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2nd British Academy Film Awards

1949 film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	2
award	British Academy Film Awards
date	29 May 1949
site	Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London
best_film	Hamlet
best_british	The Fallen Idol
most_wins	Hamlet, The Fallen Idol (1)
most_nominations	Hamlet, The Fallen Idol (2)
last	1st
next	3rd

The 2nd British Academy Film Awards, known retroactively as the British Academy Film Awards, were given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) (known then as the British Film Academy) on 29 May 1949 at the Odeon Leicester Square, and honoured the best films of 1948. The awards for 1947 were presented at the same ceremony.

As with the awards for films from 1947, films from 1948 were eligible for the categories Best Film from any Source, British or Foreign and Best British Picture; these were won by Hamlet and The Fallen Idol, respectively. Additionally three new award categories were created: Best Documentary Picture, a "Special Award for work lying outside the feature and documentary fields", and the "United Nations Award for the best documentary or feature film illustrating one of the basic principles of the United Nation's [sic] Charter".

At the event, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also presented awards to British filmmakers for their work on Hamlet and The Red Shoes, in categories that they had won at the 21st Academy Awards.

Winners and nominees

British films The Fallen Idol and Hamlet received the awards for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source, respectively, and were additionally nominated in both categories; Louisiana Story received the award for Best Documentary; Atomic Physics received the Special Award for Film; and the United Nations Award was handed out to Atomic Physics, Hungry Minds and screenplay The Winslow Boy.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface.

Best British Picture	Best Film from any Source	Best Documentary Picture	Special Award for Film

United Nations Award

The category is described as being for "the best film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter in 1949". No winner was awarded.

Atomic Physics
Hungry Minds
The Winslow Boy

Notes

References

(January 1948). "First Awards Brochure".
(January 1948). "First Awards Brochure".
"Film in 1949". [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA).
"Past Winners and Nominees - Film - Awards - The BAFTA Site".

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