IC: All public screenings reviewed for age rating

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said last night in response to an inquiry from the Macau Daily Times that, “all public screenings, performances, and public entertainment must go through the process of age classification by the Assessment Committee of the Performing Arts (ACPA).”

The response came after a source familiar with the event last week told the Times that the movies to be screened at the “6th Portuguese Cinema Showcase in Macau” had been subjected to a review which had resulted in the dropping of “one or more films.”

The allegations have not been confirmed nor dismissed by the organizers or the IC that, when questioned about the matter, only responded that the reviewing of films is a common procedure that applies not only to movies but to all kinds of cultural and artistic performances and screening before these are shown to the public.

To the question of whether any of the films proposed had been rejected or replaced, the IC said only that “screening arrangements are determined by the organizers.”

The Times also reached out to the organizing entity, Fundação Oriente (Orient Foundation), which chose not to make any comments on the matter.

The activity of the ACPA was at stake during this year’s Arts Festival drawing criticism namely from Doci Papiaçãm drama troupe.