19-01-2016

Romania Sets Deadline for New Cinema Law

By
    Minister of Culture Vlad Alexandrescu Minister of Culture Vlad Alexandrescu

    BUCHAREST: The Romanian Ministry of Culture, which has a new minister since November 2015, plans to prepare a new Cinema Law by autumn 2016 and to improve the organisation of the National Film Centre.

    The plan of action issued by the ministry under its new minister Vlad Alexandrescu (appointed on 17 November 2015), stipulates that a new Cinema Law will be presented in the Government by October 2016.

    The Ministry of Culture decided that the Cinema Law has managed to finance domestic films up to now, but it has failed in reinforcing Romanian cinema as national cultural value. The new law will improve the distribution and promotion of  domestic cinema in Romania, also focusing on film education for all ages and social categories.

    The plan of action also stipulates that corrections to the organisation and functioning of the CNC will be made by September 2016, so as to increase the efficiency and transparency of the financing process in the Romanian film industry. The Ministry of Culture plans to modify the structure of the CNC, its activities and responsibilities.

    The changes started with two new members in the Council of Administration of the CNC, Alex Trăilă and Andrei Rus.

    The Ministry of Culture also requested at the end of 2015 that the percentage received from the National Lottery should increase from 1 to 5% in 2016, so as 2% should be used for the restoration and consolidation of historical monuments with earthquake risk, 1.5% for the Cinema Fund and 1.5% for the National Programme of Historical Monuments' Restoration.