{
  "id": 9621501,
  "title": "Serbia’s Screen Industries in Crisis Amid Claims That Blacklists, ‘State-Sponsored Censorship’ Are Designed to ‘Starve Independent Production’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/serbias-screen-industries-in-crisis-amid-claims-that-blacklists-state",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T19:48:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/serbia-screen-industries-crisis-blacklists-censorship-1236851352/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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 […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}