NSTlifestyle: The CesarAcademy had come under fire after RomanPolanski’s new film “An Officer and a Spy” topped the list of nominations for this year’s Cesar awards.
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 Feb 28.
“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, the board... has unanimously decided to resign,” the academy said in a statement.A general meeting will be held after the upcoming awards ceremony to elect a new board and management who will work on implementing reforms and modernisation, it said.
They also complained that the founding statutes of the Cesars had not changed in a long time and that the academy’s nearly 5,000 members do not get a vote or a say in its decisions. The academy had previously announced measures to boost female representation in its membership and representation.
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