Oscars mistake: Moonlight wins best picture after announcement mix-up

Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars - but only after Faye Dunaway initially said La La Land had won, the BBC reports.

Warren Beatty said that "Emma Stone, La La Land" was written in the envelope, which is why the error was made.

The team from La La Land were in the middle of their acceptance speeches when the mistake was discovered.

Musical La La Land won six Oscars including best director and best actress. Moonlight also won adapted screenplay and best supporting actor.

Damien Chazelle, director of La La Land, became the youngest filmmaker to win a best director Oscar at the age of 32.

Bonnie and Clyde stars Beatty and Dunaway announced La La Land had taken the best picture prize - but then the musical's producer Jordan Horowitz announced there had been a mistake.

He said: "This is not a joke. Moonlight is best picture," and showed the camera the card that revealed the winner.

Two La La Land producers had already given their acceptance speeches before the mistake was revealed.

Host Jimmy Kimmel joked that he knew he would he would mess up compering the ceremony, and added:

"Personally I blame Steve Harvey for this," referring to Harvey's mistake in announcing the Miss Universe winner in 2015.