BAFTA Awards: 1958

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Other Nominees:
	12 Angry Men (1957) - USA. 3:10 to Yuma (1957) - USA. Celui qui doit mourir (1957) - Italy/France. Edge of the City (1957) - USA. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - USA. Pather Panchali (1955) - India. Paths of Glory (1957) - USA. Porte des Lilas (1957) - France/Italy. That Night! (1957) - USA. The Bachelor Party (1957) - USA. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) The Shiralee (1957) The Tin Star (1957) - USA. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956) - France. Windom's Way (1957)

Best British Actor


Winner:
	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Alec Guinness
Other Nominees:
	Manuela (1957) - Trevor Howard (I) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) - Laurence Olivier Time Without Pity (1957) - Michael Redgrave Windom's Way (1957) - Peter Finch (I)

Best Foreign Actor


Winner:
	12 Angry Men (1957) - Henry Fonda - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Edge of the City (1957) - Sidney Poitier - USA. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - Robert Mitchum - USA. La traversée de Paris (1956) - Jean Gabin - France. Porte des Lilas (1957) - Pierre Brasseur - France/Italy. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Tony Curtis (I) - USA. The Great Man (1956) - Ed Wynn - USA. Time Limit (1957) - Richard Basehart

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Les sorcières de Salem (1957) - Simone Signoret
Other Nominees:
	A Hatful of Rain (1957) - Eva Marie Saint - USA. Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter (1956) - Lilli Palmer - USA. That Night! (1957) - Augusta Dabney - USA. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) - Marilyn Monroe The Rainmaker (1956) - Katharine Hepburn - USA. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) - Joanne Woodward (I) - USA.

Best British Actress


Winner:
	The Story of Esther Costello (1957) - Heather Sears
Other Nominees:
	Tea and Sympathy (1956) - Deborah Kerr - USA. Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) - Sylvia Syms (I)

Best British Screenplay


Winner:
	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Pierre Boulle
Other Nominees:
	Anastasia (1956) - Arthur Laurents Hell Drivers (1957) - John Kruse; Cy Endfield The Birthday Present (1957) - Jack Whittingham The Man in the Sky (1957) - William Rose (I); John Eldridge (I) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) - Terence Rattigan The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) - William Rose (I); John Eldridge (I) The Story of Esther Costello (1957) - Charles Kaufman (IV) Windom's Way (1957) - Jill Craigie Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) - Ted Willis

Best Documentary Film


Winner:
	Journey Into Spring (1958)
Other Nominees:
	City of Gold (1957) - Canada. Every Day Except Christmas (1957) Holiday (1957) USA in the 30's, The (1957) - USA.

Best British Film


Winner:
	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Other Nominees:
	The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) The Shiralee (1957) Windom's Way (1957)

Most Promising Newcomer to Film


Winner:
	Brothers in Law (1957) - Eric Barker (I)
Other Nominees:
	Les sorcières de Salem (1957) - Myl�ne Demongeot The Young Stranger (1957) - James MacArthur (I) True as a Turtle (1957) - Elvi Hale True as a Turtle (1957) - Keith Michell (I)

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Pan-tele-tron (1957) - Digby Turpin
Other Nominees:
	Earth Is a Battlefield (1957) La bergère et le ramoneur (1952) - France. The Magic Fluke (1949) - USA.

Best Actor

Best Personality


Awarded to:
	A Chairy Tale (1957) - Canada.
Nominees:
	Introducing Telex (1957) Successful Instruction (1957)