Protesters disrupted the first screening in France of Roman Polanski's new film on Tuesday, following the publication of a new rape accusation against the French-Polish director.

A group of about 40 activists blocked the screening of the French premiere of Polanski's film "J'accuse" at a theater in Rue Champollion, although the film was shown at some other theaters in Paris.

"The cancellation of this screening is not a victory; victory will be when the impunity for rapists ends," Chloe Madesta, one of the activists, told France Info Radio.