Screen printing screen

A screen printing screen, comprising:

• a screen printing stencil carrier constructed as a film having first recesses extending from an upper side to an underside of the film, and
• a screen printing stencil constructed as a nonmetallic masking layer and fixedly connected to the underside of the screen printing stencil carrier, the masking layer disposed at least partially inside some of the first recesses of the film and extending from the underside of the film in the direction of the upper side of the film, without projecting beyond the upper side of the film, the masking layer comprising second recesses at least partially overlapping with the first recesses of the screen printing stencil carrier so as to enable a printing medium to pass through the first recesses from the upper side of the screen printing stencil carrier in the direction of the underside and through the second recesses of the masking layer to a substrate placed underneath.