The award-winning film Sex.Violence.FamilyValues was banned by the Singapore government in 2012 for its allegedly "racially offensive" content. But following a successful appeal by its producers, the film was released in Singapore on March 14, 2013. According to yahoo.sg, the 47 minutes long made-in-Singapore anthology of 3 short stories has already chalked up a healthy S$10,000 on its opening weekend:
Below is the theatrical trailer of the movie.
BANNED in 2012. BACK in 2013. Sex.Violence.FamilyValues - theatrical trailer from Ken Kwek on Vimeo.
Previously banned, the local film sparked debate when the Media Development Authority (MDA) revoked the licence of the film less than a week before its original release last year. Now it will now get an extended run at Cathay for one additional week following sturdy box-office sales.
“The fact that the number of audiences has made Cathay expand screenings is obviously nice to me as a filmmaker,” Kwek told Yahoo! Singapore over the phone.
“But the film being 3 short stories coming in under an hour, it’s a weird thing, an unusual product,” the 33-year-old added.Several scenes in the movie prompted Media Development Authority to review and ban the movie. In one of them, in short movie named ‘Porn Masala’, a scene shows a Chinese director played by Adrian Pang lets loose racial jibes at an Indian actor played by Vadi PVSS.
Source : Director Ken Kwek pleased with success of Sex.Violence.FamilyValues ‘experiment’
Below is the theatrical trailer of the movie.
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