César Awards Board To Resign Amid Controversy Over Roman Polanski Nominations

The French Académie des Arts et Technique du Cinéma, the group that hands out the country’s César Awards, said Thursday that the board of directors at its parent the Association for the Promo…

The French Académie des Arts et Technique du Cinéma, the group that hands out the country’s César Awards, said Thursday that the board of directors at its parent the Association for the Promotion of Cinema will step down after this year’s ceremony, which is set for February 28 in Paris.

The letter called for “an in-depth overhaul” of the modes of governance of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema, which manages the Académie, “and of the democratic operations that govern them.”

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