Belgrade student filmmakers denied claims by a pro-regime tabloid that the incidents with cars at protests were staged. Pročitaj više

The Informer tabloid, one of the fiercest defenders of the Vucic regime, said that it had “access to a shocking video which sheds completely new light on the traffic incidents during the so-called student protests across Serbia”.

The Belgrade Arts Academy students started filming a docudrama about the student protests a month ago. They said their idea was to make an homage to the people who lost their lives in the collapse of a concrete awning at Novi Sad Railway Station and their fellow students who were beaten up or rund down by drivers. They recorded a scene in Kragujevac in a side street away from the protest in that city. Pro-regime media published their video accusing the filmmakers of “faking a traffic incident at the student blockades”.

The student filmmakers said that those media took the video out of context to spin a narrative. A statement said that the video depicting a car-related incident at a protest was aired by the pro-regime TV Pink and the TV Prva, Informer and B92 portals. “Those videos were recorded during the making of a film by final year movie direction students at Belgrade Arts University which used extras and actors, Arts University Students and students from other colleges,” it said.