Jacques Audiard's 'Emilia Pérez' took home the BAFTA for best film not in the English language on Sunday night, despite recent controversy.

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,

The director of "Emilia Pérez" thanked Karla Sofía Gascón, who has been under fire over her resurfaced social media posts, at Sunday's BAFTAs.