Campbell (1957–1964) is appointed to the Appeals Board. Prowse is appointed Chief Censor and former Chief Censor C.J. The Miracle, Viridiana, La Dolce Vita, Fellini Satyricon, The Silence, Blowup and Zabriskie Point A full print of the film was later discovered and made commercially available on DVD in 2010. Claims made in the film that some Aboriginal Australians in the outback were actually neanderthals were also deemed by the Australian government to be harmful to ongoing anthropological research.Īfter its 1947 re-screening the film went missing. ĭawn, Klondike Annie, Compulsory Hands, Applause, Cape Forlorn, All Quiet on the Western Front, Gang Bullets, and many moreĬreswell O'Reilly was hired as Chief Censor around this time, during which many films were banned.Īll films are now unbanned, though their classification rating varies.Ī Columbia Pictures film deemed to be prejudicial to Aboriginal Australians by the Australian government. The Australian censors were concerned about the effects of such films on female audiences. ( November 2021)Īll films about bushranging, like The Tide of Death, for instance. This film-related list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. Such penalties do not apply to individuals, but rather individuals responsible for and/or corporations distributing or exhibiting such films to a wider audience.
Personal ownership of banned films is legal (except in Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and/or if they contain illegal content), and it is legal to access them via the internet. Additionally, the RC classification is mandatory for any classifiable work that advocates the commission of a terrorist act under section 9A of the Classification Act of 1995.įilms that are banned by the Australian Classification Board are labelled "Refused Classification" (RC) and the sale, distribution, public exhibition and/or importation of RC material is a criminal offense punishable by a fine up to A$275,000 and/or up to 10 years imprisonment. This is a list of films that have been or are banned in Australia.įilms that are banned in Australia have been considered to be offensive against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by "reasonable adults" to the extent that they should not be classified.įilms can be banned by the Australian Classification Board if they "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified", "depict or describe in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 (whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)", or "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence".