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6th British Academy Film Awards

1953 film awards ceremony

1953 film awards ceremony

FieldValue
number6
awardBritish Academy Film Awards
date5 March 1953
siteLeicester Square Theatre, Westminster, London,
United Kingdom
best_film*The Sound Barrier*
best_british*The Sound Barrier*
most_wins*The Sound Barrier* (3)
most_nominations*The Sound Barrier* (5)
last5th
next7th

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. The Sound Barrier won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

'* *The Sound Barrier'''''

  • The African Queen
  • Angels One Five
  • The Boy Kumasenu
  • Carrie
  • Casque d'or
  • Cry, the Beloved Country
  • Death of a Salesman
  • Limelight
  • Mandy
  • Miracolo a Milano
  • Los Olvidados
  • Outcast of the Islands
  • Rashomon
  • The River
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Viva Zapata!

Best Foreign Actor

** Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata! **

  • Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
  • Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
  • Pierre Fresnay in Dieu a besoin des hommes
  • Francesco Golisano in Miracolo a Milano

Best British Actor

** Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier **

  • Laurence Olivier in Carrie
  • Alastair Sim in Folly to Be Wise
  • Jack Hawkins in Mandy
  • James Hayter in The Pickwick Papers
  • Nigel Patrick in The Sound Barrier

Best British Actress

** Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire **

  • Celia Johnson in I Believe In You
  • Phyllis Calvert in Mandy
  • Ann Todd in The Sound Barrier

Best Foreign Actress

** Simone Signoret in Casque d'or **

  • Nicole Stephane in Les Enfants Terribles
  • Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind
  • Edwige Feuillère in Olivia
  • Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike

Best Documentary Film

** Royal Journey **

  • Ocean Terminal
  • The Open Window
  • Opera School
  • Rig 20
  • The Streamlined Pig
  • Fisherman of Negombo
  • Highlights of Farnborough 1952
  • Journey into History
  • Le Mans 1952
  • Nature's Half Acre

Best British Film

** The Sound Barrier **

  • Angels One Five
  • Cry, the Beloved Country
  • Mandy
  • Outcast of the Islands

Special Award

** Animated Genesis **

  • The Angry Boy
  • The Moon
  • The Stanlow Story
  • Balance 1950
  • Basic Principles of Lubrication
  • Demonstrations in Perception
  • Machining of Metals
  • Organization of the Human Body
  • To The Rescue
  • A Phantasy
  • The Carlsen Story

UN Award

** Cry, The Beloved Country **

Most Promising Newcomer To Film

** Claire Bloom in Limelight **

  • Dorothy Tutin in The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Dorothy Alison in Mandy
  • Mandy Miller in Mandy
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