Jacques Audiard swept the board at the 50th Césars on Friday evening winning Best Director and Film for Emilia Pérez against expectations after its award season campaign was derailed by the uncovering of racist tweets by its star Karla Sofía Gascón.

“Emilia Pérez” won Best Film from the French 2025 César Awards, a major win for the Netflix film ahead of the Oscars. Jacques Audiard’s movie had earned 13 Oscar nominations but then fell out of frontrunner status.

Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” won a raft of prizes, including best film and director, at the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, on Friday in Paris. “Emilia Perez” won a total of seven awards (also including best adapted screenplay,

Karla Sofía Gascón came under fire for old social media posts after becoming the Academy Awards’ first openly transgender acting contender

Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón is planning to attend the Academy Awards on Sunday, in spite of the backlash she has faced after offensive comments she posted on social media resurfaced and effectively derailed her history-making Oscar campaign.

"Karla’s nomination is historic. That’s really important. She’s still a nominee," Academy CEO Bill Kramer said.