The coveted Best Film award was a race between erotic drama Anora, gritty historical drama The Brutalist, Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, religious drama Conclave, and controversial musical Emilia Pérez - which has been panned by Mexicans for failing to cast any native stars in the film, while lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón also sparked controversy as historic tweets came back to haunt her.
On Sunday night, Hugh was ready to battle for the Best Actor gong against The Brutalists's Adrien Brody, A Complete Unknown's Timothée Chalamet, Sing Sing star Colman Domingo, Conclave actor Ralph Fiennes, and The Apprentice star Sebastian Stan.
Early winners on the night included Kieran Culkin who won best supporting actor for his role in A Real Pain and Zoe Saldana who won best supporting actress for her work in Emilia Pérez.
Karla was up for Best Actress against Demi Moore, who starred in The Substance, Hard Truths actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anora's Mikey Madison, and The Outrun's Saoirse Ronan for the Best Actress award.
The duo followed in the footsteps of A List stars including Pamela Anderson and Demi Moore who were also in attendance for the ceremony - which could see Hugh walk away with a gong for his role in the terrifying flick Heretic.
