The Favourite turned out to be just that, the favourite, at this year’s BAFTA Awards. The comedy-drama, which was co-produced by the Dublin company Element Pictures, took home awards in seven categories, including Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design and Best Actress for Olivia Colman.

Colman’s success at the British Academy Film Awards follows that of her success at the Golden Globes in January, where she was named best actress in a musical or comedy for the same film. Both of her co-stars, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, were also nominated at Baftas for Best Supporting actress, with Weisz ultimately winning out.

The film’s success sparked a celebration for women in the industry, as The Favourite’s production designers Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton dedicated their win to “every woman and working mother who keeps it together and makes it happen”.

In the same tone, screenwriter Deborah Davis said, “Thank you for celebrating our female-dominated movie about women in power.”

The Favourite’s costume designer, Sandy Powell, also described it as a dream “to design for three powerful female protagonists played by three powerful female actresses”.

The Favourite won the most awards of all the nominated films at the highly anticipated ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday night. But it was Roma, the black-and-white emotional portrait of a domestic worker's journey set against political turmoil in 1970s Mexico, that won in the Best Film, Best Cinematography (Alfonso Cuarón) and Best Director (Alfonso Cuarón) categories.

In Cuarón’s reception speech, he thanked Netflix for having the “faith and courage to get behind a black-and-white film about a domestic worker, subtitled from Spanish, and bring it to audiences around the world.

“To see a film about an indigenous domestic worker embraced this way in an age when fear and anger propose to divide us means the world to me.

“Reverting back to a world of separation and isolation is not a solution to anything. It is simply an excuse to hide our fear within our basest instincts.”

Several other winners took the opportunity to speak on the topic of diversity, and its absence, within the industry.

Film-maker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, accepted the best documentary award for Free Solo, a stunning film that follows rock climber Alex Honnold during a solo climb. In her speech, Vasarhelyi thanked National Geographic for “hiring women and people of colour … because we do make the films better”.

Rami Malek received the award for Best Actor in the wake of his highly-praised portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. “This is totally extraordinary,” he said. “Thank you for this generous gift.”

The film’s success is the subject of some controversy in light of the film's director, Bryan Singer, facing allegations of sexual assault. Last week, Singer's BAFTA nomination for Best Director was removed as a result. Malek did not mention Singer, nor the controversy, in his speech.

A full list of the BAFTA nominees and winners can be found below:

BEST PICTURE

“BlacKkKlansman”

“The Favourite”

“Green Book”

“Roma” – Winner

“A Star is Born”

BEST DIRECTOR

Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”

Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”

Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”

Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma” – Winner

Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”

Christian Bale, “Vice”

Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Winner

Steve Coogan, “Stan & Ollie”

Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close, “The Wife”

Lady Gaga, “A Star is Born”

Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” – Winner

Viola Davis, “Widows”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”

Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” – Winner

Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Sam Rockwell, “Vice”

Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, “Vice”

Claire Foy, “First Man”

Emma Stone, “The Favourite”

Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”

Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite” – Winner

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Janusz Glowacki, Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”

Deborah Davis, Tony Mcnamara, “The Favourite” – Winner

Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, “Green Book”

Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”

Adam McKay, “Vice”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Wilmott, “BlacKkKlansman” – Winner

Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Josh Singer, “First Man”

Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth, “A Star is Born”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Newton Thomas Sigel, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Lukasz Zal, “Cold War”

Robbie Ryan, “The Favourite”

Linus Sandgren, “First Man”

Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma” – Winner

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“The Favourite” – Winner

“Mary Poppins Returns”

“Mary Queen of Scots”

BEST FILM EDITING

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“The Favourite”

“First Man”

“Roma”

“Vice” – Winner

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“The Favourite” – Winner

“Mary Queen of Scots”

“Stan & Ollie”

“Vice”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”

“The Favourite” – Winner

“First Man”

“Mary Poppins Returns”

“Roma”

BEST SCORE

“BlacKkKlansman”

“If Beale Street Could Talk”

“Isle of Dogs”

“Mary Poppins Returns”

“A Star is Born” – Winner

BEST SOUND

“Bohemian Rhapsody” – Winner

“First Man”

“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”

“A Quiet Place”

“A Star is Born”

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

“Avengers: Infinity War”

“Black Panther” – Winner

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”

“First Man”

“Ready Player One”

BEST ANIMATED FILM

“Incredibles 2”

“Isle of Dogs”

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” – Winner

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“Free Solo”– Winner

“McQueen”

“RBG”

“They Shall Not Grow Old”

“Three Identical Strangers”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Capernaum”

“Cold War”

“Dogman”

“Roma”– Winner

“Shoplifters”

BEST BRITISH FILM

“Beast”

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“The Favourite”– Winner

“McQueen”

“Stan & Ollie”

“You Were Never Really Here”

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Daniel Kokotajlo (writer/director), “Apostasy”

Michael Pearce (writer/director), “Beast” – Winner

Chris Kelly (writer/director/producer), “A Cambodian Spring”

Leanne Welham (writer/director), Sophie Harman (producer), “Pili”

Richard Billingham (writer/director), Jacquie Davies (producer), “Ray & Liz”

BEST BRITISH ANIMATED SHORT

“I’m OK”

“Marfa”

“Roughhouse”– Winner

BEST BRITISH LIVE-ACTION SHORT

“73 Cows”– Winner

“Bachelor”

“The Blue Door”

“The Field”

“Wale”

RISING STAR AWARD

Barry Keoghan

Cynthia Erivo

Jessie Buckley

Lakeith Stanfield

Letitia Wright – Winner