DOCUMENTARY ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN TAIWAN PULLED FROM HONG KONG FILM FESTIVAL

  • 26/06/2021

A documentary, which discusses the issue of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, has been pulled from a film festival in Hong Kong.Cinema Broadway Cinematheque has announced that the documentary titled 'Taiwan Equals' has been pulled from the EU-Asia Rainbow Docs film festival after the city's authorities refused to approve the film in its entirety.

"The Film Censorship Authority did not authorise the screening of the full documentary. We jointly decided to cancel the screenings of the film, in accordance with our agreed policy not to screen censored films in this programme," the cinema posted in a statement on Facebook. Directed by Yan Zhexuan, Taiwan Equals Love is the first documentary that discusses the issue of same-sex marriage after it became officially recognised in Taiwan in 2016.The film interviewed and documented the journey of three same-sex couples from the island as they faced resistance from the anti-LGBT communities while legislators worked to pass an act to legalise gay marriage.

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