The director, whose film An Officer and a Spy has 12 nominations in the French ‘Oscars’, will miss
Paris ceremony after alleging threats by activists
The controversial film director Roman Polanski has said he will not attend the French “Oscars” because he fears a “public lynching” by feminist activists.
The veteran is at the centre of a storm of protest after his new film about the Dreyfus affair, An Officer and a Spy, topped the list of nominations for the César awards, which will be presented in Paris on Friday night.