Actor was indicted in October following allegations of rape and violence by four women.
French actor Sofiane Bennacer has been removed from the César Academy’s Revelations shortlist following allegations of rape.
According to reports in France last week, Bennacer was indicted near the end of October following allegations of rape and violence by four women.
Bennacer has strongly denied the allegations, calling them “false accusations” in an Instagram post and challenged the decision by the César Academy. He added: “Maybe I’ll get boycotted by the movie business. In any case, I have been humiliated to the depths of my soul.
French actor Sofiane Bennacer has been removed from the César Academy’s Revelations shortlist following allegations of rape.
According to reports in France last week, Bennacer was indicted near the end of October following allegations of rape and violence by four women.
Bennacer has strongly denied the allegations, calling them “false accusations” in an Instagram post and challenged the decision by the César Academy. He added: “Maybe I’ll get boycotted by the movie business. In any case, I have been humiliated to the depths of my soul.
- 11/24/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
France’s César Academy has withdrawn actor Sofiane Bennacer from its recently announced annual Revelations list, following his indictment on allegations of rape and violence by four women.
Bennacer was among 32 rising stars on the list showcasing emerging talent, the latest edition of which was announced on November 16.
The Academy said its board, in agreement with the Revelations selection committee, had decided to remove Bennacer from the list following media reports he was undergoing investigation and had been placed under judicial control.
The academy said the move had been made “without prejudice for the presumption of innocence and out of respect for the alleged victims.”
The body added that it had decided to launch a deeper reflection as soon as possible on whether rules around the organization of the César ceremony needed to be modified to set an automatic protocol for what should be done when a César candidate becomes...
Bennacer was among 32 rising stars on the list showcasing emerging talent, the latest edition of which was announced on November 16.
The Academy said its board, in agreement with the Revelations selection committee, had decided to remove Bennacer from the list following media reports he was undergoing investigation and had been placed under judicial control.
The academy said the move had been made “without prejudice for the presumption of innocence and out of respect for the alleged victims.”
The body added that it had decided to launch a deeper reflection as soon as possible on whether rules around the organization of the César ceremony needed to be modified to set an automatic protocol for what should be done when a César candidate becomes...
- 11/23/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Selected actors will vie for five coveted spots in each of the most promising actor and actress categories.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which runs the prestigious César awards, has unveiled its annual Revelations shortlist of local rising stars. They will vie for five coveted spots in each of the most promising actor and actress categories that will make the official nominees selection ahead of the 48th annual Cesars ceremony in Paris on February 24.
Among this year’s breakout stars are Saint Omer actresses Guslagie Malanda and Kayije Kagame, Cannes’ title Forever Young stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Clara Bretheau and Sofiane Bennacer,...
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which runs the prestigious César awards, has unveiled its annual Revelations shortlist of local rising stars. They will vie for five coveted spots in each of the most promising actor and actress categories that will make the official nominees selection ahead of the 48th annual Cesars ceremony in Paris on February 24.
Among this year’s breakout stars are Saint Omer actresses Guslagie Malanda and Kayije Kagame, Cannes’ title Forever Young stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Clara Bretheau and Sofiane Bennacer,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
After last year’s scandal over Roman Polanski’s director win, the 46th Cesar Awards, France’s highest film honors, which took place on Friday in the presence of nominees, has been the subject of vitriolic criticism from industry figures.
Some have claimed that the spectacle was so vulgar that it has tarnished the image of French cinema and will discourage audiences from returning to theaters when they finally reopen. But, in fact, the awards were a fitting encapsulation of an industry that’s increasingly at odds with itself.
The 2021 edition marked a new era for the Cesar Awards, which is now headed by Veronique Cayla, former president of Arte, and vice chaired by Eric Toledano, co-director of “The Intouchables,” who took over from Alain Terzian following an industry revolt over the lack of transparency and democracy within the institution. With the last six months, the operating model and corporate...
Some have claimed that the spectacle was so vulgar that it has tarnished the image of French cinema and will discourage audiences from returning to theaters when they finally reopen. But, in fact, the awards were a fitting encapsulation of an industry that’s increasingly at odds with itself.
The 2021 edition marked a new era for the Cesar Awards, which is now headed by Veronique Cayla, former president of Arte, and vice chaired by Eric Toledano, co-director of “The Intouchables,” who took over from Alain Terzian following an industry revolt over the lack of transparency and democracy within the institution. With the last six months, the operating model and corporate...
- 3/16/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Albert Dopontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” (“Adieu Les Cons”) has won the top prizes at France’s Cesar Awards, taking six awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.
The black tragicomedy is about a terminally ill woman and a suicidal man on the run who team up in an attempt to locate the child the woman hasn’t seen in almost 30 years. It also won awards for Dupontel’s screenplay and for its cinematography and set design.
The only other film to win more than one award was the documentary “Adolescents,” which won in the Best Documentary and Best Editing categories.
“Bye Bye Morons” went into Friday’s Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, with 12 nominations, second only to Frederic Niedermeyer’s “Love Affair(s)”. That film won a single award, for supporting actress Emilie Dequenne.
“Two of Us,” France’s entry in this year...
The black tragicomedy is about a terminally ill woman and a suicidal man on the run who team up in an attempt to locate the child the woman hasn’t seen in almost 30 years. It also won awards for Dupontel’s screenplay and for its cinematography and set design.
The only other film to win more than one award was the documentary “Adolescents,” which won in the Best Documentary and Best Editing categories.
“Bye Bye Morons” went into Friday’s Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, with 12 nominations, second only to Frederic Niedermeyer’s “Love Affair(s)”. That film won a single award, for supporting actress Emilie Dequenne.
“Two of Us,” France’s entry in this year...
- 3/13/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Albert Dupontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” won seven prizes, including best film and director, at the 46th Cesar Awards which took place as an in-person, yet socially distanced event at the Olympia concert hall in Paris on March 12. The ceremony was held in the presence of nominees only.
“Bye Bye Morons” also won awards for best supporting actor for Nicolas Mairé, original screenplay, cinematography and set design, as well as a prize voted on by high school students. A dark comedy, “Bye Bye Morons” stars Virginie Efira as a seriously ill woman on a mission to reunite with her long-lost child with the help of a man who’s having a burnout. Efira,
Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affair(s),” which was nominated for 13 awards, picked up the best supporting actress nod for Emilie Dequenne.
The best actor nod went to Sami Bouajila for his performance in Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s Tunisian drama “A Son.
“Bye Bye Morons” also won awards for best supporting actor for Nicolas Mairé, original screenplay, cinematography and set design, as well as a prize voted on by high school students. A dark comedy, “Bye Bye Morons” stars Virginie Efira as a seriously ill woman on a mission to reunite with her long-lost child with the help of a man who’s having a burnout. Efira,
Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affair(s),” which was nominated for 13 awards, picked up the best supporting actress nod for Emilie Dequenne.
The best actor nod went to Sami Bouajila for his performance in Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s Tunisian drama “A Son.
- 3/12/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After a year of upheaval, France’s Cesar Awards will host its 46th edition under new leadership on Friday with more diversity and parity within its 4,292-strong membership. Across the administration board and general assembly, however, there’s still a dearth of Black creatives.
More women and visible minorities have joined the ranks of Cesar Awards’ voting members since the arrival of a new president, Veronique Cayla, the former boss of the Franco-German public culture channel Arte France, and vice chair Eric Toledano, the popular co-director of smash-hit “The Intouchables,” in late September.
The annual awards, which are France’s equivalent of the Oscars, reformed its operating model and corporate leadership last year following an industry-wide revolt that led to the resignation of long-time Cesar Academy president Alain Terzian, along with the rest of the 21-member board of governors.
Joining the org just six months ago, Cayla and Toledano were...
More women and visible minorities have joined the ranks of Cesar Awards’ voting members since the arrival of a new president, Veronique Cayla, the former boss of the Franco-German public culture channel Arte France, and vice chair Eric Toledano, the popular co-director of smash-hit “The Intouchables,” in late September.
The annual awards, which are France’s equivalent of the Oscars, reformed its operating model and corporate leadership last year following an industry-wide revolt that led to the resignation of long-time Cesar Academy president Alain Terzian, along with the rest of the 21-member board of governors.
Joining the org just six months ago, Cayla and Toledano were...
- 3/11/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Following a backlash within its membership ranks and the resignation of its board of directors and president earlier this year, France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has set new leadership. At a general assembly today, the Académie, which hands out the country’s César Awards, elected former Cnc and Arte chief Veronique Cayla as president and Intouchables co-director and filmmaker Eric Toledano as vice president. They will hold their positions for a two-year term.
The duo replaces Margaret Menegoz who was interim president following Alain Terzian’s departure in February. Terzian left amid rising controversy in the wake of this year’s César nominations which gave Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy the lead at 12. The film ultimately won three prizes at the protested ceremony.
Prior to the awards, the film org was called out as “elitist and closed” by some 200 artists who said they...
The duo replaces Margaret Menegoz who was interim president following Alain Terzian’s departure in February. Terzian left amid rising controversy in the wake of this year’s César nominations which gave Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy the lead at 12. The film ultimately won three prizes at the protested ceremony.
Prior to the awards, the film org was called out as “elitist and closed” by some 200 artists who said they...
- 9/29/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Veronique Cayla, the well-respected film and TV executive who recently stepped down from the leadership of Franco-German public culture channel Arte France, will preside the Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent to the Oscars. Eric Toledano, the popular co-director of smash-hit “The Intouchables” and a key member of the film guild Arp, will be vice-president of the Cesar Academy.
Both Cayla and Toledano were elected for a two-year mandate by the new administration board of the Academy, which includes 42 reps from 21 different fields within the film industry, from actors to crew members, screenwriters, directors and producers. Gender parity has been applied with a man and a woman representing each branch.
The new administration board includes the actors Marina Fois and Antoine Reinartz, the directors Pascale Ferran and Cédric Klapisch, the screenwriters Olivier Gorce and Julier Peyr, the producers Alain Attal and Marie-Ange Luciani, the agents Sébastien Cauchon and Elisabeth Tanner,...
Both Cayla and Toledano were elected for a two-year mandate by the new administration board of the Academy, which includes 42 reps from 21 different fields within the film industry, from actors to crew members, screenwriters, directors and producers. Gender parity has been applied with a man and a woman representing each branch.
The new administration board includes the actors Marina Fois and Antoine Reinartz, the directors Pascale Ferran and Cédric Klapisch, the screenwriters Olivier Gorce and Julier Peyr, the producers Alain Attal and Marie-Ange Luciani, the agents Sébastien Cauchon and Elisabeth Tanner,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Reform drive has hits early snag in drive for gender equality.
Two-thirds of the 184 new members of the French César Academy’s first democratically elected general assembly have signed an open letter expressing their shock at the automatic return of 18 historic members, who include controversial director Roman Polanski.
Actors Corinne Masiero, Antoine Reinartz; filmmakers Bertrand Bonello and Catherine Corsini; producers Saïd Ben Saïd, Carole Scotta and sales and distribution professionals Daniela Elster, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mathieu Robinet, Ariane Toscan du Plantier and Agathe Valentin were among the 120 professionals who signed the statement released on Thursday evening.
“We were stunned to discover...
Two-thirds of the 184 new members of the French César Academy’s first democratically elected general assembly have signed an open letter expressing their shock at the automatic return of 18 historic members, who include controversial director Roman Polanski.
Actors Corinne Masiero, Antoine Reinartz; filmmakers Bertrand Bonello and Catherine Corsini; producers Saïd Ben Saïd, Carole Scotta and sales and distribution professionals Daniela Elster, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mathieu Robinet, Ariane Toscan du Plantier and Agathe Valentin were among the 120 professionals who signed the statement released on Thursday evening.
“We were stunned to discover...
- 9/18/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent to the Oscars, has unveiled new rules aimed at ramping up diversity and parity within its board.
The new guidelines were put together with the help of a mediator appointed by France’s National Film Board (Cnc) following an industry consultation. Under those new rules, the Cesar Academy will have two presidents, a man and a woman.
The Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc), the organization that oversees the Cesar Academy, will be increased from 45 to 170 members who will have to be elected by the Academy’s 4,313 members. The idea is to have a wider, more representative pool of members who will be voted on by professionals and artists from every field of the industry. The election is expected to take place in September.
Previously, the members of the Apc did not have to be elected, they were part of the...
The new guidelines were put together with the help of a mediator appointed by France’s National Film Board (Cnc) following an industry consultation. Under those new rules, the Cesar Academy will have two presidents, a man and a woman.
The Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc), the organization that oversees the Cesar Academy, will be increased from 45 to 170 members who will have to be elected by the Academy’s 4,313 members. The idea is to have a wider, more representative pool of members who will be voted on by professionals and artists from every field of the industry. The election is expected to take place in September.
Previously, the members of the Apc did not have to be elected, they were part of the...
- 7/9/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Red carpet rage, walkouts and black humour mark fractious 45th edition of French Oscars.
The French film industry’s attitude towards sexual abuse and gender equality was in the spotlight like never before as Roman Polanski was feted with best director for An Officer And A Spy (J’Accuse) at the César awards on Friday night.
The ceremony at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in central Paris was a fractious, politically-charged event.
It took place just days after César Academy president Alain Terzian and the entire board of the association overseeing the awards resigned amid criticism over a lack of transparency,...
The French film industry’s attitude towards sexual abuse and gender equality was in the spotlight like never before as Roman Polanski was feted with best director for An Officer And A Spy (J’Accuse) at the César awards on Friday night.
The ceremony at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in central Paris was a fractious, politically-charged event.
It took place just days after César Academy president Alain Terzian and the entire board of the association overseeing the awards resigned amid criticism over a lack of transparency,...
- 2/29/2020
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The 45th César Awards ceremony took place on Friday, February 28, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honor the best in French cinema of 2019 — and at a fractious moment for the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The event was emceed by French comedian Florence Foresti, with actress Sandrine Kiberlain presiding. See the full list of winners below.
Earlier this month, the entire board of directors of the French academy announced their planned resignation after the publication of an open letter from hundreds of members calling for a complete overhaul of the organization. The announcement unspooled in the wake of allegedly dodgy financial practices, an overall lack of transparency, and the repeated omission of filmmakers Claire Denis and Virginie Despentes from the Academy’s annual Dîner des Révélations event, focused on emerging talent. The young guests are asked to nominate talent they’d like to see at the event,...
Earlier this month, the entire board of directors of the French academy announced their planned resignation after the publication of an open letter from hundreds of members calling for a complete overhaul of the organization. The announcement unspooled in the wake of allegedly dodgy financial practices, an overall lack of transparency, and the repeated omission of filmmakers Claire Denis and Virginie Despentes from the Academy’s annual Dîner des Révélations event, focused on emerging talent. The young guests are asked to nominate talent they’d like to see at the event,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
As a contentious edition of France’s Cesar awards wrapped, Roman Polanski won best director prompting numerous walkouts such as nominee Adele Haenel, star of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”
Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables” won best picture as well as the people’s choice prize, best male newcomer (for Alexis Manenti) and best editing.
Neither Polanski nor the cast and crew of “An Officer And A Spy” (“J’accuse”) was on hand at the awards ceremony hosted at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday. Polanski said on Thursday that he would skip the celebration to avoid being “lynched,” but that didn’t prevent a protest by more than 100 people that was staged in front the venue by the advocacy group Osez le Feminisme.
Since bowing at Cannes Film Festival where it won the jury prize, “Les Miserables” went on to win a Goya Award, and was nominated for...
Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables” won best picture as well as the people’s choice prize, best male newcomer (for Alexis Manenti) and best editing.
Neither Polanski nor the cast and crew of “An Officer And A Spy” (“J’accuse”) was on hand at the awards ceremony hosted at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday. Polanski said on Thursday that he would skip the celebration to avoid being “lynched,” but that didn’t prevent a protest by more than 100 people that was staged in front the venue by the advocacy group Osez le Feminisme.
Since bowing at Cannes Film Festival where it won the jury prize, “Les Miserables” went on to win a Goya Award, and was nominated for...
- 2/28/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Taking home 4 trophies, Ladj Ly’s first feature dominates the winners’ list, while Anaïs Demoustier and Roschdy Zem are crowned best actors and Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy walks away with 3 gongs. The evening of the 45th César Awards ceremony already promised to be an electrifying event, what with the prior resignation of the Academy’s board and its president, Alain Terzian (who’d helmed the event since 2003 and has been provisionally replaced by Margaret Menegoz), in reaction to an open letter signed by over 400 professionals from the French film industry demanding reform, a change in governance and an end to the opaqueness surrounding a number of its practices. This end-of-an-era climate was further clouded by the media controversy surrounding the 12 nominations garnered by Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy. So when the latter won the Best Director...
Producer and outgoing board of governors member Margaret Ménégoz has taken over as interim president of the Cesar Academy. The new president is to oversee a transition period until a new board is announced in April.
Ménégoz, who has produced films for Michael Haneke, Eric Rohmer and Andrzej Wajda under her Les Films du Losange banner, and served as president of UniFrance from 2003 until 2009, will take over immediately, replacing recently resigned president Alain Terzian at the Cesar’s televised ceremony on Feb. 28. She will act as interim president until an April 20 general assembly.
On Feb. 13, the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization that oversees the Cesar Academy – resigned en masse following mounting industry pushback criticizing the board’s opaque practices and boy’s club atmosphere.
The Academy had also been under fire after nominating the Roman Polanski directed “An Officer and a Spy” for 12 awards.
Ménégoz, who has produced films for Michael Haneke, Eric Rohmer and Andrzej Wajda under her Les Films du Losange banner, and served as president of UniFrance from 2003 until 2009, will take over immediately, replacing recently resigned president Alain Terzian at the Cesar’s televised ceremony on Feb. 28. She will act as interim president until an April 20 general assembly.
On Feb. 13, the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization that oversees the Cesar Academy – resigned en masse following mounting industry pushback criticizing the board’s opaque practices and boy’s club atmosphere.
The Academy had also been under fire after nominating the Roman Polanski directed “An Officer and a Spy” for 12 awards.
- 2/26/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Speculation swirls around Roman Polanski’s possible attendance of this week’s ceremony.
Veteran German-French producer Margaret Ménégoz has been appointed interim president of France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques which organises the national César awards. It follows the resignation of the whole board earlier this month amid mounting industry criticism of way the organisation was run.
Ménégoz’s official role is interim president of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc), the not-for-profit body which oversees the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which is also known as the César Academy. She was a board member...
Veteran German-French producer Margaret Ménégoz has been appointed interim president of France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques which organises the national César awards. It follows the resignation of the whole board earlier this month amid mounting industry criticism of way the organisation was run.
Ménégoz’s official role is interim president of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc), the not-for-profit body which oversees the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which is also known as the César Academy. She was a board member...
- 2/26/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Margaret Menegoz - steps in to the breach at France’s Césars Photo: UniFrance
The producer and distributor Margaret Menegoz has been named today (26 February) as interim president of the Académie des César, the body which looks after France’s 'Oscars', ahead of the awards ceremony on Friday.
The appointment of Menegoz, previously Secretary General, follows the resignation of Alain Terzian in a row sparked by criticisms, among them that Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the list of nominations with 12, including for Best Director and Best Film.
In an open letter published in Le Monde, hundreds of actors, producers and directors have called for the Academy’s reform, denouncing its 'dysfunction' and calling for more transparency in its management. But their resignation goes into effect only after the ceremony on 28 February, ensuring that the glamorous occasion will proceed albeit with inevitable protests looming.
Feminist groups called...
The producer and distributor Margaret Menegoz has been named today (26 February) as interim president of the Académie des César, the body which looks after France’s 'Oscars', ahead of the awards ceremony on Friday.
The appointment of Menegoz, previously Secretary General, follows the resignation of Alain Terzian in a row sparked by criticisms, among them that Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the list of nominations with 12, including for Best Director and Best Film.
In an open letter published in Le Monde, hundreds of actors, producers and directors have called for the Academy’s reform, denouncing its 'dysfunction' and calling for more transparency in its management. But their resignation goes into effect only after the ceremony on 28 February, ensuring that the glamorous occasion will proceed albeit with inevitable protests looming.
Feminist groups called...
- 2/26/2020
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The bombshell news about the resignation of the governing board of the Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent of the Oscars, was greeted with relief within the French film world on Friday.
On the heels of an industry-wide backlash, the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization overseeing the Cesar Academy – revealed on Thursday evening that it will resign following the Cesar Awards ceremony on Feb. 28.
Among those resigning is Alain Terzian, a French producer who presides over both the Cesar Academy and the Association for the Promotion of Cinema, as well as former Cannes president Gilles Jacob.
“Their resignation is going to give us the opportunity to rewrite the status of the Cesar’s, which appear to be completely outdated,” “Polisse” actor Marina Fois told the French radio France Info on Friday. Fois is one of 400 film figures who signed a petition calling...
On the heels of an industry-wide backlash, the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization overseeing the Cesar Academy – revealed on Thursday evening that it will resign following the Cesar Awards ceremony on Feb. 28.
Among those resigning is Alain Terzian, a French producer who presides over both the Cesar Academy and the Association for the Promotion of Cinema, as well as former Cannes president Gilles Jacob.
“Their resignation is going to give us the opportunity to rewrite the status of the Cesar’s, which appear to be completely outdated,” “Polisse” actor Marina Fois told the French radio France Info on Friday. Fois is one of 400 film figures who signed a petition calling...
- 2/14/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Collective resignation comes amid intense criticism of 45-year-old organisation over gender parity, diversity and transparency.
The entire governing board of France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which organises the country’s César awards, resigned on Thursday evening (Feb 13) following weeks of criticism about the way the body is run.
“To honour those who made films in 2019, and to re-establish some calm and ensure that party for cinema remains a party, the board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc) has taken the unanimous decision to resign,” the board announced in a statement put out by the César Academy on Thursday.
The entire governing board of France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which organises the country’s César awards, resigned on Thursday evening (Feb 13) following weeks of criticism about the way the body is run.
“To honour those who made films in 2019, and to re-establish some calm and ensure that party for cinema remains a party, the board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Apc) has taken the unanimous decision to resign,” the board announced in a statement put out by the César Academy on Thursday.
- 2/13/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Update: Variety reports that while the board of directors has announced their collective resignation, the move will not take hold until after the February 28 ceremony.
After weeks of unrest following the announcement of this year’s César nominees, the French Film Academy is facing yet another upheaval, after protests over a dozen nominations for embattled filmmaker Roman Polanski and his latest film, a growing call to modernize the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, and an open letter to French newspaper Le Monde calling for a “complete overhaul” of the organization. Per the Agence France-Presse, the entire board of directors of the organization has opted to resign “to honor those who made the cinema in 2019, to regain serenity, and to make the cinema festival a celebration.”
The news comes just 15 days before the planned 2020 ceremony of France’s version of the Oscars.
Earlier this week, an open letter signed by...
After weeks of unrest following the announcement of this year’s César nominees, the French Film Academy is facing yet another upheaval, after protests over a dozen nominations for embattled filmmaker Roman Polanski and his latest film, a growing call to modernize the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, and an open letter to French newspaper Le Monde calling for a “complete overhaul” of the organization. Per the Agence France-Presse, the entire board of directors of the organization has opted to resign “to honor those who made the cinema in 2019, to regain serenity, and to make the cinema festival a celebration.”
The news comes just 15 days before the planned 2020 ceremony of France’s version of the Oscars.
Earlier this week, an open letter signed by...
- 2/13/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The board overseeing the Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent of the Oscars, has revealed that it will resign following the Cesar Awards ceremony on Feb. 28. As a result, Alain Terzian, a French producer who presides both the Association for the Promotion of Cinema and the Cesar Academy, is also expected to resign.
The shock announcement by the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization overseeing the Cesar Academy – comes on the heels of industry-wide backlash following 12 Cesar nominations for Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” The Cesar’s were also heavily criticised for shutting out feminist personalities such as director Claire Denis and author Virginie Despentes from one of recent gala events preceding the ceremony.
The decision also comes just days after the Cesar Academy vowed to reform its operating model and corporate leadership with the help of a mediator.
In recent weeks,...
The shock announcement by the 21-member board of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema – the organization overseeing the Cesar Academy – comes on the heels of industry-wide backlash following 12 Cesar nominations for Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” The Cesar’s were also heavily criticised for shutting out feminist personalities such as director Claire Denis and author Virginie Despentes from one of recent gala events preceding the ceremony.
The decision also comes just days after the Cesar Academy vowed to reform its operating model and corporate leadership with the help of a mediator.
In recent weeks,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma is facing strong backlash within its membership ranks, a little more than two weeks ahead of the César Awards, the local equivalent to the Oscars. Some 200 artists published an open letter in Le Monde on Monday, calling into question an “elitist and closed” Academy and saying they have “no voice” in how the organization operates.
The upset has been brewing since mid-January, and has escalated after this year’s César nominations were announced with Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy in the lead at 12. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has for decades lived in France after fleeing the United States on the eve of final sentencing in a statutory rape case. He has continued to make films here, but in the #MeToo era, and amid a more recent allegation (which he has denied), he has become an increasingly controversial figure.
After the nominations,...
The upset has been brewing since mid-January, and has escalated after this year’s César nominations were announced with Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy in the lead at 12. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has for decades lived in France after fleeing the United States on the eve of final sentencing in a statutory rape case. He has continued to make films here, but in the #MeToo era, and amid a more recent allegation (which he has denied), he has become an increasingly controversial figure.
After the nominations,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
National Cinema Centre (Cnc) chief to mediate in growing crisis over criticism of body’s governance.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which organises the country’s César awards, has called for calm from the film industry after some 200 French stars and filmmakers put out an open letter on the website of Le Monde newspaper on Monday night calling for “a complete overhaul” of the body.
”We call for calm so that the smooth running of the 45th César ceremony is not put in danger,” the organisation, also known as the César Academy, said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which organises the country’s César awards, has called for calm from the film industry after some 200 French stars and filmmakers put out an open letter on the website of Le Monde newspaper on Monday night calling for “a complete overhaul” of the body.
”We call for calm so that the smooth running of the 45th César ceremony is not put in danger,” the organisation, also known as the César Academy, said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
- 2/11/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Faced with mounting pressures within the French film industry and threats of a boycott, the board of the Cesar Academy (France’s equivalent to the Oscars), has vowed to reform its functioning and its corporate leadership with the help of a mediator.
Presided by French producer Alain Terzian, the Cesar Academy has been under fire since the announcement of the 12 nominations for Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” Some critics have pointed out the lack of gender parity, diversity and transparency within the Cesar’s voting body, as well as within the academy itself.
The academy said on Tuesday that it had requested from the National Film Board the appointment of a mediator who will be tasked to help the academy make “profound changes to the status and governance of the academy.”
According to a statement: “The Association for the Promotion of Cinema (which runs the Cesar Academy) has taken note of critics,...
Presided by French producer Alain Terzian, the Cesar Academy has been under fire since the announcement of the 12 nominations for Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” Some critics have pointed out the lack of gender parity, diversity and transparency within the Cesar’s voting body, as well as within the academy itself.
The academy said on Tuesday that it had requested from the National Film Board the appointment of a mediator who will be tasked to help the academy make “profound changes to the status and governance of the academy.”
According to a statement: “The Association for the Promotion of Cinema (which runs the Cesar Academy) has taken note of critics,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Claire Denis, Virginie Despentes snubs have triggered a new debate over how the French Academy is run.
France’s annual César awards ceremony is one of the most prestigious and glamorous nights of the year for the French film industry. But the 1,700 guests may well be dusting off their gowns and tuxes with a sense of trepidation for this year’s event on February 28.
The red carpet arrivals at the Salle Pleyel in central Paris are set to be a rowdy affair with women’s rights activists planning to picket the ceremony in protest against the fact that controversial director...
France’s annual César awards ceremony is one of the most prestigious and glamorous nights of the year for the French film industry. But the 1,700 guests may well be dusting off their gowns and tuxes with a sense of trepidation for this year’s event on February 28.
The red carpet arrivals at the Salle Pleyel in central Paris are set to be a rowdy affair with women’s rights activists planning to picket the ceremony in protest against the fact that controversial director...
- 2/6/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The French version of the Oscars is sparking backlash for nominating disgraced director Roman Polanski‘s latest for a whopping 12 awards.
The Césars announced its nominees, with 86-year-old Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy leading the list, including best film and best director. His nominations come 43 years after the director fled the U.S. for France and has lived in exile ever since.
Polanski pleaded guilty to engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 1977 after 13-year-old Samantha Geimer accused him of getting her drunk and giving her part of a quaalude.
He served 42 days in jail due to a plea bargain,...
The Césars announced its nominees, with 86-year-old Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy leading the list, including best film and best director. His nominations come 43 years after the director fled the U.S. for France and has lived in exile ever since.
Polanski pleaded guilty to engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 1977 after 13-year-old Samantha Geimer accused him of getting her drunk and giving her part of a quaalude.
He served 42 days in jail due to a plea bargain,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Hold the front page … Roman Polanski scoops no fewer than 12 nominations in the French César awards race for An Officer And A Spy / J’accuse Photo: UniFrance
The awards season rush continues today with the announcement by France’s Académie des César (the equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Sciences) of nominations for the 45th edition, with the winners to be revealed on 28 February.
Best acting nod for Les Misérables: Daniel Bonnard Photo: UniFrance
At a media gathering at the celebrated Parisian brasserie Fouquet’s on the Champs Elysées, the president of the Académie, Alain Terzian, divulged that Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy/J’accuse leads the field with 12 nominations, including those for Best Director and Best Film.
Not far behind with 11 nominations was Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables, also recognised in the Best Director and Best Film categories.
Les Misérables was level pegging with...
The awards season rush continues today with the announcement by France’s Académie des César (the equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Sciences) of nominations for the 45th edition, with the winners to be revealed on 28 February.
Best acting nod for Les Misérables: Daniel Bonnard Photo: UniFrance
At a media gathering at the celebrated Parisian brasserie Fouquet’s on the Champs Elysées, the president of the Académie, Alain Terzian, divulged that Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy/J’accuse leads the field with 12 nominations, including those for Best Director and Best Film.
Not far behind with 11 nominations was Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables, also recognised in the Best Director and Best Film categories.
Les Misérables was level pegging with...
- 1/29/2020
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
French feminists rail against César Academy for not taking moral position on Polanski.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and the country’s film industry came under fire on Wednesday after Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the nominations list for the 45th edition of its César awards.
The period drama– about the infamous 19th century case of French-Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus who was wrongly convicted for spying - garnered nominations in 12 categories, including best film and best director.
The film’s selection at Venice – where it won the grand jury prize – as well...
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and the country’s film industry came under fire on Wednesday after Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the nominations list for the 45th edition of its César awards.
The period drama– about the infamous 19th century case of French-Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus who was wrongly convicted for spying - garnered nominations in 12 categories, including best film and best director.
The film’s selection at Venice – where it won the grand jury prize – as well...
- 1/29/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
French feminists rail against César Academy for not taking moral position on Polanski.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and the country’s film industry came under fire on Wednesday after Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the nominations list for the 45th edition of its César awards.
The period drama– about the infamous 19th century case of French-Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus who was wrongly convicted for spying - earned nominations in 12 categories, including best film and best director.
The film’s selection at Venice – where it won the grand jury prize – as well...
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and the country’s film industry came under fire on Wednesday after Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy topped the nominations list for the 45th edition of its César awards.
The period drama– about the infamous 19th century case of French-Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus who was wrongly convicted for spying - earned nominations in 12 categories, including best film and best director.
The film’s selection at Venice – where it won the grand jury prize – as well...
- 1/29/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The mayor of Cannes David Lisnard has announced a €500m ($555m) project to revamp the French city.
The mayor of Cannes David Lisnard has announced a €500m ($555m) plan to revamp the French city, which includes expanding key festival venue the Palais des Festivals.
The ambitious project, called ‘Cannes on Air’, would see the Palais add a new 500-seat theatre by adding another floor to the existing building and renovating the Salon des Ambassadeurs, with the revamp costing around €62m ($69m).
Other elements to the citywide revamp would include creating a museum dedicated to the history of the Cannes Film Festival,...
The mayor of Cannes David Lisnard has announced a €500m ($555m) plan to revamp the French city, which includes expanding key festival venue the Palais des Festivals.
The ambitious project, called ‘Cannes on Air’, would see the Palais add a new 500-seat theatre by adding another floor to the existing building and renovating the Salon des Ambassadeurs, with the revamp costing around €62m ($69m).
Other elements to the citywide revamp would include creating a museum dedicated to the history of the Cannes Film Festival,...
- 10/25/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Other films on the submission short list were Celine Sciamma’s Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Alice Winocour’s Proxima.
Ladj Ly’s explosive social drama Les Miserables, capturing the tensions in a tough Paris housing estate, will represent France as the country’s submission to the Academy Awards’s rebranded international feature film category in the 2019-20 Oscar race.
The film made waves when it premiered in Competition in Cannes this year, winning the Jury Prize (in a tie with Bacurau).
It is a first feature for Ly, who has spent most his filmmaking career capturing the...
Ladj Ly’s explosive social drama Les Miserables, capturing the tensions in a tough Paris housing estate, will represent France as the country’s submission to the Academy Awards’s rebranded international feature film category in the 2019-20 Oscar race.
The film made waves when it premiered in Competition in Cannes this year, winning the Jury Prize (in a tie with Bacurau).
It is a first feature for Ly, who has spent most his filmmaking career capturing the...
- 9/20/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Selection committee overseen by National Cinema Centre will make final selection on September 20.
Les Miserables, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and recent Toronto world premiere Proxima are the trio of films on the shortlist to be France’s submission for the rebranded international feature film category at the Oscars.
The selection committee, which is overseen by the National Cinema Centre, will make the final selection on September 20.
For the first time, the committee includes film industry professionals alongside filmmakers and cultural institution chiefs as part of a shake-up announced in July aimed at increasing France’s chances in the Oscar race.
Les Miserables, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and recent Toronto world premiere Proxima are the trio of films on the shortlist to be France’s submission for the rebranded international feature film category at the Oscars.
The selection committee, which is overseen by the National Cinema Centre, will make the final selection on September 20.
For the first time, the committee includes film industry professionals alongside filmmakers and cultural institution chiefs as part of a shake-up announced in July aimed at increasing France’s chances in the Oscar race.
- 9/16/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
France’s National Film Board (Cnc), the organization tasked with establishing rules for the selection of French films submitted for Oscar consideration, has confirmed the shake-up of guidelines going forward.
Under the new rules, films will be allowed to have limited, qualifying runs ahead of their official theatrical premiere if they get a temporary visa from Cnc. This will enable some films that are scheduled for release in the winter to be submitted by the Sept. 30 deadline and considered by the Oscar committee. The limited runs will have to take place over seven consecutive days. The previous guideline required movies to be commercially released in France on dozens of screens by Sept. 30.
These changes will allow movies that are launching at fall festivals, such as Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian, to be considered by the Oscar committee.
“Thanks to this evolution, the selection committee will have more films to choose...
Under the new rules, films will be allowed to have limited, qualifying runs ahead of their official theatrical premiere if they get a temporary visa from Cnc. This will enable some films that are scheduled for release in the winter to be submitted by the Sept. 30 deadline and considered by the Oscar committee. The limited runs will have to take place over seven consecutive days. The previous guideline required movies to be commercially released in France on dozens of screens by Sept. 30.
These changes will allow movies that are launching at fall festivals, such as Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian, to be considered by the Oscar committee.
“Thanks to this evolution, the selection committee will have more films to choose...
- 7/3/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary American actor and director Robert Redford is set to receive an honorary Cesar award, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, at the 44th annual Cesar ceremony, which will take place Feb. 22 in Paris.
“An iconic actor, an exceptional director, a passionate producer, founder and president of Sundance, the most revered festival of independent films in the world, Robert Redford has left his mark through all his endeavors in the film world,” said Alain Terzian, the president of France’s Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema.
In the statement announcing Redford’s honorary Cesar, Terzian praised Redford’s career as an actor, filmmaker and philanthropist.
“Robert Redford is definitely a monument. Many of his films, in front or behind the camera, have now become classics. Rare are the careers which have had such a lasting impact on the history of cinema,” said Terzian, citing Redford’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film “Ordinary People,...
“An iconic actor, an exceptional director, a passionate producer, founder and president of Sundance, the most revered festival of independent films in the world, Robert Redford has left his mark through all his endeavors in the film world,” said Alain Terzian, the president of France’s Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema.
In the statement announcing Redford’s honorary Cesar, Terzian praised Redford’s career as an actor, filmmaker and philanthropist.
“Robert Redford is definitely a monument. Many of his films, in front or behind the camera, have now become classics. Rare are the careers which have had such a lasting impact on the history of cinema,” said Terzian, citing Redford’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film “Ordinary People,...
- 1/18/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Redford in The Old Man & The Gun Photo: Fox Searchlight The Academy of the French Oscars, the Césars, will award their honorary career achievement accolade this year to Robert Redford (in the wake of last year’s recipient Penelope Cruz) at the 44th awards ceremony on 22 February.
Robert Redford at Karlovy Vary Film Festival Photo: Richard Mowe Making the announcement in Paris Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy, said of Redford: “As an iconic actor, exceptional director, enthusiastic producer and founder of the Sundance Film Festival with a global reputation for promoting independent cinema, Redford has left his mark on each and every one of his activities.”
Terzian noted that Redford, 81, brought the same integrity and grace to roles as varied as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, Out of Africa, The Great Gatsby and The Horse Whisperer and flagged...
Robert Redford at Karlovy Vary Film Festival Photo: Richard Mowe Making the announcement in Paris Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy, said of Redford: “As an iconic actor, exceptional director, enthusiastic producer and founder of the Sundance Film Festival with a global reputation for promoting independent cinema, Redford has left his mark on each and every one of his activities.”
Terzian noted that Redford, 81, brought the same integrity and grace to roles as varied as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, Out of Africa, The Great Gatsby and The Horse Whisperer and flagged...
- 1/18/2019
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
France has selected Emmanuel Finkiel’s “A Memoir of War” (“La Douleur”) as its official entry for the foreign-language Oscar race.
The French Oscar committee’s choice was announced late Friday amid a dust-up over the ineligibility of Olivier Assayas’ new film, “Non-Fiction,” which did not meet the French National Film Board’s theatrical release criteria for consideration as an Oscar candidate.
“A Memoir of War” is an adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ semi-autobiographical novel “The War: A Memoir.” Music Box Films acquired U.S. rights to the movie in February, shortly after it opened in theaters across France on Jan. 24.
Represented in international markets by TF1 Studio, the film stars Mélanie Thierry, who plays a young Duras and delivers a breakthrough performance. Thierry stars opposite Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay, and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.
“A Memoir of War” takes place in June 1944, when France was still under German occupation, and follows Marguerite,...
The French Oscar committee’s choice was announced late Friday amid a dust-up over the ineligibility of Olivier Assayas’ new film, “Non-Fiction,” which did not meet the French National Film Board’s theatrical release criteria for consideration as an Oscar candidate.
“A Memoir of War” is an adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ semi-autobiographical novel “The War: A Memoir.” Music Box Films acquired U.S. rights to the movie in February, shortly after it opened in theaters across France on Jan. 24.
Represented in international markets by TF1 Studio, the film stars Mélanie Thierry, who plays a young Duras and delivers a breakthrough performance. Thierry stars opposite Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay, and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.
“A Memoir of War” takes place in June 1944, when France was still under German occupation, and follows Marguerite,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Robin Campillo's 120 Bpm (Beats Per Minute) won this year’s Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier prize, the French Academy’s top honor for producer of the year.
Marie-Ange Luciani and Hugues Charbonneau produced the AIDS activist drama, which also took the Grand Prize in Cannes, under their Films de Pierre banner.
Luciani acknowledged director Campillo, who also wrote the screenplay, and thanked him for sharing this "incredible thing that came out of [his] head."
The award was presented by Academy president Alain Terzian.
The gala dinner was held at Paris’ George V with the luminaries of French cinema attending, including Cannes Film Festival head...
Marie-Ange Luciani and Hugues Charbonneau produced the AIDS activist drama, which also took the Grand Prize in Cannes, under their Films de Pierre banner.
Luciani acknowledged director Campillo, who also wrote the screenplay, and thanked him for sharing this "incredible thing that came out of [his] head."
The award was presented by Academy president Alain Terzian.
The gala dinner was held at Paris’ George V with the luminaries of French cinema attending, including Cannes Film Festival head...
- 2/26/2018
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Other leading contenders include See You You There, Barbara and Bloody Milk.
Source: Cannes
‘Bpm (Beats Per Minute)’
Robin Campillo’s Aids activism drama Bpm (Beats Per Minute) leads nominations in France’s 2018 César awards which were announced in Paris on Wednesday morning (Jan 31).
Scroll down for the key nominations
The feature drama took 13 nominations including best film, best director and best screenplay and best male newcomer for its co-stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Arnaud Valois.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations at its traditional news conference at the Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs-Elysées.
The popularity of Campillo’s film among the academy’s members came as little surprise. Although ignored by Oscar and Golden Globe, the Cannes Grand Prix winner has been a critical and box office success in France where the film has drawn more than 800,000 spectators for Memento Distribution.
It also leads the nominations in the upcoming...
Source: Cannes
‘Bpm (Beats Per Minute)’
Robin Campillo’s Aids activism drama Bpm (Beats Per Minute) leads nominations in France’s 2018 César awards which were announced in Paris on Wednesday morning (Jan 31).
Scroll down for the key nominations
The feature drama took 13 nominations including best film, best director and best screenplay and best male newcomer for its co-stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Arnaud Valois.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations at its traditional news conference at the Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs-Elysées.
The popularity of Campillo’s film among the academy’s members came as little surprise. Although ignored by Oscar and Golden Globe, the Cannes Grand Prix winner has been a critical and box office success in France where the film has drawn more than 800,000 spectators for Memento Distribution.
It also leads the nominations in the upcoming...
- 1/31/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Oscar winner Penelope Cruz is set to receive an honorary Cesar, France’s top film prize, at this year’s Cesar Awards, the French Academy announced Monday.
Calling her a “muse of great filmmakers, a radiant Latin beauty,” academy president Alain Terzian said the Spanish star has the “ability to shine in both international productions and intimate films,” citing her roles in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor, Rob Marshall’s Nine, Kenneth Branagh’s The Orient Express and Sergio Castellitto’s Don’t Move, among others.
Though she is currently on small screens with American Crime Story: Versace, the Spanish star has long been a muse of...
Calling her a “muse of great filmmakers, a radiant Latin beauty,” academy president Alain Terzian said the Spanish star has the “ability to shine in both international productions and intimate films,” citing her roles in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor, Rob Marshall’s Nine, Kenneth Branagh’s The Orient Express and Sergio Castellitto’s Don’t Move, among others.
Though she is currently on small screens with American Crime Story: Versace, the Spanish star has long been a muse of...
- 1/29/2018
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France has selected Robin Campillo's 120 Beats Per Minute as its submission in the best foreign-language film category of the Oscars.
The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
The selection committee was chaired by National Cinema Center (Cnc) head Frederique Bredin and composed of executives including Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Fremaux, French Academy president Alain Terzian, UniFrance film body head Serge Toubiana and former head Jean-Paul Salome, as well as Cnc financing commissioner Teresa Cremisi.
BAFTA- and Cesar-nominated director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) and Cesar winner Deniz Gamze Erguven, director of the...
The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
The selection committee was chaired by National Cinema Center (Cnc) head Frederique Bredin and composed of executives including Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Fremaux, French Academy president Alain Terzian, UniFrance film body head Serge Toubiana and former head Jean-Paul Salome, as well as Cnc financing commissioner Teresa Cremisi.
BAFTA- and Cesar-nominated director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) and Cesar winner Deniz Gamze Erguven, director of the...
- 9/16/2017
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After the withdrawal of Roman Polanski as the honorary president of France's Cesar Awards, the ceremony will proceed without a president this year.
Academy president Alain Terzian shared the news Saturday in his brief remarks opening the Cesars' annual nominees luncheon at the chic Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysees in Paris. “The council of the Academy decided that there will be no president,” he said as guests were being seated. “We have not offered it to anyone.”
Terzian said the council had decided to leave the post vacant this year after the “tumult” that followed Polanski’s appointment. “We assume you...
Academy president Alain Terzian shared the news Saturday in his brief remarks opening the Cesars' annual nominees luncheon at the chic Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysees in Paris. “The council of the Academy decided that there will be no president,” he said as guests were being seated. “We have not offered it to anyone.”
Terzian said the council had decided to leave the post vacant this year after the “tumult” that followed Polanski’s appointment. “We assume you...
- 2/4/2017
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amid controversy and confusion, France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma unveiled the nominations for this year’s César Awards in Paris this morning. While a raft of technical glitches left Académie President Alain Terzian struggling to associate talent names to films, it nevertheless emerged that Paul Verhoeven’s Elle and Francois Ozon’s Frantz lead this year’s noms with 11 each. Terzian also addressed the recent headlines over the Académie’s appointment of Roma…...
- 1/25/2017
- Deadline
Paul Verhoeven’s thriller Elle and François Ozon’s period drama Frantz scored the most nominations.Scroll Down For List Of Nominees
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for this year’s César Awards.
Paul Verhoeven’s thriller Elle and François Ozon’s post-First World War drama Frantz, followed by Bruno Dumont’s quirky crime caper Slack Bay, lead the contenders for the 42nd edition of the event.
The nominations were revealed at the César’s traditional press conference held at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs-Elysées on Wednesday morning (Jan 25).
Elle clinched 11 nominations including best film, best director and best actress for Isabelle Huppert. Frantz scored the same number - both films will vie for best film, best director and best adaptation. Slack Bay has nine.
Surprise shut-outs included Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama, Stéphane Brizé’s A Woman’s Life and Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper. Alain Guiraudie’s Staying...
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for this year’s César Awards.
Paul Verhoeven’s thriller Elle and François Ozon’s post-First World War drama Frantz, followed by Bruno Dumont’s quirky crime caper Slack Bay, lead the contenders for the 42nd edition of the event.
The nominations were revealed at the César’s traditional press conference held at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs-Elysées on Wednesday morning (Jan 25).
Elle clinched 11 nominations including best film, best director and best actress for Isabelle Huppert. Frantz scored the same number - both films will vie for best film, best director and best adaptation. Slack Bay has nine.
Surprise shut-outs included Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama, Stéphane Brizé’s A Woman’s Life and Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper. Alain Guiraudie’s Staying...
- 1/25/2017
- ScreenDaily
Decision to fete director still haunted by 1977 statutory rape charge sparks controversy in some quarters in France.
French-Polish director Roman Polanski will preside over the 42nd edition of the French Césars on Feb 24, France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences has announced.
“Insatiable aesthete, Roman Polanski has reinvented his art and work over the years,” academy president Alain Terzian said in a statement.
“Artist, cineaste, producer, screenwriter, actor, director, there are many words that define Roman Polanski but only one to express our admiration and enchantment: thank you.”
However, the decision to honour Polanski has sparked protest from some quarters in France due to the 1977 charge that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl, who was modelling for him on a Vogue magazine shoot in Los Angeles.
News of his César presidency prompted a wave of social media postings protesting that Polanski should be honoured in this way given the rape charge, regardless of the...
French-Polish director Roman Polanski will preside over the 42nd edition of the French Césars on Feb 24, France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences has announced.
“Insatiable aesthete, Roman Polanski has reinvented his art and work over the years,” academy president Alain Terzian said in a statement.
“Artist, cineaste, producer, screenwriter, actor, director, there are many words that define Roman Polanski but only one to express our admiration and enchantment: thank you.”
However, the decision to honour Polanski has sparked protest from some quarters in France due to the 1977 charge that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl, who was modelling for him on a Vogue magazine shoot in Los Angeles.
News of his César presidency prompted a wave of social media postings protesting that Polanski should be honoured in this way given the rape charge, regardless of the...
- 1/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Roman Polanski will serve as president of this year’s Cesar Awards ceremony, the French Academy announced Wednesday.
Academy president Alain Terzian called the director “an insatiable esthetic,” in the announcement citing his works from Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown as “masterpieces.”
Polanski won the best director Cesar for The Pianist in 2002 and Venus in Fur in 2014.
Academy president Alain Terzian called the director “an insatiable esthetic,” in the announcement citing his works from Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown as “masterpieces.”
Polanski won the best director Cesar for The Pianist in 2002 and Venus in Fur in 2014.
- 1/18/2017
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France’s Oscar contender Mustang figures strongly in the César nominations (Photo: Unifrance)
The nominations for the French Oscars, the Césars, which will be bestowed at a ceremony on 26 February, were unveiled today at Fouquet’s Restaurant in Paris by Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy of the Césars.
Among the big hitters for best film and best director are Jacques Audiard (Dheepan); Stephan Brizé (The Measure Of A Man); Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite); Maiwenn (My King); Emmanuelle Bercot (Standing Tall), and Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days). France’s Oscar contender for best foreign film Mustang also figures strongly in the nominations.
Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu both picked up acting nominations for Valley Of Love by Guillaume Nicloux.
The complete list is:
Best film
Dheepan Fatima The Measure Of A Man / La Loi Du Marché Marguerite My King / Mon Roi Mustang Standing Tall / La Tête Haute My Golden Days...
The nominations for the French Oscars, the Césars, which will be bestowed at a ceremony on 26 February, were unveiled today at Fouquet’s Restaurant in Paris by Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy of the Césars.
Among the big hitters for best film and best director are Jacques Audiard (Dheepan); Stephan Brizé (The Measure Of A Man); Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite); Maiwenn (My King); Emmanuelle Bercot (Standing Tall), and Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days). France’s Oscar contender for best foreign film Mustang also figures strongly in the nominations.
Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu both picked up acting nominations for Valley Of Love by Guillaume Nicloux.
The complete list is:
Best film
Dheepan Fatima The Measure Of A Man / La Loi Du Marché Marguerite My King / Mon Roi Mustang Standing Tall / La Tête Haute My Golden Days...
- 1/27/2016
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas will now add a Cesar to his golden statue collection. The actor will receive an honorary Cesar – France’s version of the Oscar – award at the French Academy's annual ceremony in February. “He manages to embody an impressive variety of characters,” said French academy president Alain Terzian, citing performances in such varied films as The Game, Traffic and Basic Instinct. The star won a best actor Oscar for Wall Street and a best picture Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, on which he was a producer. Douglas also has won
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- 1/27/2016
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Debut feature set in Turkey to represent France.
France has selected Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang as its entry to the Best Foreign-Language Film Category at the 88thAcademy Awards.
The debut feature, which premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight this year, revolves around five sisters growing up in a remote Turkish village.
The film - sold internationally by Paris-based Kinology - was picked up by Cohen Media Group for the Us and the UK’s Curzon Artificial Eye following its Cannes premiere.
It was announced on Monday that Mustang was also in the running for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery prize aimed at first-time films.
Other films on the shortlist included Catherine Corsini’s Summertime (La Belle Saison), Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite.
Mustang’s selection was greeted with surprise by many in the French film industry who were expecting...
France has selected Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang as its entry to the Best Foreign-Language Film Category at the 88thAcademy Awards.
The debut feature, which premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight this year, revolves around five sisters growing up in a remote Turkish village.
The film - sold internationally by Paris-based Kinology - was picked up by Cohen Media Group for the Us and the UK’s Curzon Artificial Eye following its Cannes premiere.
It was announced on Monday that Mustang was also in the running for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery prize aimed at first-time films.
Other films on the shortlist included Catherine Corsini’s Summertime (La Belle Saison), Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite.
Mustang’s selection was greeted with surprise by many in the French film industry who were expecting...
- 9/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
Debut feature set in Turkey to represent France.
France has selected Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang as its entry to the Best Foreign-Language Film Category at the 88thAcademy Awards.
The debut feature, which premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight this year, revolves around five sisters growing up in a remote Turkish village.
Other films on the shortlist included Catherine Corsini’s Summertime (La Belle Saison), Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite.
Selection Process
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) and its president Frédérique Bredin oversaw the work of the selection committee
This year the committee comprised actress Nathalie Baye, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius; actress and director Mélanie Laurent, Unifrance president Jean-Paul Salomé, Alain Terzian, president of France’s Oscar equivalent the Césars, and Serge Toubiana, president of the Cinématheque Francaise as well as head of the Cnc’s advance...
France has selected Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang as its entry to the Best Foreign-Language Film Category at the 88thAcademy Awards.
The debut feature, which premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight this year, revolves around five sisters growing up in a remote Turkish village.
Other films on the shortlist included Catherine Corsini’s Summertime (La Belle Saison), Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite.
Selection Process
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) and its president Frédérique Bredin oversaw the work of the selection committee
This year the committee comprised actress Nathalie Baye, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius; actress and director Mélanie Laurent, Unifrance president Jean-Paul Salomé, Alain Terzian, president of France’s Oscar equivalent the Césars, and Serge Toubiana, president of the Cinématheque Francaise as well as head of the Cnc’s advance...
- 9/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
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