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British Academy Awards: 1958

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
Other Nominees:
	12 Angry Men (1957) - USA. 3:10 to Yuma (1957) - USA. Bachelor Party, The (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. Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957) Shiralee, The (1957) That Night! (1957) - USA. Tin Star, The (1957) - USA. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956) - France. Windom's Way (1958)

Best Foreign Actor


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

Best British Actor


Winner:
	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) - Alec Guinness
Other Nominees:
	Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957) - Laurence Olivier Stowaway Girl (1957) - Trevor Howard Time Without Pity (1956) - Michael Redgrave Windom's Way (1958) - Peter Finch

Best British Actress


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

Best Foreign Actress


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

Best British Screenplay


Winner:
	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) - Pierre Boulle
Other Nominees:
	Anastasia (1956) - Arthur Laurents Birthday Present, The (1957) - Jack Whittingham Hell Drivers (1957) - John Kruse; Cy Endfield Man in the Sky, The (1957) - William Rose (I); John Eldridge (I) Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957) - Terence Rattigan Smallest Show on Earth, The (1957) - William Rose (I); John Eldridge (I) Story of Esther Costello, The (1957) - Charles Kaufman (IV) Windom's Way (1958) - 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 Animated Film


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

Best British Film


Winner:
	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
Other Nominees:
	Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957) Shiralee, The (1957) Windom's Way (1958)

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Brothers in Law (1957) - Eric Barker (I)
Other Nominees:
	Sorcières de Salem, Les (1957) - Mylène Demongeot True as a Turtle (1956) - Elvi Hale True as a Turtle (1956) - Keith Michell (I) Young Stranger, The (1957) - James MacArthur (I)

UN Award


Winner:
	Happy Road, The (1957) - USA/France.
Other Nominees:
	Like Paradise (1957) Out (1957)

Special Award


Winner:
	Chairy Tale, A (1957) - Canada.
Other Nominees:
	Introducing Telex (1957) Successful Instruction (1957)