The Romanian Ministry of Culture, together with a group of filmmakers, has written a draft aimed at adapting the Cinema Law to European legislation. The new law would introduce minority coproductions and micro-budget productions on the list of projects eligible for funding, and would start collecting money for the Film Fund.

The appeal launched by producers Ada Solomon, Oana Giurgiu, Anca Puiu and Codruța Crețulescu to filmmakers to sign an open letter to the members of the Judicial Commission of the Senate and the Parliament has been signed by more than 70 people so far including Andrei Ujică, Radu Jude, Corneliu Porumboiu, Alexander Nanau and Tudor Giurgiu.

Another open letter issued by filmmaker Cristian Comeagă on 21 June 2016 and signed according to Mediafax agency by more than 40 film professionals is accusing the minister of Culture Corina Șuteu of putting pressure, and talks about groups of interests.

It also says that the Ministry of Culture didn’t take into account the point of view of all the filmmakers and of the general director of the National Cinema Centre (CNC) because its plan is to dissolve the CNC replacing it with a similar institution subordinated to the Government.

Comeagă is quoting “credible sources” when saying that the ministry’s intention is to replace the current general director of the CNC Anca Mitran with Alex Trailă, counselor of the minister of Culture and member of the Council of Administration of CNC.

The amendments of the Cinema Law will be theoretically discussed by the two chambers of the Parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, in September 2016 but as a new Parliament will be voted in November 2016, it is unlikely that the Parliament will have time and disposition for cinema matters in such a short time.