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49th British Academy Film Awards

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Date
  
April 23, 1996

Best Film
  
Sense and Sensibility

Best British Film
  
The Madness of King George

Best Actor
  
Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of King George

Best Actress
  
Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility

Most awards
  
Braveheart, The Madness of King George, The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility (3)

The 49th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995.

Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility won the award for Best Film. Sense and Sensibility also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). Il postino (The Postman) of director Michael Radford won the awards for Best Film not in the English Language, Director and Film Music. Nigel Hawthorne was voted Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in The Madness of King George. The same film was voted Best British Film of the Year. Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Archibald Cunningham" in Rob Roy.

Awards breakdown

Winners

  • 3 / 14 The Madness of King George: Best Actor, British Film & Makeup and Hair
  • 3 / 12 Sense and Sensibility: Best Actress, Film & Supporting Actress
  • 3 / 7 Braveheart: Best Cinematography, Costume Design & Sound
  • 3 / 5 The Postman (Il postino): Best Director, Foreign Language Film & Music
  • 2 / 3 The Usual Suspects: Best Editing & Original Screenplay
  • 1 / 2 Trainspotting: Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Losers

  • 0 / 2 GoldenEye
  • 0 / 4 Babe
  • References

    49th British Academy Film Awards Wikipedia