Cannes Archives - Index on Censorship

Antichrist film to be released uncut in the UK

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) have said that controversial Lars von Trier film, Antichrist, will be released uncut, as an 18 certificate version in the UK, despite scenes featuring erect penises, violent sex and genital mutilation. Read more here

Banned Iranian and Chinese directors premiere at Cannes

18 May 09 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost

China’s Lou Ye and Iran’s Bahman Ghobadi are both at Cannes Film Festival with movies made undercover after they were barred from working by the authorities at home. ” Read more here and here

Saberi leaves Iran but misses premiere at Cannes

15 May 09 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost

US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran, and flown to Austria with her family after being acquitted of espionage charges on Monday. A film on censorship in Iranian music, co-scripted by Saberi and directed by 2006 Index on Censorship award winner, Bahman Ghobadi premiered at Cannes Film festival yesterday. Read more here