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British Academy Film Awards

6th edition

  • March 5, 1953
  • United Kingdom

The 6th British Academy Film Awards, retroactively known as the British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) (previously the British Film Academy) in 1953, honoured the best films of 1952.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Sound Barrier Winner
The African Queen
Angels One Five
The Boy Kumasenu
Carrie
Casque d'Or
Cry, the Beloved Country
Death of a Salesman
Limelight
Mandy
Miracle in Milan
The Young and the Damned
Outcast of the Islands
Rashomon
The River
Singin' in the Rain
A Streetcar Named Desire
Viva Zapata!
Outstanding British Film
The Sound Barrier Winner
Angels One Five
Cry, the Beloved Country
Mandy
Outcast of the Islands
Best British Actor
The Sound Barrier Ralph Richardson Winner
Carrie Laurence Olivier
Folly to Be Wise Alastair Sim
Mandy Jack Hawkins
The Pickwick Papers James Hayter
The Sound Barrier Nigel Patrick
Best British Actress
A Streetcar Named Desire Vivien Leigh Winner
I Believe in You Celia Johnson
Mandy Phyllis Calvert
The Sound Barrier Ann Todd
Best Foreign Actor
Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando Winner
The African Queen Humphrey Bogart
Death of a Salesman Fredric March
God Needs Men Pierre Fresnay
Miracle in Milan Francesco Golisano
Best Foreign Actress
Casque d'Or Simone Signoret Winner
The Strange Ones Nicole Stephane
The Marrying Kind Judy Holliday
Olivia Edwige Feuillère
Pat and Mike Katharine Hepburn
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Limelight Claire Bloom Winner
The Importance of Being Earnest Dorothy Tutin
Mandy Dorothy Alison
Mandy Mandy Miller
Best Documentary Feature Film
Royal Journey Winner
Ocean Terminal
The Open Window
Opera School
Rig 20
The Streamlined Pig
Negombo
Highlights of Farnborough 1952
Journey Into History
Le Mans 1952
Nature's Half Acre
United Nations Award
Cry, the Beloved Country Winner
Special Award
Animated Genesis Winner
Angry Boy
The Stanlow Story
Balance 1950
The Basic Principles of Lubrication
Demonstrations in Perception
The Machining of Metals
To the Rescue
A Phantasy
Complete Story of the "Flying Enterprise"
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Sound Barrier 3

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Mandy 6
  • The Sound Barrier 5
  • Cry, the Beloved Country 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Mandy 0 / 6
  • The Sound Barrier 3 / 5
  • Cry, the Beloved Country 1 / 3

Only one nomination

35 movies:
  • Angry Boy
  • Animated Genesis
  • Balance 1950
  • The Basic Principles of Lubrication
  • The Boy Kumasenu
  • Complete Story of the "Flying Enterprise"
  • Demonstrations in Perception
  • Folly to Be Wise
  • God Needs Men
  • Highlights of Farnborough 1952
  • I Believe in You
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Journey Into History
  • The Machining of Metals
  • Le Mans 1952
  • The Marrying Kind
  • Nature's Half Acre
  • Negombo
  • Ocean Terminal
  • Olivia
  • The Open Window
  • Opera School
  • Pat and Mike
  • A Phantasy
  • The Pickwick Papers
  • Rashomon
  • Rig 20
  • The River
  • Royal Journey
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • The Stanlow Story
  • The Strange Ones
  • The Streamlined Pig
  • To the Rescue
  • The Young and the Damned

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