London, Feb. 16 -- As expected, Jacques Audiard's Spanish drama 'Emilia Perez' emerged victorious in Best Non-English Language Film category at the 78th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).

The film's director Jacques Audiard accepted the award. More than the win it was his acceptance speech that caught eyeballs.

Despite controversy over actor Karla Sofia Gascon's offensive tweets, he gave a shout out to former in his speech, as per Variety.

Audiard thanked Gascon -- who was absent at the ceremony and has effectively been removed from the awards campaign.

"Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight," he said. "My dear Zoe, my dear Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Ju...