Film executive in Cannes accused of sexual assault during event

Actor banned from red carpets, condemnation of Depardieu... In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the CNC organized a conference on the Croisette on Thursday 15 May on gender-based and sexual violence in the cultural community.

Film executive in Cannes accused of sexual assault during event

During a discussion about sexual assault organised by France’s film board, a woman stood up and publicly denounced an executive from the ACID Cannes film section.

The Vice-President of ACID, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, was publicly accused of sexual assault on Thursday. The alleged victim denounced the facts during a meeting organized by the CNC on the issue of sexual and gender-based violence. The individual whom she denounces was immediately suspended from her duties by the management of the event. - Cannes 2025: a leader "retirement" after a charge of sexual assault (Culture, media …

The decision follows the speech of a woman who, during a meeting organised during the festival, publicly denounced the man whom she accuses of having sexually assaulted him.

On Thursday, May 15, during the Cannes Film Festival, a woman accused a frame of a parallel selection of sexual violence. The man was immediately dismissed from his duties.

The vice-president of a section parallel to the Cannes Festival but independent of it, the Acid, was "retired" on Thursday after being accused of sexual violence the same morning by a woman during a...