The lessons learned from Cannes

Romania's success in Cannes has taught the country that it can export films as well as footballers to the West, writes Rodica Culcer. "It's hard to believe that the pompous and affected West, which turns up its nose at all things Eastern, is taking a closer look at Romanian films that force it to confront the dark, inhuman universe of communism... But one of the lessons we have learned from Cannes is that we need to think about state cultural funding... What if the main criterion for cultural funding were to honour the courage to deal with difficult topics that don't just present the country in a favourable light, but tell the truth about us as a nation, as a society and as human beings? The films of our young directors reveal more about communism and post-communism than any politician."

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