BAFTAs 2025: Emilia Perez Wins Finest Movie Not in English Language; Director Tells Karla Sofia THIS Amid Controversy

Emilia Perez bagged the prize of Finest Movie, Not within the English Language, on the BAFTA Awards 2025, leaving out the opposite high contenders. Director Jacques Audiard stepped up on the stage to just accept the trophy, and in his acceptance speech, he thanked Karla Sofia Gascon amid weeks of controversy. 

The filmmaker despatched a kiss to the actress, following her absence from the occasion and alleged elimination from the awards marketing campaign. Audiard, in his speech, mentioned, “Above all, I wish to thank all of the great artists who introduced this movie to life and who’re right here with us tonight.” 

He went on to thank the forged members of the film, as he acknowledged, “My expensive Zoe, my expensive Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your staff, but in addition you, my expensive Karla Sofia, that I kiss. I’m deeply pleased with what we achieved collectively. Lengthy dwell ‘Emilia Pérez’!”

In the meantime, the movie, which is accessible to stream on Netflix, had been making headlines after Gascon shared a couple of inappropriate posts on her social media platform. 

Aside from Emilia Perez, the initiatives that stood for contendership within the class included Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagined as Mild, Wealthy Peppiatt’s Kneecap, Walter Salles’s I’m Nonetheless Right here, and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Moreover, Zoe Saldana additionally thanked her co-star, Gascon, after successful the prize for Finest Supporting Actress. She mentioned, “I wish to thank my great forged, Karla, Selena, Adriana… Movies are supposed to alter hearts and problem minds. And I hope that Emilia Perez did one thing like this, please, as a result of voices have to be heard.”

Emilia Perez is among the critically acclaimed films of the season.