| Lawyers for Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski have filed a motion for his release from detention in Switzerland.
Polanski was detained on Saturday (local time) over a child sex case in the United States from 32 years ago.
As leading Hollywood figures rallied to his cause overnight, lawyers for the 76-year-old French-Polish filmmaker asked Swiss authorities to free him on bail pending an expected lengthy legal wrangle over extradition to the US.
"We have filed a bail motion asking for his release, eventually under conditions," said Polanski's French lawyer Herve Temime.
"We proposed in our [bail] motion that there would be a bond and, above all, guarantees for the Swiss authorities that he would remain in Switzerland while the case goes on," Mr Temime added.
The top Swiss criminal court confirmed that Polanski had earlier lodged a separate court motion - a formal complaint against his arrest at Zurich airport pending the US extradition request.
The court said it would take weeks to deliberate on that motion, but made no comment on the bail demand.
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