A video showing 607 minutes of paint drying has been awarded a 'U' rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
Filmmaker Charlie Lyne made the film as a protest against the fees the censorship board charges to classify movies, a process which is mandatory for a UK release.
A certificate for an average length film costs around £1,000, something that Mr Lyne said can put off some young filmmakers.
After raising nearly £6,000 using a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, he filmed a 10-hour-long movie showing one of the most boring things imaginable: paint drying.
That meant that two BBFC examiners had to watch it over a period of two days - because they are not allowed to view more than nine hours of a movie each day.
In a question-and-answer session on Reddit, he said: "About a year ago, I went to a filmmaker open day held by the BBFC at their offices in Soho.
"I'd expected to see quite a lot of conflict between the BBFC examiners and the visiting filmmakers whose work was at the mercy of the board, but there was nothing like that.
"Most of the filmmakers - even those who'd had trouble with the BBFC in the past - seemed totally resigned to the censorship imposed by the board, even supportive of it.
"I think that shocked me into action."
The BBFC has now given it a 'U' rating, meaning it "should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over".
It said: "Paint Drying is a film showing paint drying on a wall. It contains no material likely to offend or harm."
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