A SERBIAN FILM

El intento de la fiscalia por iniciar un proceso al director del festival de Sitges Angel Sala por presentar una película que ya ha tenido su recorrido en festivales e incluso salas de otros paises carece de sentido alguno. Va contra la idea misma de un festival de cine y la libertad de presentacion de las novedades internacionales cinematograficas a su audiencia. La calificación ministerial (?) para su exhibicion en sala para el publico general es una cuestion diferente.
Wikipedia sin ir mas lejos hace un amplio listado de los diferentes festivales en los que la película fue presentada para su consideración, como se ve mas abajo:

The first ever showing of A Serbian Film took place on March 15, 2010 at midnight in Austin as part of the 2010 South by Southwest.[10] During the introduction by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's owner Tim League, the audience in the theater was once again warned about the extreme nature of the scenes they were about to see and given one last chance to leave the screening.[11] The following day, the film played once more.




Next came the screening at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film in April.



On June 11, 2010 the film screened at home in Serbia as part of the Cinema City festival in Novi Sad.



The film was run on July 16 and 19, 2010 during the Fantasia Festival[12] in Montreal as part of the Subversive Serbia programme.[13]



The film was due to screen on August 29, 2010 at the Film Four FrightFest in London, UK but was pulled by the organisers following the intervention of Westminster Council. Films shown at this festival are usually shown pre-certificate but in this case Westminster Council refused to grant permission for its exhibition until it had been classified by the BBFC. Following its DVD submission to the BBFC (there were no theatrical materials available in the timeframe requested for a proper theatrical classification), 49 cuts totaling four minutes and eleven seconds were requested for DVD certification. The UK distributor, Revolver Entertainment, initially looked into the possibilities of the process, but it became clear that the film would then have to be resubmitted to the BBFC and further cuts may then have been required. It was decided that to show a heavily edited version was not in the spirit of the festival and consequently its exhibition was pulled from the schedule. The film was replaced at the festival by Rodrigo Cortés' Buried starring Ryan Reynolds.[14]



The Raindance Film Festival, that picked up the film at the Cannes Film Festival in May, subsequently held the UK Premiere and 'found a way around the ban by billing the screening as a "private event"'.[15] The Sun tabloid described the film as 'sick' and 'vile' following the festival's 2010 Press Launch[16] and Westminster Council requested to monitor the invitations to the screening. The 35mm print was shipped from the BBFC for the 8 October 2010 premiere.[17]



On October 21, 2010, the film had a single screening at Toronto's Bloor Cinema. It took place as part of the monthly event called Cinemacbre Movie Nights organized by the Rue Morgue magazine. The publication also spotlighted the film and featured it on its cover.[18][19]



On November 26, 2010, the film was rated Refused Classification by the Australian Classification Board, banning sales and public showings of the film in Australia.