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Why?. Some of M'sia’s Best Films Aren’t Shown in Malaysia. Movies that win praise and prizes abroad are sometimes banned or heavily censored at home, where some religious, racial and sexual themes are considered off-limits.

The M'sian authorities quietly presented the director Amanda Nell Eu with an ultimatum: They would submit her film “Tiger Stripes” to the 2024 Academy Awards only if scenes they deemed inappropriate were cut for local audiences.
“Tiger Stripes,” follows a rebellious girl who gets her period, was riding high after winning grand prize at the 2023 Cannes Critics’ Week. It needed a theatrical run in Malaysia of @least 7 days to become eligible for Oscars. So Eu agreed, reluctantly, but publicly denounced the domestic version. Eu, 39, said in a recent interview that her film is about a young girl’s fight for the freedom to express herself, and the cuts for the domestic release destroyed its essence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/movie...rship.html