Leadership of `French Oscars` resigns amid Polanski controversy
(The Guardian France)

The French film academy says their unanimous resignation was to honour the filmmakers and `regain serenity´ of the festivalThe management of the `French Oscars` resigned en masse on Thursday after weeks of controversy centred on director Roman Polanski, whose latest film An Officer and a Spy leads nominations ahead of the 2020 awards ceremony.The resignations come just two weeks before the Cesar Awards, France´s equivalent of the Oscars, which featured 12 nominations for Polanski´s movie about Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer unfairly accused of spying for Germany in the 1890s. Related: Outrage as Polanski film nominated for 12 `French Oscars` Related: Roman Polanski: media `making me a monster` - and it`s Weinstein`s fault Continue reading...