Editing Albania (section)

=== Media ===
{{Main|Media in Albania}}
{{See also|Cinema of Albania}}

[[File:Villa_of_the_former_Radio_Tirana_(03).jpg|thumb|The former grounds of the headquarters of [[Radio Tirana]] in the capital of [[Tirana]]. {{lang|sq|[[Radio Televizioni Shqiptar]]|italic=no}} (RTSH) was initially inaugurated as Radio Tirana in 1938 prior to the [[World War II]].]]

The [[freedom of press]] and [[Freedom of speech|speech]], and the right to free expression is guaranteed in the [[constitution of Albania]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) |title=1998 Constitution of the Republic of Albania |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/3/2/41888.pdf |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730220735/https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/3/2/41888.pdf |archive-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> Albania was ranked 84th on the [[Press Freedom Index]] of 2020 compiled by the [[Reporters Without Borders]], with its score steadily declining since 2003.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |title=2020 World Press Freedom Index |date=30 January 2013 |url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003131858/https://rsf.org/en/ranking |archive-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> Nevertheless, in the 2020 report of [[Freedom in the World]], the [[Freedom House]] classified the freedoms of press and speech in Albania as partly free from political interference and manipulation.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Freedom House]] |title=Freedom House–Countries and Territories |url=https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003133208/https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores |archive-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>

{{lang|sq|[[Radio Televizioni Shqiptar]]|italic=no}} (RTSH) is the [[national broadcaster]] corporation of Albania operating numerous television and radio stations in the country.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]] (KAS) |title=Media Outlets in Albania |url=https://www.kas.de/de/web/balkanmedia/media-outlets |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003115348/https://www.kas.de/de/web/balkanmedia/media-outlets |archive-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> The three major private broadcaster corporations are [[Top Channel]], [[TV Klan|Televizioni Klan]] and [[Vizion Plus]] whose content are distributed throughout Albania and beyond its territory in [[Kosovo]] and other [[Albanian language|Albanian-speaking]] territories.

Albanian cinema has its roots in the 20th century and developed after the country's [[Albanian Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]].<ref name="Cinema">{{cite web |publisher=The Albanian Cinema Project |title=An Overview of Albanian Film History |url=https://www.thealbaniancinemaproject.org/albanian-history.html |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003140224/https://www.thealbaniancinemaproject.org/albanian-history.html |archive-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> The first [[movie theater]] exclusively devoted to showing [[motion pictures]] was built in 1912 in [[Shkodër]].<ref name="Cinema"/> During the [[People's Republic of Albania]], Albanian cinema developed rapidly with the inauguration of the [[Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re]] in Tirana.<ref name="Cinema"/> In 1953, the Albanian-Soviet [[epic film]], the [[The Great Warrior Skanderbeg|Great Warrior Skanderbeg]], was released chronicling the life and fight of the medieval Albanian hero [[Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg|Skanderbeg]]. It went on to win the international prize at the [[1954 Cannes Film Festival]]. In 2003, the [[Tirana International Film Festival]] was established, the largest film festival in the country. The [[Durrës Amphitheatre]] is host to the [[Durrës International Film Festival]], the second largest film festival.