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Serbia’s Screen Industries in Crisis Amid Claims That Blacklists, ‘State-Sponsored Censorship’ Are Designed to ‘Starve Independent Production’

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Serbia’s Screen Industries in Crisis Amid Claims That Blacklists, ‘State-Sponsored Censorship’ Are Designed to ‘Starve Independent Production’
Sep 24, 2026 12:48pm PT Serbia’s Screen Industries in Crisis Amid Claims That Blacklists, ‘State-Sponsored Censorship’ Are Designed to ‘Starve Independent Production’

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The Serbian film and television industries are in a state of crisis, with independent production in the Balkan powerhouse crippled by what leading industry groups describe as “a coordinated campaign of state-sponsored censorship.”

Nearly two years after a devastating train station disaster that killed 16 people and sparked mass demonstrations against the government of President Aleksandar Vučić, independent producers say they’re being shut out by state-aligned media and starved of financing by the national funding body, Film Center Serbia, which has not announced a public call in nearly two years.

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