49th British Academy Film Awards
The 49th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995.
49th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 23 April 1996 |
Site | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
Hosted by | Angus Deayton |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Sense and Sensibility |
Best British Film | The Madness of King George |
Best Actor | Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of King George |
Best Actress | Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility |
Most awards | Braveheart, The Madness of King George, The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility (3) |
Most nominations | The Madness of King George (14) |
Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility won the award for Best Film. The film also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). Il postino (The Postman), directed by Michael Radford, won the awards for Best Director, Film Not in the English Language, and Original Music. Nigel Hawthorne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The Madness of King George; the same film was voted Outstanding British Film of the Year. Additionally, Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy.
Winners and nominees
Statistics
Nominations | Film |
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14 | The Madness of King George |
12 | Sense and Sensibility |
7 | Braveheart |
5 | Apollo 13 |
Il Postino: The Postman | |
4 | Babe |
3 | Leaving Las Vegas |
The Usual Suspects | |
2 | Carrington |
Ed Wood | |
GoldenEye | |
Trainspotting |
Awards | Film |
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3 | Braveheart |
Il Postino: The Postman | |
The Madness of King George | |
Sense and Sensibility | |
2 | Apollo 13 |
The Usual Suspects |
See also
- 68th Academy Awards
- 21st César Awards
- 1st Critics' Choice Awards
- 48th Directors Guild of America Awards
- 9th European Film Awards
- 53rd Golden Globe Awards
- 7th Golden Laurel Awards
- 16th Golden Raspberry Awards
- 10th Goya Awards
- 11th Independent Spirit Awards
- 1st Lumières Awards
- 22nd Saturn Awards
- 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 48th Writers Guild of America Awards
References
- "Film in 1996". BAFTA.org.
- "Kate Winslet wins BAFTA for Sense & Sensibility". YouTube.
- "Sense & Sensibility wins Best Film BAFTA in 1996". YouTube.
- "Emma Thompson's Best Actress BAFTA for Sense & Sensibility". YouTube.
- "Emma Thompson adds Bafta to Oscar trophies". The Independent. 21 April 1996. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012.
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