The Film Academy released a statement to show its solidarity with victims of sexual violence. On Friday EL PAÍS revealed that a film student, an employee of one of Carlos Vermut's productions and a worker in the cultural sector were allegedly attacked by the filmmaker.

Vermut has been a candidate for the Spanish film awards four times. “Sexist attitudes, abuses of power and violence against women, which can take very different forms, are present transversally throughout society,” the Academy states in its note.