Conclave, directed by German-born Edward Berger, won the BAFTA for the best film with its tale of the intrigue and horse-trading behind the scenes during the election of a new pope.
US filmmaker Brady Corbet took the BAFTA for best director for The Brutalist, while leading man Adrien Brody scooped up the best actor gong for his portrayal of a Hungarian Holocaust survivor and architect who emigrates to the United States.
In “a film that speaks to tremendous cruelty and despicable behaviour in our past... we see elements existing today that can guide us and remind us of that,“ he added.
Scandal-hit Emilia Perez, a surreal musical about a Mexican druglord who transitions to a woman, had been heavily favoured at the beginning of the year. But it ended the evening with just two BAFTAs, including one for Zoe Saldana for best supporting actress.
But old racist and Islamophobic tweets by lead actor Karla Sofia Gascon surfaced at the end of January, shaking up the race just before the London ceremony and the Oscars on March 2.
Madison, who beat out frontrunner Demi Moore, told reporters she wanted to dedicate the award to “the sex worker community, I see you, you deserve respect and human dignity”.
Emilia Perez director Audiard, in accepting the BAFTA for best film not in the English language, thanked all his stars, including “dear” Gascon who did not attend the ceremony amid the scandal surrounding her past tweets.
Best supporting actor went to Succession star Kieran Culkin for his role in A Real Pain about Jewish American cousins who tour Poland in honour of their grandmother. The film also garnered the best original screenplay for Jesse Eisenberg.
“They are the reason I signed to do the film in the first place”, she said, adding she would “always stand” with the LGBTQ community, which has come under attack under the new presidency of Donald Trump.
Wicked picked up two BAFTAs for costume and production design, while Rich Peppiatt who wrote Kneecap, a docu-drama about an audacious trio of Northern Irish rappers, won for an outstanding debut by a British writer.
To huge cheers from the audience, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl picked up two BAFTAs for best animated feature and best Children’s and Family Film.
France’s Coralie Fargeat was the only woman nominated in the directing category, for The Substance, which in the end picked up just one BAFTA for hair and make-up. – AFP
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