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38th British Academy Film Awards

1985 film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	38
award	British Academy Film Awards
date	5 March 1985
site	Grosvenor House Hotel
host	Terry Wogan
best_film	The Killing Fields
best_actor	Haing S. Ngor
best_actor_film	The Killing Fields
best_actress	Maggie Smith
best_actress_film	A Private Function
most_wins	The Killing Fields (8)
most_nominations	The Killing Fields (13)
last	37th
next	39th

he 38th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 5 March 1985 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1984. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1984.

The evening's big winner was the British-made The Killing Fields, which had 13 nominations and won 8 of them.

Winners and nominees

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

Alan Parker and Alan Marshall

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

Nominations	Film
13	The Killing Fields
7	The Dresser
6	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
5	Once Upon a Time in America
A Private Function
4	The Company of Wolves
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Paris, Texas
3	Another Country
Carmen
2	Cal
Ghostbusters
Silkwood
Swann in Love

Awards	Film
8	The Killing Fields
3	A Private Function
2	Once Upon a Time in America

References

[http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/actor-ian-mckellen-attending-the-bafta-awards-ceremony-at-news-photo/3266009 Getty Images: ''Picture of actor Ian McKellen attending the BAFTA Awards ceremony on 5th March 1985 at the Grosvenor Hotel in London''] Retrieved 2013-03-06
"Film in 1985". [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
[http://avaxnews.net/appealing/Rowan_Atkinson.html AvaxNews caption under picture 3: ''British comedian Rowan Atkinson attends the BAFTA awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, 5th March 1985. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)''] {{Webarchive. link. (18 September 2013 Retrieved 2013-03-06)
Morgan, David. (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". [[Deadline Hollywood]].

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