Conclave, made by German director Edward Berger, picked up four awards in total including best film and best British film; the first time a movie has won both in the same year since the 2019 war drama, 1917. It also won best adapted screenplay and best editing.

US filmmaker Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist also won four – Corbet picked up best director while Adrien Brody won best actor for his portrayal of Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor, László Tóth. The film also won best original score and cinematography.

Other winners included Mikey Madison (best actress, for Anora), Kieran Culkin (best supporting actor, for A Real Pain) and Zoe Saldaña (best supporting actress, for Emilia Pérez).

Anora, about a New York stripper who has a whirlwind romance with the son of a Russian oligarch, had been picking up best picture momentum ahead of the Oscars next month – but instead came away with best actress and best casting.

The best actress win for Madison was something of a surprise, despite her impressive performance in Sean Baker’s film. Madison herself, on accepting the prize, said: “Wow, I really wasn’t expecting this. I probably should have listened to my publicist and written a speech or something!”

The 25-year-old starred in US comedy series Better Things and also had roles in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and horror film Scream. But her leading role in Anora has catapulted her into the spotlight.

Madison added: “I want to take a moment to recognise the sex worker community. I see you, you deserve respect and human decency. I will always be an ally and a friend.”

Demi Moore, who stars in body horror The Substance, has been picking up best actress prizes in the last couple of months, including at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.

Many thought she would win the Bafta, too. She will still be a favourite at the Oscars although Madison’s Bafta win does make things more interesting.

The Substance only picked up one win on Sunday for make-up and hair. The film sees a TV aerobics presenter in her 50s (Moore) who takes a black-market drug to create a younger, more beautiful version of herself. Full of gory effects, the film is the favourite to pick up the same prize at next month’s Oscars.

Which films won the most?

• Conclave – 4
• The Brutalist – 4
• Wicked – 2
• Emilia Pérez – 2
• Anora – 2
• Dune Part 2 – 2
• A Real Pain – 2
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – 2

Conclave, about a a gossipy and scheming group of cardinals who gather in Rome to elect a new Pope, which stars Ralph Fiennes, had led the charge with 12 nominations.

Berger said he was “deeply moved” to win best film, and that winning outstanding British film, was “a huge, huge honour”.

“Best British and I’m not even from here, so I feel so welcome in your midst,” he added.

Bafta rules state that films in this category “must have significant creative involvement by individuals who are British”.

Berger added that we “live in a time of a crisis of democracy”, and ended his speech by quoting Leonard Cohen, saying: “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”

Brody, collecting his best actor win, told the audience The Brutalist “is really about the pursuit of leaving something meaningful”, while Corbet said he was “humbled and very grateful”.

The ceremony was hosted by David Tennant at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The actor wore a kilt and opened the ceremony by belting out The Proclaimers’ classic song, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), joined by other stars including James McAvoy and Colman Domingo.

In what has been an unpredictable awards season, the Baftas followed a similar pattern, with no single film sweeping the board, and several movies sharing the spoils.

This was the third year in a row that no British stars won any of the four acting prizes at the most prestigious night in the British film calendar.

Films that had multiple nominations but lost out on the night included A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, Nosferatu, Blitz, Gladiator II and The Apprentice.

Emilia Pérez saga

Emilia Pérez, the French-made film, about a dangerous Mexican drug lord who decides to leave the world of crime and live a new life as a woman, has been the subject of controversy in recent weeks. Offensive social media posts by its star, Karla Sofía Gascón, were unearthed.

Some wondered if the saga would affect its chances. With 11 nominations, it ended up winning best international film alongside Zoe Saldaña’s win. She is now a favourite to replicate her Bafta win at next month’s Oscars.

On accepting the international film prize, the film’s director, Jacques Audiard, thanked the cast, including Gascon, as did Saldaña.

Kieran Culkin’s win for a A Real Pain was widely expected. The award was collected by his co-star and the film’s writer and director, Jesse Eisenberg.

Eisenberg’s film, about two cousins who explore their Jewish grandmother’s roots in Poland, also picked up the award for best original screenplay.

Actor and TV presenter Warwick Davis was awarded the Bafta Fellowship, the highest honour bestowed by the British Academy. He thanked his mother – his “first agent” and his “wonderful wife Sammy who died almost a year ago”.

The In Memoriam segment, which honours those from the film community who we have lost in the past year, paid tribute to the likes of Dame Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones, David Lynch, Dame Joan Plowright and Donald Sutherland.

Other winners included Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Part 2, which won special effects and sound.

Blockbuster musical film Wicked won best production design for Brits Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales. It was Crowley’s first Bafta and his sixth nomination, although Sandales has won twice previously. It also picked up best costume design.

Aardman’s latest Wallace and Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, won best animation – perhaps surprisingly, it’s the first time they have won this award. They also picked up the inaugural award for best children and family film.

West Belfast rap group Kneecap won the Bafta for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.

The Irish-language film is based on a semi-fictionalised account of how the band was formed.

The film’s English director, Rich Peppiatt, said on accepting the prize: “Kneecap is more than a film, it’s a movement,” adding that everyone should have their language and culture respected.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve story, a film about the life of the Superman star who was paralysed in a horse riding accident 10 years before his death in 2004, won best documentary. His children took to the stage to honour their late father.

Robert Harris’ Conclave was published in 2016 and the film adaptation, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini, was released last year.

Made by German director Edward Berger, it picked up four awards, including best film and best British film, at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

Harris, who lives near Hungerford, West Berkshire, said he was writing another book when Pope Francis’ election in 2013 caught his imagination.

A former political journalist, he said he wrote Conclave without any expectation that it would be dramatised – and that doing so would be “fatal”.

He said any author turning up to a film adaptation is likely to be treated like a “drunken old uncle” but that Conclave’s makers were “very nice” and that he had a “terrific” experience.

“It’s a great thing because it’s a very quiet, anonymous life being a writer,” Harris told BBC Radio 4’s Today.

“Then every so often, when you get pitched into this showbiz world and emerge blinking into the light, it’s great. The whole experience has been terrific.

“It’s a very good film. I can say that dispassionately. I have had a few things made [from his work] that have not been that good and this one is really good!”

Asked by host Nick Robinson if he would write a book about the Church of England, he said he had been attracted to the intrigue and processes of the Catholic church.

“It’s not quite got the oomph, has it, of the Vatican? Lambeth Palace is a very pleasant place but it’s not exactly like St Peter’s Basilica. There’s something about the ancient rituals of the Catholic church.

“The Sistine Chapel was built for the election of a pope, that’s what it’s there for. They’re locked in. It’s also got a sort of Agatha Christie-like room dynamic.”

Conclave also won awards for adapted screenplay and editing.

Scores of firefighters took more than five hours to tackle the blaze on Friday at the Chiltern Firehouse, a five-star hotel in Marylebone in central London.

The streaming giant will now hold its event on Sunday night at The Twenty Two, a luxury hotel in London’s Mayfair.

An investigation has been launched over the fire, which led to the evacuation of 100 guests. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said no injuries were reported, but the venue will remain closed until further notice.

The Bafta Film Awards are being held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

Pope selection drama Conclave leads the Bafta field with 12 nominations, followed by Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Anora.

After the ceremony, which will be hosted by David Tennant, actors, producers, directors and others within the industry will flock to a number of afterparties being held around the capital

The main Bafta afterparty will take place at the Southbank Centre.

But Netflix is hosting its own party to recognise its talent. The US media firm has multiple nominations, including for Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez.

It had planned to hold the event at the Chiltern Firehouse – a well-known celebrity hotspot which has previously hosted A-listers including Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp.

However, the hotel’s owner Andre Balazs said the venue will “remain closed until further notice” following Friday’s fire.

“We are grateful to confirm that no one was hurt, and our guests and staff safely evacuated,” he added.

Fire crews from Euston, Soho, Paddington, West Hampstead, Kensington, Chelsea, and surrounding fire stations were deployed after first being called just before 15:00 GMT, with videos on social media showing firefighters using a crane to douse flames as they engulfed the top of the building.

The fire service said the blaze started in ducting and spread from the ground floor to the roof of the four-storey hotel, and was under control by shortly after 20:00.

The cause is under investigation.

Located on Chiltern Street, the hotel occupies the site of a Victorian fire station built in 1889.

The Chiltern Firehouse opened in 2013 as a 26-suite hotel and 200-seater restaurant.