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
External links
- Official page
