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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has published new classification guidelines, with changes including stricter rules on scenes of ‘sexual threat and sexual violence’. Any film showing sexual violence will now receive a minimum rating of 15, rather than 12 or 12A in the UK.
Films with the strongest sex references, in particular those using ‘the language of pornography’, will receive an 18 rating. The new rules will come into effect on February 28, 2019.
UK releases that would have received different ratings under the new guidlines include The Duchess and The Kite Runner, which would...
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has published new classification guidelines, with changes including stricter rules on scenes of ‘sexual threat and sexual violence’. Any film showing sexual violence will now receive a minimum rating of 15, rather than 12 or 12A in the UK.
Films with the strongest sex references, in particular those using ‘the language of pornography’, will receive an 18 rating. The new rules will come into effect on February 28, 2019.
UK releases that would have received different ratings under the new guidlines include The Duchess and The Kite Runner, which would...
- 1/17/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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