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50th British Academy Film Awards

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Date
  
April 29, 1997

Best Film
  
The English Patient

Best Actor
  
Geoffrey Rush Shine

Hosted by
  
Lenny Henry

Best British Film
  
Secrets & Lies

Best Actress
  
Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies

The 50th BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 29 April 1997, honoured the best films of 1996.

Anthony Minghella's The English Patient won for Best Film, while Secrets & Lies won the "Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film". Geoffrey Rush won for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Shine and Brenda Blethyn won for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Secrets & Lies, respectively.

Award breakdown

Winners (minimum one win)

  • 6 / 13 The English Patient: Best Cinematography, Editing, Film, Film Music, Screenplay – Adapted and Supporting Actress
  • 3 / 6 Secrets & Lies: Best Actress, British Film and Screenplay – Original
  • 2 / 5 Richard III: Best Costume and Production Design
  • 2 / 9 Shine: Best Actor and Sound
  • 1 / 1 Twister: Best Visual Effets
  • 1 / 2 The Crucible: Best Supporting Actor
  • 1 / 2 The Nutty Professor: Best Makeup & Hair
  • 1 / 6 Fargo: Best Director

    • Losers (minimum two nominations)

  • 0 / 2 Michael Collins
  • 0 / 8 Evita

    • References

    50th British Academy Film Awards Wikipedia
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