U otvorenom pismu ministru kulture, Mungiu je izrazio želju mnogih da se postojeći sistem ukine. on je ustvrdio da članovi CNC-a sredstva dodjeljuju pod utjecajem "[vanjskog] pritiska, intervencija, prijetnji i ucjena" i pozvao na nezavisno tijelo koje ne bi bilo "naklonjeno starijoj generaciji" filmotvoraca.
In an open letter to the minister of culture, Mungiu voiced the desire of many to scrap the current system. He claimed CNC members award funding under the influence of "[outside] pressure, interventions, threats and blackmail" and called for an independent panel that will not be "biased in favour of the older generation" of filmmakers.