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British Academy Awards: 1986

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) - Robert Greenhut (I); Woody Allen
Other Nominees:
	Amadeus (1984) - Saul Zaentz; Milos Forman Back to the Future (1985) - Bob Gale; Neil Canton; Robert Zemeckis Passage to India, A (1984) - John Brabourne; Richard N. Goodwin; David Lean Witness (1985) - Edward S. Feldman; Peter Weir

Best Actor


Winner:
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - William Hurt
Other Nominees:
	Amadeus (1984) - F. Murray Abraham Passage to India, A (1984) - Victor Banerjee Witness (1985) - Harrison Ford

Best Actress


Winner:
	Passage to India, A (1984) - Peggy Ashcroft
Other Nominees:
	Letter to Brezhnev (1985) - Alexandra Pigg Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) - Mia Farrow Witness (1985) - Kelly McGillis

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Defence of the Realm (1985) - Denholm Elliott
Other Nominees:
	My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Saeed Jaffrey Passage to India, A (1984) - James Fox (I) Plenty (1985) - John Gielgud

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) - Rosanna Arquette
Other Nominees:
	Plenty (1985) - Tracey Ullman Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Anjelica Huston Wetherby (1985) - Judi Dench

Best Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) - Woody Allen
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Hanif Kureishi Witness (1985) - Earl Wallace; William Kelley (III)

Best Adapted Screenplay


Winner:
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Richard Condon (I); Janet Roach
Other Nominees:
	Amadeus (1984) - Peter Shaffer Passage to India, A (1984) - David Lean Shooting Party, The (1984) - Julian Bond (III)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Amadeus (1984) - Miroslav Ondrícek
Other Nominees:
	Emerald Forest, The (1985) - Philippe Rousselot Passage to India, A (1984) - Ernest Day Witness (1985) - John Seale

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Cotton Club, The (1984) - Milena Canonero
Other Nominees:
	Amadeus (1984) - Theodor Pistek (II) Legend (1985) - Charles Knode Passage to India, A (1984) - Judy Moorcroft

Best Sound


Winner:
	Amadeus (1984) - John Nutt; Christopher Newman (I); Mark Berger (I)
Other Nominees:
	Carmen (1984) - Hugues Darmois; Harald Maury; Dominique Hennequin; Bernard Leroux Chorus Line, A (1985) - Jonathan Bates (I); Christopher Newman (I); Gerry Humphreys (I) Cotton Club, The (1984) - Edward Beyer; Jack C. Jacobsen; David Carroll

Best Editing


Winner:
	Amadeus (1984) - Nena Danevic; Michael Chandler (I)
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Arthur Schmidt (I); Harry Keramidas Chorus Line, A (1985) - John Bloom (II) Witness (1985) - Thom Noble

Best Special Visual Effects


Winner:
	Brazil (1985) - George Gibbs (II); Richard Conway (I)
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Kevin Pike; Ken Ralston Legend (1985) - Nick Allder; Peter Voysey Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) - R/Greenberg Associates

Best Score


Winner:
	Witness (1985) - Maurice Jarre
Other Nominees:
	Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - Harold Faltermeyer Emerald Forest, The (1985) - Junior Homrich; Brian Gascoigne Passage to India, A (1984) - Maurice Jarre

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Careless Talk (1985) - Noella Smith
Other Nominees:
	One for My Baby (1985) - Chris Fallon Woman Who Married Clark Gable, The (1985) - Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Oberst Redl (1985) - Manfred Durniok; István Szabó (I) - Hungary/West Germany/Austria.
Other Nominees:
	Carmen (1984) - Patrice Ledoux; Francesco Rosi - France/Italy. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1984) - Tom Sternberg; Wayne Wang; Danny Yung - USA. Subway (1985) - Luc Besson; François Ruggieri - France.

Best Make Up Artist


Winner:
	Amadeus (1984) - Paul LeBlanc (I); Dick Smith
Other Nominees:
	Emerald Forest, The (1985) - Peter Frampton (II); Paul Engelen; Anna Dryhurst; Luis Michelotti; Beth Presares Legend (1985) - Peter Robb-King; Rob Bottin Mask (1985) - Michael Westmore (I)

Best Production Design


Winner:
	Brazil (1985) - Norman Garwood
Other Nominees:
	Amadeus (1984) - Patrizia von Brandenstein Back to the Future (1985) - Lawrence G. Paull Passage to India, A (1984) - John Box

Michael Balcon Award


Winner:
	Sydney Samuelson

BAFTA TV Award

Best Film Cameraman


Winner:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Andrew Dunn (I)
Other Nominees:
	Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985) (TV) - Ken Westbury

Best Film Editor


Winner:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Ardan Fisher; Dan Rae (I)

Best Actor


Winner:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Bob Peck (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Joe Don Baker

Best Actress


Winner:
	Shadowlands (1985) (TV) - Claire Bloom
Other Nominees:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Joanne Whalley

Best Costume Design


Nominees:
	"Mapp & Lucia" (1985) - Frances Tempest

Best Make Up


Winner:
	"Bleak House" (1985) (mini) - Lisa Westcott

Best Single Drama


Winner:
	Shadowlands (1985) (TV) - Norman Stone (I); David M. Thompson

Best Light Entertainment Performance


Winner:
	Audience with Victoria Wood, An (1988) (TV) - Victoria Wood (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Only Fools and Horses" (1981) - David Jason

Best Design


Winner:
	"Bleak House" (1985) (mini) - Tim Harvey (I)

Best Light Entertainment (Programme or Series)


Winner:
	Audience with Victoria Wood, An (1988) (TV) - Geoff Posner

Best Drama Series/Serial


Winner:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Michael Wearing; Martin Campbell

Best Original Television Music


Winner:
	"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini) - Eric Clapton; Michael Kamen
Other Nominees:
	"Tender Is the Night" (1985) (mini) - Richard Rodney Bennett