The direction of the academy of Caesar, strongly criticized, announced Thursday evening its collective resignation.

The management of the Caesars announced Thursday evening their "collective resignation", 15 days before the next annual ceremony, against a background of crisis, between denouncing the opacity of the management of the academy and the Polanski controversy. "To honor those who made cinema in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration, the board of directors of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (Academy of Arts and Technology of Cinema) took the unanimous decision to resign. This collective resignation will allow the complete renewal of the management ", indicates the Academy chaired since 2003 by producer Alain Terzian.