Press Release – Open letter to the CNC director, Anca Mitran
In an interview with Cultura la dubă, Ms. Anca Mitran, head of the Romanian Film Center (CNC), made a series of controversial assertions about Romanian films and their production. She stated that “all of our directors make festival art films. And so, we face an acute shortage of audience films,” that there is a need for “comedies and children's films,” and that documentary film is not “meant for cinemas”. At the same time, when asked about the screenplay evaluation stage by the selection board, she cited the difference between a good script and a good film, suggesting that eliminating ranking and the total secrecy of the CNC in choosing those films suitable for production would be welcome. “There should be no hierarchy, that's what I'm saying. For example, 5 films are funded in that session and the rest are not. From the 100 projects submitted to the contest, we choose 5 that are eligible to receive financing.”
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