director’s continued exploration of ...

Many Hindi films have been banned over the years because of what they were about, how they were made, or both. These include ...

Hong Kong banned no films between 2016 and 2020, but that figure jumped to 10 in 2023. Chow said he believes his film was rejected not because of its content, but because his years flouting Beijing's ...

Praveen Morchhale’s latest feature “White Snow” follows a mother’s arduous trek through Kashmir’s Himalayan peaks to screen her son’s banned film, marking the director’s continued exploration of ...