Nomadland, a film about a woman who lives in a van in the American West after the financial crash, has taken top honours at the Bafta Film Awards.
It scooped four prizes including best film, best actress for its star Frances McDormand and best director.
That made Chloe Zhao only the second woman to win best director in 53 years of Bafta history.
Meanwhile, Sir Anthony Hopkins won best actor for The Father, 24 years after his last competitive Bafta win.
Most winners were watching live and delivered acceptance speeches remotely, with none of the nominees at the Royal Albert Hall in person.
Zhao, who was born in China and is based in the US, referred to her education in the UK when she told the ceremony: “I think I just made my teacher at Brighton College very proud.”
Her win comes 11 years after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win best director for The Hurt Locker, and Zhao’s victory means she is the first woman of colour to pick up the prize.
The prize for best British film went to Promising Young Woman.
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