The invention relates to a forming screen (10), which is formed substantially from a perforated substrate (20) and has the form of a continuous web extending in a longitudinal direction (LD), having a first lateral edge (26) and a second lateral edge (28) opposite the first lateral edge (26), wherein the forming screen (10) comprises a perforated usage region (32) arranged between the first lateral edge (26) and the second lateral edge (28), on which usage region, when the forming screen (10) is used as intended, the fibre material web to be produced is formed and which usage region is spaced apart from the first lateral edge (26) and the second lateral edge (28), wherein the forming screen (10) furthermore comprises a first edge strip (34) which is arranged between the first lateral edge (26) and the usage region (32), and a second edge strip (36) which is arranged between the second lateral edge (28) and the usage region (32), wherein the first edge strip (34) and the second edge strip (36) are also perforated, and wherein between the first edge strip (34) and the usage region (32) an unperforated first separating strip (40), which extends in the longitudinal direction (LD), is arranged and / or between the second edge strip (36) and the usage region (32) an unperforated second separating strip, extending in the longitudinal direction (LD), is arranged, wherein the unperforated first separating strip (40) and / or the unperforated second separating strip (42) has or have a width of between 1 mm and 8 mm, wherein the forming screen (10) has, when used as intended, a top side facing the fibre material web and a bottom side facing away from the fibre material web, wherein the usage region (32) has a plurality of through channels which extend through the substrate (10) and connect the top side to the bottom side, wherein the through channels are non-cylindrical and have a cross-sectional area which reduces along a thickness direction of the substrate (20) from the top side to a middle region of the substrate (20) located between the top side and the bottom side, wherein an upper edge of at least one of the plurality of through channels (30) is in direct contact with an upper edge of at least one other adjacent through channel (30) of the plurality of through channels such that the upper edge of the at least one of the plurality of through channels does not lie in a plane.