Public screenings of the British horror film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” have been abruptly called off in Hong Kong, adding to worries about growing censorship in the Chinese territory.
Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced with “great regret” Tuesday that the film’s release Thursday in Hong Kong and the neighboring Chinese territory of Macau had been canceled, without giving a reason.
“We are incredibly sorry for the disappointment and inconvenience,” it said on Facebook.
Earlier, it had listed 30 movie theaters around Hong Kong where the film was set to be screened. It did not respond to requests for additional comment.
A screening that had been planned for Tuesday night was also canceled because of “technical reasons,” the organizer, Moviematic, said on Instagram.
The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration, or OFNAA, which enforces Hong Kong’s film classification and censorship rules, said it had issued a certificate of approval for the film to be screened.
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