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Agenda

Meeting Details

MeetingDetails

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft

on Monday, 14 April 2025 at 4:45pm

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/J0ZuHi_4sNA?feature=share

Pool Membership

Colin Hedgley, Councillor Mark Jepson, Councillor Rachel Smith-Lyte

Open To The Public

1 Election of a Chair

To elect a Chair for the Licensing Sub-Committee.

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On the proposition of Councillor Rachel Smith-Lyte, seconded by Councillor Jepson it was

RESOLVED

That Councillor Colin Hedgley be elected Chair of the Licensing Sub-Committee for the meeting.

2 Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence, if any.

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There were no apologies for absence.

3 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

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There were no declarations of interest.

4 Declarations of Lobbying and Responses to Lobbying

To receive any Declarations of Lobbying in respect of any item on the agenda and also declarations of any response to that lobbying.

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There were no declarations of lobbying.

5 Film Classification - A series of short films to be screened at the Marina Theatre and Sam's Wellbeing Hub & Cafe, Lowestoft as part of the Sunrise Film Festival 2025

Report of the Senior Licensing Officer

ES-2356 - Report (133Kb)
1. ES-2356 - Appendix A (736Kb)
2. ES-2356 - Appendix B (129Kb)
3. ES-2356 - Appendix C (113Kb)
4. ES-2356 - Appendix D (846Kb)

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The Senior Licensing Officer introduced report ES/2355 regarding the classification of 42 short films due to be shown at the Marina Theatre and Sam's Coffee House, Lowestoft as part of the Sunrise Film Festival 2025. The films had not been shown to the public before within the East Unconfirmed Suffolk district and it was therefore necessary for East Suffolk Council to give them a suitable classification. The Sub-Committee was asked to determine the appropriate admission criteria for the films in accordance with British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) guidelines. Members confirmed that they had viewed the short-films prior to the meeting.

Film Title	Discussion	Final Classification
OK/NOTOK	Very strong language	15
Elsa	Violence is not dwelled on and sexual activity isn't in strong detail	15
I Hope He Doesn't Kill Me.	Consensual sexual activity, did not go in to detail	15
Delivery	Emotional with mature themes	15
The Silent Choice	Emotional, a child in that position would find it very upsetting	12a
Contact Hours	Dangerous behaviour shown but not promoted.	12a
Antibodies	Discriminatory themes.	15
GABRIELA	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 12	12
World Naked Bike Tour	Did not feel the themes throughout the film met the criteria of a 15	12
Extraction	Exhibited dangerous behaviour to level of 15	15
The Comedown	Drug taking shown frequently	15
Nepotist	Moderate violence with no emphasis on blood/injury	12a
Time Share	Strong language	15
Essentially Painless	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 15	15
PLOP	Grossly vulgar	15
Penny drops	Themes of grief and loss	15
Afters	Meets the requirements for BBFC - 12	12
Happy Snaps	Strong emotions shown	12
EVOL	Adult themes	12
Bear and Clyde	Animation, no strong negative themes	PG
Please Carry On	Sexual activity portrayed	15
Whistle	Elements of horror	15
DADDY ISSUES	Emotional and violent scenes	15
Belladonna	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 15	15
Silent Night	Minor discrimination theme	12
Some Kind of Paradise	Strong detailed sexual activity	18
Historyland	Moderate bad language	12
House Hunters	Moderate violence	12a
A Day In June	Emotional themes	12
Paranoia	Strong threat and horror	15
Back of the Net	Moderate bad language	12a
Shouting at the Sea	Moderate bad language	12a
Victory To The Mimers	Moderate bad language	12
In The Room	Implied sexual violence	15
Bloodsport	Strong violence	15
And That's for This Christmas	Emotional themes	12a
The Doll's House	Emotional themes	12
PASSAGE	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 12	12
59 degrees (with English, Italian, Português, Spanish subtitles)	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 12	12
the tide will come	Emotional themes	12
Shooting, Still Life	Meets the criteria for BBFC - 12	12
Softy	Emotional themes	12a

This hearing was originally scheduled to be the second hearing of the day but was held first due to one of the panel members being late to arrive for the earlier hearing.

Exempt/Confidential

There are no Exempt or Confidential items for this Agenda.

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Colin Hedgley
Councillor Mark Jepson
Councillor Rachel Smith-Lyte

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Officers present: Teresa Bailey (Senior Licensing Officer), Katy Cassidy (Democratic Services Officer), Jemima Shaw (Lawyer)