Police and protesters clashed briefly outside the French “Oscars” ceremony on Friday evening as the Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski was awarded the prize for best director.
In 2017, Polanski was named to preside over the awards ceremony but stepped down after a wave of outrage.
She has accused another French director, Christophe Ruggia, of sexually harassing her when she was 12.
Earlier, protestors sprayed anti-Polanski graffiti outside the venue and the headquarters of the French film academy, the Académie des Césars.