Category Archives: Film Ratings

Film and Video Labelling Body – censorship and charity

The Film and Video Labelling body (“FVLB”), like the Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc (“SPCS”), is constituted as an incorporated society under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. Like the Society, which is a registered charity (registered with the Charities Commission on 17/12/2007 Reg. No. CC20268); it too is a registered charity (registered 28/01/2008 [...]

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“Salo – Decision goes so low” says Family Voice Australia

FamilyVoice Australia: Media Release, 6 May 2010 “Yesterday’s confirmation of the R18+ rating for the DVD of Salo – Pasolini’s  film revelling in teen torture and sex abuse – hits a new low in Australian classification decisions,” FamilyVoice national policy officer Richard Egan said today. FamilyVoice Australia was the only community group to make a [...]

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Film “End of the Spear” R16 rating downgraded to R13 following Society’s successful appeal

The film “End of the Spear” has had its classification downgraded from R16 to R13 following a successful appeal by the Society against the classification decision issued by the Chief Censor’s Office. The Society contended in its written and oral submisssion to the Board that the nature of the depiction of violence in the film – medium level violence – could not possibly justify an R16 classification

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Submission to Secretary re film “End of the Spear”

Urgent Attention Secretary of Internal Affairs and copy for Mr Owen Davie Secretary, Film & Lierature Board of Review Additional Comments Relevant to Society’s Proposed Lower Classification of the DVD End of the Spear and Formal Application for Leave. 5 February 2008 Further to the information submitted earlier by fax by the Society to the [...]

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Submission to Board Re film “End of the Spear”

Attention: Film & Literature Board of Review (FLBR) Re: End of the Spear (DVD 113 min 30 sec in length. Classified R16 By Chief Censor’s Office – the Office of Film and Literature Classification [OFLC]).) The Society contends that the DVD feature End of the Spear, which is virtually identical to the 35 mm cinema [...]

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Morals body seeks lower [End of the Spear] film rating

KELLY ANDREW – The Dominion Post Saturday, 05 April 2008 http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4464953a6479.html A morals group is calling for a film’s rating to be lowered from R16 so that younger audiences can experience its Christian message. End of the Spear tells the true story of a group of Christian missionaries speared to death by an Ecuadorian tribe [...]

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