CNC President Defends French Film Funding Model Against Domestic Critics

In an op-ed for Le Monde, Gaëtan Bruel, president of the Centre national du cinéma (CNC), warns that the French film financing model—long praised and copied globally—is now under attack from within France. He argues that certain domestic voices seek to dismantle the very system that made France a world champion in audiovisual creation. Previously contested only by American giants, the model now faces internal threats that risk undermining France's competitive advantage. Bruel's intervention comes as a defense of the CNC's regulatory and financial framework, which has been instrumental in sustaining French cinema's diversity and global reach.