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



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BAFTA Awards: 1953

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


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

Best British Actor


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

Best Foreign Actor


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

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Casque d'or (1952) - Simone Signoret - France.
Other Nominees:
	Les enfants terribles (1950) - Nicole St�phane Olivia (1951) - Edwige Feuill�re - France. Pat and Mike (1952) - Katharine Hepburn - USA. The Marrying Kind (1952) - Judy Holliday - USA.

Best British Actress


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

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

Most Promising Newcomer to Film


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

UN Award


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

Special Award


Awarded to:
	Animated Genesis (1952)
Nominees:
	A Phantasy (1952) - Canada. 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) Stanlow Story, The (1952) To the Rescue (1952)