Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings

Malaysia and Bangladesh employ a system of film censorship govern by a Film Censorship Board established under legislations. Malaysia provides three ratings namely U, PG-13, 18 and Bangladesh provides two types of film rating namely U and A. Apart from providing rating designed to categorise film w...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Md Zahidul, Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/1/Views%20on%20Film%20Censorship%20by%20Regulators%20and%20Industry.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/3/IBBC2016%20Concurrent%20Session.pdf

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spelling	iium-543902017-02-07T07:49:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/ Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings Islam, Md Zahidul Shuaib, Farid Sufian K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Malaysia and Bangladesh employ a system of film censorship govern by a Film Censorship Board established under legislations. Malaysia provides three ratings namely U, PG-13, 18 and Bangladesh provides two types of film rating namely U and A. Apart from providing rating designed to categorise film with regard to suitability for audiences in term of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity or other types of mature content, the Boards also provides guidelines on the do’s and don’ts in film content.. These guidelines could be regarded as restrictions and a form of censorship. The purpose of this paper is to share views of parties involved in film productions such as producers and directors regarding film censorship and the film censors themselves in each country. The research found that there are some contradicting views regarding film censorship between the censors and the film industry players. 2016-09-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/1/Views%20on%20Film%20Censorship%20by%20Regulators%20and%20Industry.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/3/IBBC2016%20Concurrent%20Session.pdf Islam, Md Zahidul and Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2016) Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings. In: 7th International Borneo Business Conference (IBBC 2016), 7th-8th Sept. 2016, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Unpublished) http://www.ums.edu.my/fpep/index.php/en/seminar-and-conference/ibbc-2016
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description	Malaysia and Bangladesh employ a system of film censorship govern by a Film Censorship Board established under legislations. Malaysia provides three ratings namely U, PG-13, 18 and Bangladesh provides two types of film rating namely U and A. Apart from providing rating designed to categorise film with regard to suitability for audiences in term of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity or other types of mature content, the Boards also provides guidelines on the do’s and don’ts in film content.. These guidelines could be regarded as restrictions and a form of censorship. The purpose of this paper is to share views of parties involved in film productions such as producers and directors regarding film censorship and the film censors themselves in each country. The research found that there are some contradicting views regarding film censorship between the censors and the film industry players.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Islam, Md Zahidul Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_facet	Islam, Md Zahidul Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_sort	Islam, Md Zahidul
title	Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings
title_short	Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings
title_full	Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings
title_fullStr	Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings
title_full_unstemmed	Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings
title_sort	views on film censorship by films practitioners in malaysia and bangladesh: some preliminary findings
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/1/Views%20on%20Film%20Censorship%20by%20Regulators%20and%20Industry.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54390/3/IBBC2016%20Concurrent%20Session.pdf
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Views on film censorship by films practitioners in Malaysia and Bangladesh: some preliminary findings

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