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We took it on because of the attention it gets, and we’re willing to take a chance for ancillary benefits.”įollowing the pic’s screening at Cannes this year, Invincible snapped up domestic rights, and the film has sold to Accent in Oz and anonymous buyers in Germany and Italy. During the late 70s and 80s there was a lot of movies banned as video nasties. “But it’s not exploitation - it’s arthouse and a metaphor for the political and social situation in Serbia. : A Serbian Film (Uncut & Uncensored Edition) Blu-ray. The film remains banned in Australia as of 6 June 2003 when the film was refused classification by the Australian Classification Board that day. “It’s an extremely difficult film because of how it combines sex and violence,” said Richards. Still banned however, the film has not been widely distributed worldwide. But he also acknowledged the potential for such reaction beginning with the film’s world preem at the South by Southwest fest earlier this year, even as he underscored the film’s intent. Jinga Films head of production Julian Richards said the injunction in Spain is not affecting sales at AFM. and is releasing it theatrically in December. It was eventually submitted to the British Board of Film Classification, which ruled that 49 cuts to the film were required - reducing its running time by 4 1/2 minutes - in order for it to garner an 18 certification (the equivalent to an R rating Stateside).īrit distrib Revolver Entertainment picked up the film for the U.K. In August, the pic was pulled from FrightFest and British Horror Film Festival in Bournemouth. While the current ban is temporary - the San Sebastian court still has to rule on a definitive prohibition - the film ran into similar hurdles in the U.K. Pic, the first feature from Srdan Spasojevic, follows the story of a retired porn star who is struggling to provide for his family and agrees to participate in an “art film,” only to discover that it’s a graphic snuff film that depicts child rape and scenes of necrophilia. Yanked from San Sebastian’s Terror Week - a petition that appears to have prompted the temporary injunction.Ĭoncapa argued the film offended human dignity and the underage. One was a request by Spain’s Catholic Confederation of Family and Student Parents (Concapa) for the film to be