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HONG KONG — Ukukhonjiswa kwefilimu ethi, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” ifilimu yaseBrithani exegayo okufanele ikhishwe eHong Kong kuleli sonto, kuhoxisiwe, kusho umsabalalisi wayo ngoLwesibili, ngaphandle kokubeka isizathu sokuyikhipha.
I-VII Pillars Entertainment ithe ekhasini layo le-Facebook “ngokuzisola okukhulu” ukuthi ukukhishwa kwefilimu okwakuhlelelwe yona ngoMashi 23 kukhanseliwe. Ayizange inikeze eminye imininingwane.
Ama-censors aseShayina esikhathini esidlule bebeqondise umlingisi ophambili wefilimu, eyaqalwa umlobi oyiNgisi u-AA Milne, ngenxa yama-memes aqhathanisa ibhere elibhubhuzayo noMongameli uXi Jinping.
Ukuqhathanisa kwaqala ngo-2013 ngesikhathi u-Xi evakashele e-United States futhi ehlangana nozakwabo wangaleso sikhathi u-Barack Obama nabanye abahlaziyi be-inthanethi bathatha ukufana kwabo noPooh noTigger.
Abanye abantu basebenzise isithombe sikaPooh ukukhombisa ukuphikisa.
I-Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (OFNAA) itshele abeReuters ukuthi isikhiphe isitifiketi sokugunyaza kumfakisicelo.
“Ukuhlelwa kwamabhayisikobho e-Hong Kong mayelana nokukhonjiswa kwamafilimu ngamanye anezitifiketi zokuvunywa emagcekeni awo yizinqumo zezentengiselwano zamabhayisikobho athintekayo, futhi i-OFNAA ngeke iphawule ngamalungiselelo anjalo,” kusho umkhulumeli.
Isixhumanisi sokubhuka amathikithi ekhasini layo le-Facebook siveze umyalezo othi amathikithi awatholakali okwesikhashana.
I-Moviematic, ebihlele ukukhonjiswa kwefilimu ngoLwesibili kusihlwa, ibike ngokuhoxiswa kwayo ekhasini layo lezokuxhumana ekuqaleni kosuku futhi yaveza izizathu zobuchwepheshe zokuhoxiswa kwayo.
Umthetho omusha wokubala endaweni eyayiyikoloni laseBrithani waqala ukusebenza ngo-2021. Amanye amafilimu avinjelwe ukuthi aboniswe esifundeni sokuphatha esikhethekile sase-China.
Umthetho wedolobha wokucwaninga uvimbela amafilimu “avumela, asekela, adumisa, akhuthaze futhi agqugquzele imisebenzi engase ifake ukuphepha kwezwe engozini.”
IBeijing yabeka umthetho wezokuphepha kuzwelonke eHong Kong ngo-2020 ngemuva kokuthi idolobha linyakaziswa imibhikisho emelene nohulumeni. Umthetho ubeka isijeziso sanoma yini ethathwa njengokuketula, ukuhlukana, ukusebenzisana namabutho angaphandle kanye nobuphekula.
Amafilimu amabili ahoxiswa kwifestiveli yamafilimu yamazwe ngamazwe yaseHong Kong ngonyaka odlule ngemuva kokuhluleka ukugunyazwa yiziphathimandla.
Ukukhanselwa kuza njengoba i-Hong Kong isingathe umbukiso wezobuciko wesimanje we-Art Basel oneziphathimandla ezizimisele ukukhangisa idolobha njengesizinda samasiko esinempilo. – AbakwaReuters
