Musical Emilia Perez was also among the night’s earlier winners, winning the gong for film not in the English language, having been the second-most nominated title at this year’s Bafta film awards, with 11 nominations in total.
Elsewhere, animated film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was named the winner of the children’s and family film award at the ceremony, which is being held at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre for the second year.
The Aardman film also won the Bafta for animated film, with director Nick Park joking: “I didn’t actually write a second speech.”.
Accepting the prize the film’s French director Jacques Audiard said he was “touched”, and said the prize “was for everyone who worked tirelessly on this film”.
American actor Kieran Culkin and actress Zoe Saldana have been named the winners in the supporting actor categories at the Bafta film awards.
