PARIS The entire board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France’s equivalent of the Oscars, resigned Thursday just two weeks ahead of its gala ceremony after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demanded “profound reform”. The academy had come under fire after Roman Polanski’s new film “An Officer and a Spy” topped the list of nominations for this year’s Cesar awards, which will be handed out on February 28. Polanski has been wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl since 1978 and is persona non grata in Hollywood. “To honour those men and women who made cinema happen in 2019, to find calm and ensure that the festival of film remains just that, a festival.
French Oscars board resigns
