Best perk of my Bafta success? A free sofa

His film I Swear was one of the standout winners at the Baftas on Sunday night – picking up three awards.

But for director Kirk Jones, perhaps the most exciting part of the ceremony was accepting the offer of a sofa from the lead actor's furniture-maker father.

Jones said he agreed to have it when Robert Aramayo won best leading actor for his role in the film as Tourette's campaigner John Davidson.

The director, from Bristol, said: "[Aramayo's dad] came over, he grabbed me, we were jumping up and down and I said, 'I'll have the sofa, I'll have the sofa'."

The director told BBC Radio Bristol that Aramayo's father works for a sofa company and had asked him if he needed one at the start of the London ceremony.

"I said, 'Well, we might do at some point, but not really,' and he said, 'I want to make you a sofa and it's going to be free because of all that you've done for my family'.

"I said, 'Don't be silly... if we did need a sofa, obviously we'd give you something for it, you don't want to be doing something for free'."

Clearly, Jones changed his mind in the buzz of Aramayo's win.

"If I've got nothing else out of last night, I think I might have got a free sofa," he added.

Aramayo, from Hull, managed to beat Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet to win the best actor award.

He also won the EE rising star Bafta, which is voted for by the public.

I Swear won its third Bafta for casting.

Jones said the recognition for the film had been "unbelievable".

He said: "It's a bit of a blur... there was a lot going on and we were just jumping up and screaming."

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