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The Asian film capital has cracked down on documentaries and independent productions that it fears could glamorize the pro-democracy movement.

A new censorship law could penalize anyone who screens unapproved films in Hong Kong with up to three years in jail.

Creative community comes to grips with new censorship landscape and complaints from government supportersObservers see shades of mainland’s Cultural Revolution as films are blocked, books are targeted

Hong Kong authorities are tightening their grip on the screening of films with a series of censorship law amendments that will include empowering the city’s Number Two official to ban previously approved productions if they are deemed threats to national security. The impending changes to the Film Censorship Ordinance will also require official censors to assess the impact of a...

A pro-democracy activist takes part in protests in Hong Kong, November 2014 Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images In the new Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla vs Kong, Hong Kong becomes the scene of an epic final battle against a monster that threatens to destroy the world. The skyscrapers of the city are reduced to rubble as King Kong slugs it out with the awoken colossus. Though the film wasn’t made by Hong Kong film-makers, it feels symbolic. In the week of its release, a sense of dread increased among the 7.5 million citizens of the territory, as they learned that the legal and governmental i...