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.

Film Executive Suspended From Cannes Red Carpet After Woman Accuses Of S*xual Assault

A high-ranking film executive who has ties to a co-parallel event at the Cannes Film Festival has been suspended over a public s*xual violence accusation. The accusation came out during a roundtable on s*xual assault organised by France’s National Centre for Cinema (CNC), and it immediately brought attention to the case. For the unversed, the suspect is the vice president of ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema), which is…