
	BAFTA Film Award
	...Film from any Source
	...Best Foreign Actor
	...Best British Actor
	...Best British Actress
	...Best Foreign Actress
	...Best Documentary Film
	...Best British Film
	...Most Promising...
	UN Award
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BAFTA Awards: 1953

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	Sound Barrier, The (1952)
Other Nominees:
	African Queen, The (1951) - USA. Angels One Five (1952) Boy Kumasenu, The (1952) - Gold Coast. Carrie (1952) - USA. Casque d'or (1952) - France. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) Death of a Salesman (1951) - USA. Limelight (1952) - USA. Mandy (1952) Miracolo a Milano (1951) - Italy. Olvidados, Los (1950) - Mexico. Outcast of the Islands (1952) Rashômon (1950) - Japan. River, The (1951) Singin' in the Rain (1952) - USA. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - USA. Viva Zapata! (1952) - USA.

Best Foreign Actor


Winner:
	Viva Zapata! (1952) - Marlon Brando - USA.
Other Nominees:
	African Queen, The (1951) - Humphrey Bogart - USA. Death of a Salesman (1951) - Fredric March - USA. Dieu a besoin des hommes (1950) - Pierre Fresnay - France. Miracolo a Milano (1951) - Francesco Golisano - Italy.

Best British Actor


Winner:
	Sound Barrier, The (1952) - Ralph Richardson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Carrie (1952) - Laurence Olivier - USA. Folly to Be Wise (1953) - Alastair Sim Mandy (1952) - Jack Hawkins Pickwick Papers, The (1952) - James Hayter Sound Barrier, The (1952) - Nigel Patrick

Best British Actress


Winner:
	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Vivien Leigh - USA.
Other Nominees:
	I Believe in You (1952) - Celia Johnson (I) Mandy (1952) - Phyllis Calvert Sound Barrier, The (1952) - Ann Todd

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Casque d'or (1952) - Simone Signoret - France.
Other Nominees:
	Enfants terribles, Les (1950) - Nicole Stéphane Marrying Kind, The (1952) - Judy Holliday - USA. Olivia (1951) - Edwige Feuillère - France. Pat and Mike (1952) - Katharine Hepburn - USA.

Best Documentary Film


Winner:
	Royal Journey (1951) - Canada.
Other Nominees:
	Fishermen of Negombo (1952) - Ceylon. Highlights of Farnborough 1952 (1952) Journey Into History (1951) Le Mans 1952 (1952) Nature's Half Acre (1951) - USA. Ocean Terminal (1952) Open Window, The (1952) Opera School (1952) - Canada. Rig 20 (1952) Streamlined Pig, The (1952) - Denmark.

Best British Film


Winner:
	Sound Barrier, The (1952)
Other Nominees:
	Angels One Five (1952) Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) Mandy (1952) Outcast of the Islands (1952) River, The (1951)

Most Promising Newcomer to Film


Winner:
	Limelight (1952) - Claire Bloom (I) - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) - Dorothy Tutin Mandy (1952) - Dorothy Alison Mandy (1952) - Mandy Miller (I)

UN Award


Winner:
	Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Other Nominees:
	Neighbours (1952) - Canada. Olvidados, Los (1950) - Mexico.

Special Award


Awarded to:
	Animated Genesis (1952)
Nominees:
	Angry Boy, The (1952) - USA. Balance 1950 (1952) Basic Principles of Lubrication (1952) Carlsen Story, The (1952) Demonstrations on Perception (1952) - USA. Machining of Metals (1952) Moon, The (1952) Organisation of the Human Body (1952) Phantasy, A (1952) - Canada. Stanlow Story, The (1952) To the Rescue (1952)