Hong Kong bans film over one-second scene showing 2014 protest

Hong Kong censors have banned an award-winning animation from being shown over a one-second scene depicting the 2014 pro-democracy protests, local media reported, in the latest sign of free speech curbs in the finance hub.

“Losing Sight of a Longed Place”, an eight-minute film about a young gay man’s struggles in Hong Kong, was scheduled to screen Sunday at a local film show organised by the…