TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Indonesia's censor board says it has not banned of 'Lightyear' despite same-sex kiss
Rommy Fibri Hardiyanto, head of Indonesia's censoring office overseen by the Ministry of Education and Culture, told AFP that Disney has not offered a re-cut version of "Lightyear."
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Buzz Lightyear floats above the entrance to the Disney D23 EXPO 2015 held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 14, 2015. The three day event showcases all things Disney and is held every two years. (AFP/Mark Ralston)
I
ndonesia -- the world's largest Muslim-majority country -- said it had not banned Disney's latest animation "Lightyear," "but suggested the owner of the movie think about their audience in Indonesia where an LGBT kissing scene is still considered sensitive."
Rommy Fibri Hardiyanto, head of the Film Censorship Institute (LSF) overseen by the Ministry of Education and Culture, told AFP that Disney has not offered a re-cut version of "Lightyear."
"Lightyear," which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday.
Countries across Asia and the Middle East have refused to give Pixar's "Toy Story" spinoff a showing, in the latest development for parent company Disney as it tries to navigate differing public and political attitudes on LGBTQ issues.
Regulators in the United Arab Emirates this week announced they were banning the movie for "violation of the country's media content standards," tweeting a picture of titular hero Buzz Lightyear in a red "No" symbol.
In neighbouring Malaysia, the Film Censorship Board said if cuts were not made the film would not be screened in the country.
"It is not appropriate to show the two scenes, and they are not suitable to be viewed by children," an official, who declined to be named, told AFP.
