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The following is a list of films banned in the Philippines. This list includes films which were banned for public screening in the Philippines by law by virtue of being given an "X" or "Banned" rating or by being deemed "not fit for public exhibition" by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB).
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (Filipino: Lupon sa Rebyu at Klasipikasyon ng Pelikula at Telebisyon; [1] abbreviated as MTRCB) is a Philippine government agency under the Office of the President of the Philippines that is responsible for the classification and review of television programs, motion pictures and home videos.
TV5 questioned the MTRCB's decision to suspend the program, stating that the action was heavy-handed and called it an act of censorship, though it was then lifted after a couple of days. [10] On May 30, the MTRCB imposed another suspension until lasting from May 31 to August 31 due to the same issue.
Post-war state censorship of print media is limited as the press functioned as a watchdog of the government. During this period, the Philippine press is known to be the “freest in Asia”. [7] The Board of Review for Moving Pictures (BRMP) regulated cinema from the end of the war until 1961.
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Dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Cinema," his work marked the start of cinema as an art form in the Philippines. [ 7 ] Even with the problems currently facing motion pictures around the world, films are still considered one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipino people , directly employing some 260,000 Filipinos and ...
Film censorship is the censorship of motion pictures, either through the excising of certain frames or scenes, or outright banning of films in their entirety. Film censorship typically occurs as a result of political or moral objections to a film's content; controversial content subject to censorship include the depiction of graphic violence ...