Rome, Apr 8 (LaPresse) – "It is significant that the project was evaluated by two different commissions and was subject to a technical judgment reiterated over time, which, as you know, I do not share either on an ideal or moral level. But it is not the result of a political choice." This was stated by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, responding during Question Time in the Chamber regarding the exclusion of the documentary 'Giulio Regeni, all the evil in the world' from the Ministry of Culture’s film funding.
"The Minister of Culture – Giuli explains in response to a question from the opposition – by law does not influence and cannot influence the commission tasked with evaluating selective funding. Neither upstream nor downstream. This applies to the outcomes of the evaluations, and rightly so. The autonomy of the commission is the fundamental guarantee of impartiality, transparency, and objectivity."
"As for my judgment on the tragic Regeni case – Giuli adds – I echo the words of the Prime Minister, who said that the government has not stopped and does not intend to stop the search for truth in the case. Precisely out of respect for his memory, it is necessary to stick to the facts. Selective funding for 2026 is not assigned on the basis of political evaluation but through calls for proposals, and is assessed by a commission of 15 experts, renewed annually with rotation criteria. The criteria are those established by the call. In this specific case, an initial application for selective funding had been submitted in 2024 and did not obtain the required score. A new application was also submitted in 2025, and on that occasion as well it did not obtain the required score."
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