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    Roman Polanski's Best Director Win Triggers Walkout at 2020 Cesar Awards

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    The exiled filmmaker’s ‘An Officer and a Spy’ has also brought home Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costume Design kudos, while Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ claims Best Foreign Film.
    Feb 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actress Adele Haenel sparked a walkout at the 2020 Cesar Awards in France on Friday, February 28 after leaving the event in disgust as Roman Polanski was named Best Director.
    The filmmaker, who remains in exile in Europe after running from a 1977 rape conviction in America, cancelled plans to attend the French equivalent of the Oscars on the eve of the show to avoid a “public lynching” after feminist activists unveiled plans to stage a demonstration outside the Paris prizegiving.
    Despite his absence, his latest movie, “An Officer and a Spy”, scooped a trio of honours, including Best Director for Polanski, which led to a number of audience members leaving their seats at the Salle Pleyel.
    Best Actress nominee Haenel, who had earlier slammed officials at the French Film Academy for nominating Polanski at all, was visibly upset as his name was announced, and promptly exited the hall, as a group of others soon followed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
    The “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” star is herself a sexual assault survivor, having accused director Christophe Ruggia of abusing and harassing her since first starring in his movies at the age of 12.
    “An Officer and a Spy” also triumphed in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, recognising Polanski and co-writer Robert Harris, while Pascaline Chavanne took the Cesar for Best Costume Design.
    It lost out on the top accolade of Best Film to Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables (2020)”, which took home a total of four awards, including Best Male Newcomer for Alexis Manenti.
    The Best Actress honour was collected by Anais Demoustier for “Alice and the Mayor”, and Roschdy Zem claimed the male equivalent for “Oh Mercy!”.
    Lyna Khoudri was declared Best Female Newcomer for her work in “Papicha”, which was also named Best First Film for director Mounia Meddour, while the supporting actor and actress prizes went to Swann Arlaud (“By the Grace of God”), and Fanny Ardant (“La Belle Epoque”).
    There was also another win for South Korean thriller “Parasite”, which earned director Bong Joon Ho the Best Foreign Film award, weeks after his historic Oscars victories.
    The full list of 2020 Cesar Awards winners is:
    Best Film: “Les Miserables (2020)”, Ladj Ly
    Best Director: “An Officer and A Spy”, Roman Polanski
    Best Actress: Anais Demoustier, “Alice and the Mayor”
    Best Actor: Roschdy Zem, “Oh Mercy!”
    Best Foreign Film: “Parasite”, Bong Joon-Ho
    Best Documentary Film: “M”, Yolande Zauberman
    Best First Film: “Papicha”, Mounia Meddour
    Best Original Screenplay: “La Belle Epoque”, Nicolas Bedos
    Best Adapted Screenplay: “An Officer and a Spy”, Roman Polanski, Robert Harris
    Best Supporting Actress: Fanny Ardant, “La Belle Epoque”
    Best Supporting Actor: Swann Arlaud, “By the Grace of God”
    Best Female Newcomer: Lyna Khoudri, “Papicha”
    Best Male Newcomer: Alexis Manenti, “Les Miserables (2020)”
    Best Animated Film: Jeremy Clapin for “I Lost My Body”
    Best Editing: Flora Volpeliere – “Les Miserables (2020)”
    Best Cinematography: Claire Mathon – “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
    Best Costumes: Pascaline Chavanne – “An Officer and A Spy”
    Best Production Design: Stephane Rosenbaum – “La Belle Epoque”
    Best Original Score: Dan Levy – “I Lost My Body”
    Best Sound: Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquères, Raphaël Mouterde, Olivier Goinard, Randy Thom – “Le chant du loup”

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      Cesar Awards' Board of Directors Resign in the Wake of Roman Polanski Controversy

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      The people behind France’s Oscars have been met with criticism since it was unraveled that the controversial filmmaker’s movie ‘An Officer and a Spy’ led the 2020 nominations.
      Feb 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The management of France’s Cesar Awards has resigned amid criticism over Roman Polanski’s nominations.
      The controversial filmmaker, who remains in exile in Europe after running from a 1977 rape conviction in America, stunned film fans when his latest movie, “An Officer and a Spy”, led all nominations ahead of the 2020 ceremony.
      Feminists and women’s right activists were quick to take aim at voters and those running the Cesars – France’s Oscars – which take place at the end of the month (February), and now the brains behind the ceremony have quit.
      “To honour those who made films in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration, the board of directors of the film academy made a unanimous decision to resign,” a statement from the French film academy reads.
      The film was released in France days after an actress accused Polanski of raping her in 1975, when she was 18.
      The director has denied the accusation.
      He fled the U.S. in 1977 after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl at a party in Hollywood. American lawmakers are still keen to bring him to justice and have called for his extradition several times.

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      French's Oscars Slammed for Giving Roman Polanski Many Nominations

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      However, the head of Cesars Awards defends the organization’s decision as women’s rights activists stress that the director, who fled to the U.S. after his rape conviction, should not be celebrated.
      Jan 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – French feminists have attacked the Cesar Awards’ voters after they gave exiled director Roman Polanski’s new film 12 nominations at the country’s equivalent of the Oscars.
      The controversial filmmaker, who was convicted of statutory rape in the U.S. in 1977, became the toast of the French film industry on Wednesday morning (January 29), thanks to the success of his film “An Officer and a Spy”.
      However, women’s rights activists are outraged the Polish-French filmmaker, who fled the U.S. after his rape conviction, is being celebrated.
      Celine Piques, the spokeswoman for French feminist organisation Osez le Feminisme (Dare to be Feminist) told French TV channel LCI, “I am shocked. The 400 cinema professionals who voted for this nomination have applauded Polanski with 12 nominations – 12 is also the number of women today who accuse Roman Polanski of rape. This is not the field of morality, this is the field of justice.”
      But Alain Terzian, the head of the Cesars, has defended Polanski’s nominations, insisting “moral positions” should not affect the awards.
      In September (19), Polanski’s latest film landed the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, two months before former actress Valentine Monnier accused the moviemaker of an “extremely violent” assault and rape in 1975, when she was 18.
      Hers is the latest in a long line of sexual assault accusations against the director.
      This isn’t the first time Polanski has created controversy at the Cesars – in 2017, he was asked to head the award show’s jury, but stepped down after a barrage of outrage.
      Polanski confessed to having unlawful sex with Samantha Geimer, a minor, at a Hollywood party, and served 42 days in prison, but later fled the U.S. over concerns that a plea bargain deal would be scrapped.
      He has evaded various extradition attempts over the years by U.S. authorities, who are still keen for Polanski to face justice on American soil.

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