Jacques Audiard thanks lead actor Gascón during Bafta acceptance speech after weeks of controversy over her social media posts

Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard has thanked his lead actor, Karla Sofía Gascón, during an acceptance speech at the Baftas – following weeks of controversy surrounding her bigoted social media posts.

Emilia Pérez beat out four other films in the best film not in the English language category: Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light, Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here, Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap, and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/karla-sofia-i-kiss-you-emilia-perez-director-extends-olive-branch-to-disgraced-and-absent-star