They want to "make their anger and indignation heard". Feminists have organized a Cesar counter-ceremony which will be posted on YouTube on Thursday, the day before the 45th edition of the major French cinema meeting. During # Tocards2020, they will parody the grand raout by awarding, among other things, the “Caesar of pedocrime”, the “Cesar of impunity” or the “Cesar of misogyny”, announces “the counter-team” Academy ”in a press release to the media this Wednesday.
The organizers intend to denounce "the guilty silence of the entire French cinema industry". "By refusing to take a stand on the crucial issue of gender-based and sexual violence, the Caesar Academy is de facto complicit in these acts," they argue.
In their viewfinder, in particular, the twelve nominations for the Cesar for J'accuse by Roman Polanski, including that of best director. Those who present themselves as "splicers and feminists of all stripes" believe that the Academy "proves once again that it ignores the violence suffered by women and thereby shows its willingness to silence them and make them last ".
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In addition, several feminist associations called for a rally Friday at 6 p.m. in front of the Salle Pleyel (Paris 17th), three hours before the kick-off of the César ceremony in order to protest against the honors granted to Roman Polanski. The feminist collective #NousToutes for its part announced a happening during which "other prizes - less glorious - will be awarded, so that the curtain rises on the protection" granted by "the world of the arts and cinema".
In mid-February, feminist associations and personalities signed an open letter in Le Parisien calling on Cesar voters to "refuse to decorate" Roman Polanski, accused by twelve women of sexual violence.
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