Balibo banned in Indonesia

From the Directors Suite Newsletter at Madman:

The Indonesian government perhaps feels that Robert Connelly’s political tale of the Balibo Five hit a bit too close to the truth. Minutes before a planned screening of the film in Jakarta, organisers were forced to cancel the event, a decision enforced by Indonesia’s censorship board, the LSF. Although director Connelly says the film is based on the real events in East Timor of five journalists who go missing on the eve of the Indonesian invasion, Indonesian authorities have dismissed the film as “fictitious” and a threat to the relationship between Australia and Indonesia. To add insult to injury, BALIBO’s screening time slot in the 11th Jakarta International Film Festival has been replaced with a screening of the underwhelming (500) DAYS OF SUMMER!

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