‘Karla Sofía I kiss you’: Emilia Pérez director extends Bafta olive branch to absent star

<p>Jacques Audiard thanks lead actor Gascón during Bafta acceptance speech after weeks of controversy over her social media posts<br />• <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-the-red-carpet-the-ceremony-the-winners-live">Live blog: Red carpet, ceremony and winners – live!</a><br />• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-the-full-list-of-winners-live">Full list of winners</a><br /> • <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-red-carpet-sequins-satin-and-a-ski-mask-in-pictures">Sequins, satin and a ski mask – red carpet in pictures</a></strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/karla-sofia-i-kiss-you-emilia-perez-director-extends-olive-branch-to-disgraced-and-absent-star">Continue reading...</a>