Monty Python's Life of Brian and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film). However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981. In 2013, a German official in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia considered the film to be possibly offensive to Christians and hence subject to a local regulation prohibiting its public screening on Good Friday, despite protests by local atheists. In New York (the film's release in
Film censorship in the Republic of Ireland appeared in the 20 September 2005 journal, and was the first of the year. Revocation notices are also published in the journal, where a film has been banned and then allowed. The 2010 DVD release of the 1978 film "I Spit on Your Grave" is the most recent instance of an IFCO ban. The main legislation under which Irish films are censored are: Many films have been banned in Ireland, including "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "A Clockwork Orange". A review in 2000 has meant that many of these have since been un-banned and rated