China pressures Melbourne International Film Festival

Written by Kelsey Brookes Wednesday, 15 July 2009 05:12

Chunmei Chen, the new Chinese cultural attache has contacted the organisers of the Melbourne International Film Festival in an attempt to get the festival to drop a film about an exiled Uighur businesswoman,"The 10 Conditions of Love".

The film has been blamed for instigating this month's ethnic riots.

"She urged me to withdraw the film from the festival and then told me in no uncertain terms that I should justify my decision to include the film in the festival program," Said fesitval director Richard Moore or Chen's request.

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