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Wednesday 27 May 2015 - 10:05 Makkah mean time-9-8-1436
Filmmaker Nabil Ayouch - Mid (Image from Internet)
Rabat (IINA) – The Moroccan government decided on Monday to ban screening the controversial film “Much Loved” in Moroccan cinema, Morocco World News reported.
In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Communications said the decision to ban the film had been taken after a team from the state-run Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM) saw it "at an international festival", a clear reference to Cannes.
“The film undermines the moral values, and dignity of Moroccan women, as well as all the image of Morocco,” the statement added.
Clips of film posted on YouTube over the past few days raised eyebrows and stirred a heated debate in the country, prompting a number of activists to call on the Moroccan government to ban it.
Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, who was accused by a number of Moroccans of defaming Moroccan women, said on Tuesday he was shocked after Morocco banned his film.
"I don't understand that my film can be banned when we haven't yet applied for a permit for it to be shown," he told AFP.
"The freedom of expression of all Moroccan artists is under threat by this act of censorship by anticipation," he added.
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