The Irish Film Censorship Office, renamed in 2008 as the Irish Film Classification Office, cuts out movies and videos for rental releases, or puts a high age ranking on them. Since the release of Michael Collins in 1996, originally rated PG (before being upgraded to 12 for DVDs) despite strong violent depictions, the sensor office has reduced the age rating in general and rarely cut the film.
Ratings typically match those in the UK, or one level higher or lower. In 2000, The Cider House Rules received 18 certificates in Ireland for the theme of abortion and incest, despite the fact that in the UK the film received 12 certificates. Tokyo Raiders , Who am I? and The In Crowd are also ranked 12th in the United Kingdom and 18 in Ireland. In a similar case in 2008, Frost/Nixon received 15 certificates in the UK but a PG certificate in Ireland because "rarely medium to strong language, light sex references and short archival tape records. ".
Video Film censorship in the Republic of Ireland
Movie rating
Eight categories of movie ratings exist, though the movie may have been reassessed at the time the video/DVD was released.
There are 3 previous categories that are no longer used:
Certifications G, PG, and 18 share the same principles in video, but some 18s films may be rejected video release certificates.
Movies that are prohibited and have no appeal filed, or that fail on appeal, have law enforcement published in Iris OifigiÃÆ'ºil, the state journal. The latest enforcement notice, in 2005, appeared in the journal September 20, 2005, and was the first of this year. Revocation notifications are also published in journals, where movies have been banned and then allowed. The 2010 DVD release of the 1978 movie "I Spit on Your Grave" is the latest example of the IFCO ban.
Maps Film censorship in the Republic of Ireland
Legislation
The main rules on which Irish films are censored are:
- The Censorship Film Act, 1923 is an act "to provide official censorship of cinematographic images and to other matters relating to it". It set up the Official Film Censorship office and the Film Sensor Appeal Film (see William Magennis) and that no film is publicly exhibited without a certificate.
- The Film Censors Act, 1923 has been changed by the Film Censors Act (Amendment Act, 1925), in connection with an advertisement for a movie. It was changed by the Film Censorship (Amendment) Act, 1930 to extend the law for "vowel or other voices" that accompany the picture.
- The Emergency Powers Act 1939 deals with the preservation of the State in times of war and contains provisions relating to censorship of communication, including letters, newspapers and magazines.
- Film Censorship (Amendment) Act 1970 allows movies to be re-sent for certification seven years after being rejected.
- The Video Act Record, 1989 adds a DVD video/record to the Sensor Film's responsibility for checking. Different classifications can be given rather than feature movies in the same provided but the sensor can not refuse to provide certificates for the video if the certificate is valid for feature films in common.
Forbidden movie
Many films have been banned in Ireland, including Monty Python Life of Brian , From Dusk Till Dawn and A Clockwork Orange . A review in 2000 meant that much of this has since been banned and scored anywhere from G to 18. During the review process it was decided that no more films would be banned for either film or video releases, but some restrictions were still in place.
Official figures from the Film Censorship Office stated that 2,500 films received a ban on theatrical performances, and over 11,000 films were cut, between the 1920s and the 1980s.
The most famous recent ban is from the Boy Eats Girl in 2005, a film starring Irish actress Samantha Mumba, for his graphic depictions of suicide attempts. After the appeal, it is released cut with a rating of 15A, away from the highest possible.
Prior to the 1989 Video Recording Act, many films were banned in theaters available for free in the video tape to anyone in Ireland regardless of age.
The year listed refers to when the movie was banned in Ireland, not necessarily the release date.
Exceptions
Restrictions applied to commercial cinema do not apply to movie clubs. The Irish Film Theater (1977-84), his predecessor, the Irish Film Society and his successor, the Irish Film Institute, specifically for decades in displaying home art films that were cut because the films shown in private did not need to be examined by the Office of Censorship.. The National Film Institute (later Irish Film Institute) was originally formed to comply with the 1939 encyclical Vigilanti Cura. At one time this led to a legal anomaly in which 35 mm of certain films would be required to have "cuts" mandated by the Office of Film Censorship while 16 mm prints were not, on the false belief that all 16 molds of mm were destined for private film clubs. In practice, some commercial cinemas in smaller towns and "cinema trips" (often featuring films in village halls owned by the Catholic Church) are only equipped to show 16 mm prints. The closure of almost all smaller theaters (due to the increasing popularity of television and video) means that currently the only place that shows this 16 mm print is the bona fide film club.
See also
- Censorship in the Republic of Ireland
- Kevin Rockett, an Irish film historian
References
External links
- BANNED: 10 controversial films banned in Ireland Ireland Independent
- Film Censorship Cut! Cork Online Law Review 2006
- The Irish Film Classification Office
- Are Irish Film Censors Too Strict? (1964 vox pop) RTÃÆ' â € ° Archive.
- The Irish Film Sensor Archive - Trinity College Dublin
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- Movies are banned in Ireland - boards.ie
- https://www.thejournal.ie/censored-the-274-books-and-magazines-still-banned-in-ireland-today-455034-May2012/
- https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/ireland-a-nation-film-banned
- https://www.thejournal.ie/banned-film-festival-1292788-Feb2014/
- http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/archives/irish-film-censorship/
- https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2011/FAVK054/um/27468142/censoring_american_film_in_ireland.pdf
- http://www.ifco.ie/ifco/ifcoweb.nsf/lookupreports2/AA073005F7A0F95780256F020055DD28/$File/a history.pdf
- http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/WP15000099
- Link legislation
- Film Censorship Act, 1923
- Film Censorship (Amendment) Act, 1925
- Film Censorship Rules (Sensor Censor Exhibition), 1926
- Film Censorship (Amendment) Act, 1930
- Film Sensor (No. 1) Order, 1930
- Film Censorship (Amendment) Act, 1970
- Video Act Recordings, 1989
- Film Censorship (Amendment) Act, 1992
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