Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” took home the prize for best film not in the English language at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday night, despite controversy over star Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive tweets.

Despite the still-raging controversy, Emilia Pérez filmmaker Jacques Audiard and star Zoe Saldaña, mentioned Gascón while accepting statuettes on the BAFTA stage. "Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight,

A Deadline FYC screening event in Hollywood brought together the Oscar nominees from Emilia Pérez to discuss the making of the movie.